The Death of the 8-Hour Desk, and Other Industry News
byAs work becomes something that can be done from anywhere, the 8-hour desk dies, Mashable offers some advice for office perks to Amazon for HQ2, and more.
2018
Resimercial Transformations
byFirst there was working in the company office. Then there was working in your home office. Then there was Starbucks and the rise of the “third space”. Now the three are merging in the growing trend of “resimercial” design.
CEO’s Weigh-In From Davos: Transforming the Workplace is Key to Survival
byBernice Boucher and Ed Nolan recap JLL’s panel at the 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos where a group of CEOs and senior-level executives discussed how organizations are adapting to prepare for the future of work.
New SharkNinja Office Brings Together Hundreds of Employees
byWith an aim to encourage cross-functionality and collaboration among teams, design firm Sasaki executed an open concept space for SharkNinja, bringing together multiple offices and hundreds of employees for the first time.
A Park-Like Green Office that Promotes Productivity, and Other Industry News
byA Vietnamese office space that gives a whole new meaning to biophilia, is this the year that tech companies will move their innovation and R&D departments into co-working spaces?, and more!
2018 Workplace Trend Predictions
byFrom healthier, people-centric designed offices to increasingly flexible workspaces, Work Design Magazine’s very own, Bob Fox, shares seven workplace trend predictions he expects to see in 2018.
Designing for Behavior
byBHDP Architecture’s Brady Mick’s first article of a bimonthly series on the growth, value, and future of design for people. The series intends to explore and discover the impact of behavior, habits, and patterns of people in the design of environments.
Multi-Sensory Resimercial Design Combines the Best of Both Worlds
by“Resimercial” design has become increasingly popular in recent years. While we can’t expect that our offices will ever feel quite like home, we can do our best to make them more comfortable, a key component of both happiness and health.
ECMC Gets a Downtown Minneapolis Address and an Open, Collaborative Office Design
byNELSON created an open, collaborative space for nonprofit corporation ECMC, which decided to make the move from the suburbs to downtown Minneapolis.
Shifting the Paradigm From Wellness to Well-Being
byCharlie Grantham explores why we need to change how we approach workplace design and move from cost-based measures of building performance to more human-centric behavioral measure of wellness and wellbeing.
Why Your Office is Beginning to Look Like a Forest and Other Industry News
byWhy your office is starting to look like a forest, a Dutch co-working space created out of shipping containers, the death of the cubicle, and more industry news!
A Green Solution for Old Office Furniture
byFive years ago, Staples launched a partnership with Davies Office Furniture. We spoke with the team involved to learn more about this successful venture and the good it’s doing for the environment.
