Corporations are (Their) People
PLASTARC explores how the A&D community, through policy and thoughtful design, can build workplaces and cultures that allow us to both do well and do good.
People First: Embracing Your Whole Self in the People-Centric Workplace
In an effort to support workplace wellness, we must encourage people to express their non-work selves to create people-centric workplaces.
Emerging and Evolving Job Roles: Tech-enabled offices are fueling demand for new roles & skills
As technology trends drive major changes in the way we work, a variety of new jobs have appeared or taken on new depth.
Multi-Sensory Resimercial Design Combines the Best of Both Worlds
“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.
Putting The 4 P’s to Work for Good Mental Health
PLASTARC’s Melissa Marsh offers insight on how to address important workplace mental health concerns with four strategies.
Workplace Predictions for 2018 (and beyond)
We asked our friends at PLASTARC to share their top predictions for the workplace in 2018 and beyond. Check out what they had to say!
Then & Now: Workplace’s Evolving Role in Achieving Business Goals
As 2017 coming to a close, we sat down with Melissa Marsh to ask what has and hasn’t changed about business efforts to employ space as a part of strategy.
Workplace Wisdom from the Frontiers of Science
PLASTARC’s Melissa Marsh and Cassie Hackel present three neuroscience concepts that can teach us about how we can improve the spaces we spend the…
How Measuring Happiness Can Revive Architecture in the Information Age
In this article Melissa Marsh explores harnessing occupant data to inform better building and design practices—benefitting both architects and end users.
Activity-Based Working & Wellness: The Human/Nature Side of the Popular Design Typology
Activity-based working (ABW) has positive impacts on the mental, physical, and social health of the workplace.
eXploring NeoCon 2017: Putting the ‘X’ in the ‘UX’ of Workplace Design
Whether we’re away at a conference or at home in our office, we at PLASTARC tend to view the world of workplace design from…
Why Your Building Needs a Technology Experience Leader
A new role for new ways of working.