Why human interaction matters more than ever in a digital era—and what you can do about it.
WeWork Puts Four-Beer Limit on Once-Bottomless Kegs
Blå Station Introduces the BOB Job Because the Desk Is Dead
Conventional ways of working are going by the wayside as we continue to see new ideas pop up for open offices, co-working spaces, and privacy furniture.
How Coworking Can Help Architects Reassert The Importance of Design
While tech-driven workplaces present new opportunities, if architects fail to show how design shapes workers' performance, then architecture could easily loose its relevance.
Vitra’s Raphael Gielgen predicts the future of the office
By constantly seeking to unlock the future of the workplace, Gielgen serves the Vitra team with the results of his observations, trend clusters, market analysis and business cases.
A new kind of tourism: co-working trips abroad
Unsettled, the three-year-old startup that organized the programs in Bali, Mexico, and Argentina, puts on a couple dozen co-working retreats around the world every year.
WeWork Expands Renting 45,000 SF near Koreatown and in SoHo
The rise of stadium seating
How employees are hacking their awful open plan offices
CBRE Takes On WeWork And Company With New Flexible Office Business
CBRE has launched a new flexible office business that will look to compete with existing giants like WeWork and IWG for office tenants.
Benjamin Hubert’s Tape Modular Seating Adds an Element of Fashion
LAYER’s Benjamin Hubert brings his signature style to a collection of modular seating where he adds an element of fashion that makes each piece stand out.
Coworking Battle Lines: WeWork's Rise Pushes Landlords To Redefine Their Place In The Office Landscape
Traditional landlords, grappling with the mushrooming presence of flexible office providers, are now trying out new ways to maintain their footing in the world of office leasing.
KEEPING IT CLEAN AT HEALTHCARE DESIGN EXPO
BIFMA will present an overview of its Health Care Furniture Design Guidelines for Cleanability document (BIFMA HCF 8.1-2017)that provides guidance on furniture performance in healthcare settings.
DIRTT Announces Third Quarter Sales Rose 15%, Exits Residential
DIRTT quit DIRTT for Life residential services this month. In addition, management decided to shift from the early stage development of its DIRTT Timber market to a commercialized approach focused on large, standalone timber projects and timber as a pull-through for other DIRTT solutions.
Ideo breaks its silence on design thinking’s critics
Ideo partner Michael Hendrix discusses how design thinking can be used as a superficial tool to make a company seem innovative–even when it’s not.
Pratt Institute Students Visit Knoll in East Greenville
Industrial design students from Pratt Institute tour the Knoll East Greenville, PA facility to learn the ins-and-outs of product development.
Hightower’s Elemental Collection Aims to Change How We Work
The Elemental Collection by Hightower exemplifies the migration away from yesterday’s yawn-inducing tropes of “office furniture,” infusing an approachable modern aesthetic facilitating connectivity and connection within the workspace with a rare attention to shape, texture, and color.
Stop Working From Coffee Shops And Start Working From Bars
Yves Béhar responds to Pittsburgh synagogue shooting with Lies Cost Lives graphic
Designer Yves Béhar has created this graphic in the wake of the mass-shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue to warn against rising anti-semitism in the US, which he blames on president Donald Trump's "current culture of lies".
Listen: Creating Delightful Workplace Experiences
Leading brands today are focused on improving the customer experience as well as the experience for employees as the competition for workforce talent becomes more aggressive.