What is Biophilia, and Why Should You Care?
byWho doesn’t love a skylight? New research shows that virtual skylights trigger the same positive “biophilic” response as the real thing.
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Who Was Charles Pollock?
byDavid O’Brien remembers the man behind one of the most influential chair designs in history. Charles Randolph Pollock is the legendary furniture designer who – in one elegant design – modernized the humble office chair. His name is synonymous with modern office design.
Measuring Productivity Over Time
byThree case studies over 20 years show that the most productive spaces transcend the trends. “Once the corporation’s productivity objectives are understood, the organization is able to establish if attempts to increase productivity are really working or not. And only the organization, itself, can measure results.”
Healthy Lunch Options Sprout Up at DIRTT
byThe new fresh and nutritious meals served from DIRTT’s Greens Cafeteria are a key part of the company’s green commitment. In-house restaurants not only reduce DIRTT’s carbon footprint because employees don’t have to drive elsewhere for lunch, but they also gives staff healthier food options and increases DIRTT’s productivity.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Collaboration
byCollaboration has enjoyed a long run as a buzzword, but as a result, it’s lost some of its impact. It has devolved into a term to describe any type of interaction. The focus should be on designing spaces that support the behaviors and resultant activities that are occurring within the overall physical workspace.
CoreNet Global’s Survey Reinforces “Property Paradox”
byA “property paradox” is taking shape as new CoreNet Global survey data shows a continuing trend of less space per person. The numbers also reveal an uptick in companies’ knowledge worker hiring levels.
Office Relocation: Managing People in a Workplace Transition
byYour client buys into your concept and design for a new, innovative work space that will leverage creativity and attract young talent. Yet, statistically, approximately 90 percent of corporate change initiatives fail to achieve their projected goals (as measured by financial performance the following two years). What are we to do with this paradox?
BIM Delivers, Just Ask EwingCole
byEwingCole used BIM in new ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their communications through the design process with United Therapeutics. So we asked Howard Skoke to tell us about the tools they use and the impacts they’re having for EwingCole and its clients.
5 People Designing for Interaction
byGary Miciunas of NELSON, Michael Berger of Partners by Design, Ferdinand Dimailig of Box Studios, Renae Bradshaw of HOK, and Arturo Febry of IA Interior Architects spoke to a crowd of 100 attendees at Work Design Magazine’s AIA CES-approved event, “Designing for Employee Interaction” in Chicago.
Food at Work: A Call for Ideas and Innovation
byWe want to understand what the food spaces of the future could look like. To do this, we invite submissions for the competition to bring together ideas, concepts, and innovations on food at work. We want to explore how food can further support working practices in the future.
The Role of Architects, Designers in Defining Solid-State Lighting
bySolid-state lighting improves physical well-being. But what role can architects and designers play in this digital technology, particularly when partnering with manufacturers to create a new modality of light?
2 Years of Design Experiments, Data: Grind Grows Up
by“We designed a coffee bar that offers Chemex and pour-over brewing, which is a time-consuming process. So it could take 10 minutes to get a great cup of coffee in these ways, and that’s when serendipitous interactions occur. We design for that wait time.”