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.
start-up companies often buy bare bones furniture “to impress their investors that they’re doing things economically. I think that’s penny wise and pound foolish. If you amortize the cost over five years, you make all your money back and more, when you take into account the total cost of your most expensive resource, your people.”
To combat disengagement and fatigue, consider working outside. Even in the fall, providing a way for employees to spend time outside can boost wellbeing while transitioning from summer bliss to winter cold.
Interface's modular flooring served as a basis for the design of the new open office concept of Philips.
While one-size-fits-all has ruled office design in recent years, this trend is dissolving and is being replaced with a much more flexible approach to the workplace.
We were an open book for the design team to discover what made us a fun, unique group of software developers, technicians and client service representatives.
Steelcase Workplace Advisor can deliver advanced analytics around the clock, making it possible to receive real-time statistics alongside enterprise reliability and security. Steelcase then takes this information and layers their own expertise on top of it, giving organizations the ability to see exactly how their spaces are being used.
Companies around the world waste potentially billions of dollars on under-utilised office spaces that are unfit for purpose and do not reflect the needs of modern workers, a recent benchmark study of over 100 workplaces claims.
Unique spaces are rising to the forefront as employers seek to create more purposeful, engaging experiences. In this month’s news aggregate, we explore this shift and how some of the most innovative companies are developing branded environments.
Most organizations recognize that innovation and ingenuity stem from teamwork. Collaboration energizes people. By working together, employees come up with new and better ideas and discover how to streamline processes and improve output.
A lot of the news in workplace trends has been about the rise of the open workspace. However, it doesn’t take much research to find that there are lots of discussions about the downsides of an open plan.
State-of-the-art offices also blur the boundaries between work, life, and play, says Lise Newman, AIA, Director of SmithGroupJJR’s Workplace Practice.
Living Office helped MASS Design Group create a workplace that reflects their purpose—to advocate for architecture that promotes dignity.
If tech was ever a niche, those days are long gone. It permeates every facet of our life. No wonder that in return, its workplaces increasingly are reshaping the landscapes around us.
Stress and sick leave cause problems within the workplace not only for the employers, but for the employees as well. But can a ‘healing office’ increase productivity?
What makes an office cool in 2017 is about more than aesthetics. It has just as much to do with options and openness. Chicago's most innovative, exciting workplaces are visually stunning, but they also prioritize flexibility, better ways to meet, views that are accessible to many rather than a few, and compelling reasons for employees to show up and work together (in person).
At the most basic level the workplace should offer shelter, sanitation (good toilets) and nutrition (coffee and places to eat). We then need the tools, equipment (technology and furniture) and facilities (meeting rooms) to complete the task in hand.
How is the workplace changing in China? We explore the working habits of a multigenerational workforce, the impact of technology and recent design trends to help understand China’s developing work environments.
Many of today’s offices are open, opting for unassigned seating options instead of private offices. Open workplaces are proven to promote collaboration and impromptu interactions needed for effective work and team dynamics; however, people still need quiet spaces away from distractions and disruptions in order to concentrate.
Until now, space and technology have been planned and developed by completely different teams with contrasting objectives. But this approach has often led to a disconnect in how the two interact, and the behaviour they stimulate amongst employees. Instead, organisations need to nurture a balanced ecosystem, involving technology that is both mobile and integrated into the physical environment, as well as spaces designed for individual “me” work and “we” group work.
