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 a particular perspective: a human-centric one that prioritizes the needs and experiences of occupants and emphasizes the cognitive science behind good design decisions.
Naturally, our attendance at NeoCon 2017 gave us a generous serving of food for thought in all of these regards. Below are some of the themes we picked up on in Chicago—served with a side of signature PLASTARC context and perspective.
Typology boundaries are blurring—big time
Left and right, we saw designers supporting more integration between disciplines: hospitality, office, residential, educational, and beyond. It used to be that you’d see one showroom devoted to workplace furniture, one focused on hotels, one doing healthcare, etc. This year, not so much. We saw lots of furnishings one could look at and imagine in a variety of settings.