Jacob Walker, Author at Shield Casework

Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza West Tower

FACILITY Barnes-Jewish Hospital | St. Louis, MO DESIGNERS CannonDesign Shield Casework MANUFACTURER Shield Casework CONTRACTOR McCarthy COMPLETION DATE 2025 SCOPE 210 Acrylic Solid Surface PPE Cabinets – Large 70 Acrylic Solid Surface PPE Cabinets – SmallAbout this projectThe Plaza West Patient Tower at BJC Hospital stands as an example of thoughtful healthcare design, advanced construction, and patient-focused innovation. Designed by CannonDesign, the tower reflects a clear vision for…

Bedside Cabinets Purpose-Built for Healing

Healthcare Furniture, ProductsBy Jacob Walker Dec 19, 2025

The sibling of The Bedside Cabinet, The Other Bedside Cabinet offers the same clean aesthetics and functionality with a bit of a curve. If you are looking to add more style and comfort to a patient room we certainly have you covered. We used our classic engineering standards to create a design with acrylic solid surface that has…

Overbed Tables Purpose-Built for Healthcare

Healthcare Furniture, ProductsBy Jacob Walker Dec 19, 2025

You may have an overbed table, but do you have The Overbed Table? We used our classic engineering standards to create a design using acrylic solid surface that holds up to anything a hospital setting will throw its way. No need to worry about wear and tear ruining your bedside furniture, with Shield you can know…

PPE Storage Purpose-Built for Healthcare

PPE Storage, ProductsBy Jacob Walker Dec 19, 2025

We’ve got PPE storage that doesn’t suck. The PPE Cabinet takes away the annoyance of storing protective equipment and makes finding what you need a seamless process. We used our classic engineering standards to create a design with acrylic solid surface that has a different storage component for every piece of equipment. No need to worry about…

Nurse Servers Purpose-Built for Healthcare

Nurse Server, ProductsBy Jacob Walker Dec 18, 2025

Are you ready to brag about your patient room storage? The Nurse Server and The Other Nurse Server give you the freedom to provide patients and staff what they need without any hassle. We used our classic engineering standards to create two designs, The Nurse Server and The Other Nurse Server with acrylic solid surface that holds the same…

Patient Care Headwalls Purpose-Built for Healing

Headwalls, Healthcare FurnitureBy Jacob Walker Dec 18, 2025

Ready for the all-in-one you’ve always needed? The Headwall and The Canopy Headwall offer a place to store and connect all necessary peripherals for patient care. We used our classic engineering standards to create a design with acrylic solid surface that holds up to anything a hospital will throw its way. No need to worry about cords or tubing…

The Best Healthcare Furniture for Emergency Departments

Healthcare Furniture, ProductsBy Jacob Walker Dec 18, 2025

Finding patient room furniture that fits your healthcare space can be a hassle, but emergency rooms are a beast all their own. In everyday spaces where patients are being taken in for check-ups or common examinations, the pieces need to be cleanable, durable and hygienic; but there isn’t much need to go beyond those basic…

Solid Surface vs. Laminate: Which Is Better for Your Patient Room Furniture?

ProductsBy Jacob Walker Dec 18, 2025

If you haven’t heard, laminate is history… At least as you know it. Created from a process of compressing layers of paper and resin over a thick glued brown craft paper that is then heated, laminate has been a popular choice within medical furniture for years. Funding a project is a huge undertaking and finding…

The Future of Healthcare Design: Behavioral and Beyond

behavioral health, Case StudyBy Jacob Walker Dec 18, 2025

We’ve been in this industry for a while, so we know a decent amount. But times change and trends come and go, which means those out in the field are the ones with their fingers truly on the pulse. In serving healthcare designers, one of our top priorities is being sure we never fall behind…

Breaking Down Design Assist: The Design-Centric Manufacturing Model

Design Assist, Healthcare ManufacturerBy Jacob Walker Dec 18, 2025

Here at Shield, we build things… but what does that mean? It can be easy to think about design as only being the way a product looks, turns out that’s just the beginning. To us design means thinking about every aspect of the creative process. Sure the product needs to look good. But functionality, shipping…

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