Bold Strokes at Vocon’s New HQ

Founded in 1987 as a design firm with a focus on interiors, Vocon has grown to more than 180 employees with offices in Cleveland, New York City, and Los Angeles. Vocon’s origins are quite unconventional. Sister and brother duo Deb Donley and Paul Voinovich, both with backgrounds in business, founded the firm around an ethos of bringing fire, courage and strong relationships to workplace design. “We have a very strong workplace strategy focus, and there is an innate belief here that our designers can be fearless and courageous in design,” said Megan Spinos, director of strategy and business development at Vocon, in an officeinsight interview. “We’re a nontraditional firm – our owners are from the business world and neither of them is a designer. They work to build our client relationships, and they leave the design work to our design teams, and because of that, we come at it from …