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Designing a dynamic workspace that combines visual interests and playfully clashed colours can encourage and stimulate a positive emotional response from employees. Jason Holmes, Head of Textile Design at Forbo Flooring Systems, explains more here.

A number of recent studies have highlighted how the design of an office can either impede or boost employee relationships and output – and it’s not hard to understand why. Indeed, the design of an office can have an influence on the company culture and how your employees work and interact with one another. And if designed well, it can become a driver of performance. But how can designers achieve this?

Recently, there has been a new trend emerging on the workspace design scene: we are seeing schemes morphing into leisure and hospitality-inspired spaces, which are characterised by plenty of visual interest, texture, shape and the careful use of colour.