Watch: Office envy - Why the creative industries are demanding more from workspace developers

Nothing pleases us more than the overdue death of the dull office. And it is all thanks to you – the creative and digital industries. Grads entering the workplace are already bought into the Silicon Valley dream of inspired spaces. Apple, Facebook and Google all sport Instagram-friendly workspaces that are playful, colourful and exciting. Yet many millennials are in for a shock when they step into their new company to find the surroundings anything but.

Businesses are sometimes a little taken aback when we ask to see their fit-out plans for their space – even more so when we advise that it’s not good enough. Believe it or not, we’ve actually politely turned away potential occupiers whose plans just didn’t do justice to the awesome shell they wanted to inhabit.