Contract furnishings provider, Hightower received multiple awards at NeoCon 2021, including IIDA's 'Best Small Showroom' (under 4,000 sf) and 'Best of Competition' for its newly designed Chicago showroom.
Humanscale welcomes Elizabeth Margles to its Marketing Division in the role of Chief Marketing Officer. Margles comes to Humanscale with twenty years of experience in design, fashion and retail and a background in public relations and advertising.
The exclusive relationship with Kontrol's BioCloud® Technology will provide real-time detection of airborne pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 to help make workplaces safer as organizations return to the office.
While WELL is still a relatively new concept, it is beginning to gain traction as more industry professionals and corporate real estate executives learn about its benefits and how it can be a wise investment.
Created by Leanne Zilka with Jenny Underwood, the PleatPod gives the possibility of a having an acoustic isolated space in open plan offices.
While offices with open-concept floorplans have become increasingly popular, some studies show they can be difficult to navigate for introverts, and can hamper concentration. Truly productive workspaces pair “quiet zones” designed for privacy and focus with open spaces that foster collaboration. These choices empower employees to work in whatever space is most productive for them.
A project pursuing LEED certification will not get a specific focus on the health and well-being of the user, as you would from newer systems such as the WELL Building Standard.
Pointing out that the boundaries between learning and work should be investigated and considered as designers are constantly being challenged to develop space that supports “new ways of working.” Understanding learning style can perhaps be a tool to translate into better and more supportive workspaces.
Over the past 100 years, how people work has changed dramatically, and these changes have impacted workplace design. Today’s workplace is characterized by the drive toward innovation.
Many companies are moving toward open workspaces, but a new survey shows employees think they are among the least productive and most stressful work environments.
Chicago-based Hyatt has spent the last month moving into its new location in Chicago’s downtown Loop. Designed in a collaboration with global architecture firm Gensler, the new space isn’t just built to enhance the boilerplate corporate ideals of flexibility and cross-team collaboration.
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal held a panel discussion recently to talk about the workforce in the Twin Cities. Panelists included Mary Lydon, a partner and founder at Midwest Financial Search Inc.; Sean Keating, founder of Oggi Professional Services; and Lisa Pool, a principal at Perkins+Will. Connie Ireland, executive director of the Governor’s Workforce Development Board at the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, served as moderator.
New York-based interior designer Dani Arps is giving startup offices a chic, adult makeover. And there are no Ping-Pong tables in sight.
Creating more cosy office environs may reflect new attitudes towards remote work. Last year, 43% of US employees worked remotely at least some of the time, according to a Gallup poll. When a company is in trouble and in need of innovative ideas, the possible productivity gains of remote work are often considered less important than the negative impact a distributed workforce can have on engagement.
Each day you can easily find somebody or other sharing their thoughts on ‘the office of the future’ or ‘the death of the office’. My view is that you should steer clear of taking most of this sort of stuff head-on, on the basis that hardcore deskheads have heard most of it before and already concluded that there are more important things to worry about in a fit-out than what a pool table and a second hand armchair tells us about workplace design.
For 28 years, we knocked back Duffs with Homer Simpson at Moe’s Tavern. For nine years, The Office fans commiserated with Jim and Pam at Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton outpost. After watching season after season of our favorite shows, the offices, cafes, and bars where they take place feel almost as familiar as the haunts we frequent in daily life. Hollywood magic makes these sets feel real, even when we know it’s all smoke and mirrors.
When Integreon planned a new building for Fargo, one that would bring both Fargo offices together under one roof, the initial workplace layout offered rows of workstations in a very traditional approach, hardly what a global, interconnected business needed.
Gen Y pushes the need to create a balance between traditional corporate environments and make room for remote access employees that act as a second home for creativity, productivity and engagement through technology and collaboration.
Apple is making great strides toward completing work on its Apple Park campus in Cupertino, Calif., with new drone footage showing landscaping and interior decorating nearly finished in many areas of the sprawling grounds
Etsy, the online marketplace where creative entrepreneurs can set up storefronts to sell their own products, launched in 2005 with the goal of creating an online retail space that would build a more fulfilling and lasting world.
Today, Amazon says it has about 8.5 million square feet of space in Seattle (though some real estate sources estimates the figure as closer to 10 million). This gives it roughly 19% of all of the city’s “Class A” (high grade) office space, and about 70% of new downtown office space added in 2016 was exclusively for Amazon.
For more than two decades, IDEO has been helping organizations come up with industry-leading breakthrough ideas — famously designing the first manufacturable mouse for Apple. Now, the global design and consulting firm is providing teams with a new tool. The Creative Difference tool measures six qualities IDEO describes as critical to innovation.
Why is the tech industry so different than your standard insurance company or banking provider? The answer - the speed of change in the tech world!
