The residents of Thessaloniki, Greece, can now recycle their plastic waste into 3D printed furniture for the city, using a new laboratory set up by Rotterdam studio The New Raw.
Knoll Luxe’s New Fashion-Inspired Textile Line Pushes the Limits of Manufacturing
One upholstery textile in the collection, All Star, is an homage to the spattered-paint look that's cropping up in recent designs by high-fashion houses Maison Margiela and Gucci.
World’s first ‘biophilic design store’ is a plant paradise
Reversing the rural brain drain with remote working
With a new network of rural tech hubs, the Rural Innovation Initiative wants to kickstart small downtowns.
Two Sigma Collision Lab Offices – New York City
Weaving together the scientific method and the culture and talent of Two Sigma, the design of their New York City Collision Lab makes for a prime innovation space.
Design 2019: the Human Experience
User optimization at the personal level is readily becoming a key concept throughout all aspects of design and across vertical markets.
Workers Prioritize Work-Life Flexibility Over the Latest Office Design Trends—But Employers Aren’t Keeping Up
Cubicles are back, and we have open plan offices to thank
A crop of new startups are racing to reinvent the cubicle, catering to businesses that want more private space for their employees.
ABI December 2018: The year ends with slow billings growth
When it comes to current projects, few firms have felt the impact of recent stock market volatility.
Watch: Dieter Rams’s 10 Principles of Design, illustrated by his ingenious products
Every designer alive has heard of Dieter Rams’s 10 Principles of Design–the legendary designer’s quick-reference rules for making products, developed in his early days at Braun.
Why the Green New Deal needs a grand strategy
The much-anticipated release of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) Green New Deal already has forced one of the most consequential debates in American history. But its substance leaves the field open to a more effective alternative.
How Florence Knoll helped America sell the world on capitalism
The U.S. State Department had also noticed Knoll’s growing reputation. As part of a Cold War propaganda effort to align consumer choice with political choice, they used her and her “look” to help establish and promote an American identity abroad.
Keyboard Placement And Sitting “Straight” Are Killing Our Backs
People who work at computers spend an average of 38 minutes out of every hour in bad posture – this clearly isn’t setting a good precedent, and only reinforces bad habits.
WeWork Continues Its Software Company Acquisition Bender, Aims To Be Tech Company
WeWork, which is a division of The We Company these days, has acquired Euclid, a Maryland-based software company specializing in gathering data on people as they move through physical space.
UK workers demand better remote working options, claims Airbnb report
UK workers are becoming more confident in their abilities to do their job from anywhere, with one in ten now preferring to work outside the traditional office altogether.
Finding the Goldilocks Point for collaborative workplace design
One of the great paradoxes of modern life is the ever increasing likelihood of breakdowns in communication in a world in which we have more ways to talk to each other than ever before.
AOC’s Green New Deal is a wake-up call for the building industry
The newly unveiled plan would see every existing building in the U.S. retrofitted for energy efficiency. But it doesn’t stop there.
Why is it so hard to design a decent office space?
BIFMA Revises Storage Units Standard
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has approved the revised safety and performance standard: ANSI/BIFMA X5.9-2019, Storage Units.
Bureau wants to be 'Casper of office furniture'
The company currently offers five products: an ergonomic chair, standing desk, filing cabinet, office desk and a quad desk for shared workspaces.