Flexible office space will give workers the option to work in a sociable office closer to home, thus cutting commuting time and potentially cutting one stressful aspect of working life.
Flexible offices are not just an issue for the next generation
A Warehouse Is Transformed with Shipping Containers into Innovative Office
To build out the massive interior, they utilized shipping containers to create room-within-a-room spaces to house meetings and quiet nooks.
Sitting Is Bad for Our Health. Should We Squat More Instead?
Our bodies may be evolutionarily adapted to continual muscular activity, something we don’t achieve with chairs.
Philippe Starck outdoor furniture folds in half to ward off rain
A collection of outdoor seating, created by French designer Philippe Starck for Italian furniture brand B&B Italia, has foldable backrests that can cover the seat to protect it from the elements.
A holistic approach
Besau Marguerre are not keen to be pinned down. From product design through to interior design – Eva Marguerre and Marcel Besau are successful in projects straddling various disciplines. For Vitra, they are currently realizing an extensive retail concept in Asia.
First Ever The Well Conference - Rescheduled
How One French Modernist’s Vision Was Finally Realized
Outside Bordeaux, a Rem Koolhaas-designed villa has become a site for the inventiveness of Pierre Paulin, who dreamed up modular furniture made of foam, resin and fiberglass. Unfortunately, Herman Miller missed the opportunity.
Concertex Warps Perception of Performance Fabrics with New Collection
A collection designed to showcase the beauty in performance fabrics, Concertex introduces the spring 2020 Warp collection.
Sorry, but Working From Home Is Overrated
Home-cooked lunches and no commuting while we deal with coronavirus can’t compensate for what’s lost in creativity.
Workday Chaos and How It Impacts Office Efficiency
DesignMarch and 3 Days of Design postponed due to coronavirus but NYCxDesign "continues as planned"
While events across North America are being forced to postpone or cancel due to the coronavirus outbreak, NYCxDesign said it will go ahead as planned - for now.
Are we truly designing spaces that tell stories and shape experiences?
Stories are how we think, they are how we make meaning. Call them schemas, scripts, cerebral maps, or metaphors. Stories are how we create our identities and define and express values.
See How the Framery 2Q Gets an Upgrade for a More Relaxed Space
Your Open-Floor Office Could Help Spread Coronavirus
Cubicles and private offices have made way for open floors, where a sneeze or cough can circulate uninterrupted.
The Big Problem With Top-Down Office Design
Someone has to make the hard decisions when it comes to space planning, making it a top-down process.
Master of metamorphosis
As there are virtually no limits to the flexibility of seating “system modul21” it can be adjusted time and again to suit new tasks.
Recession Forecasts Grow Amid Coronavirus Uncertainty
The irony is that steps credited with slowing the coronavirus elsewhere in the world inevitably come with an economic price.
How Gen Z and Millennials are putting sustainability on corporate agendas
Companies can incorporate softer but no-less meaningful aspects, such as furniture and furnishings from sustainable sources, or banning single-use products.
Challenges of coworking spaces
Nearly all employees face challenges in their coworking environment. Still, one-third would prefer to work in a coworking space over another type of workspace.
Update: Knoll Italian factories operating at normal hours
Knoll operates two factories in Italy, which produce office and studio product to be sold primarily into the European market.