Office design is changing, and in doing so, reflects a desire for more social work environments, a movement toward flexible work hours and work spaces and a blending of home and office design.
So observe interior designers like Sara Remocker of Vancouver design firm DIALOG and Rebecca MacDonald of Wayfair.ca Business.
“One thing that I’m going to say is pretty true about the younger generation [millennials] is the need for connection and face-to-face contact,” Remocker says. “If everyone works from home, you’re losing that connection, so it’s really important to design a workplace that still draws people in, where they want to come.”
Remocker says an example of this done well is the 4,000-square-foot double-height space DIALOG designed for Vancouver research and analytics company STAT in Railtown, where CEO Rob Bucci wanted a “non-corporate” feel.