Companies should take the lead to redefine what the workplace now means, including how to best organize a more distributed, remote workforce, where it works well and where it does not.
The Post-Pandemic Enterprise: What Will It Be Like?
Post coronavirus "the cubicle will become normal" says Paul Ferro
The 120-degree workstation configuration, a short-lived option from the past, may prove a viable option as it provides a sense of openness with the lower density and increased separation between seats now required.
10 Renovations To Consider Before Reopening Your Office
Skender’s Clay Edwards shares the ten office updates he recommends to support a healthy return to work.
Watch: Designing What’s Next: Design + The Future
Watch James Ludwig, Vice President of Design and Engineering for Steelcase, as he answers five questions in five minutes on the future of the workplace in a post-COVID world and the unique opportunity it presents designers in the episode 1 of the series Designing What's Next.
Competing in the Post-COVID Era
What Will Happen to Communal Office Amenities?
As offices begin to plan for the future, communal spaces—which had been in very high demand before the pandemic—are a big question mark.
In Time for NeoCon, Vitra Predicts Material Trends for Post-COVID Offices
The Swiss manufacturer makes some surprisingly transparent forecasts, including that fewer chairs will be necessary.
How The Pandemic Is Forever Changing The Employer-Employee Relationship. And Why That Matters.
Who gets to keep the reduced corporate overhead, which employers will likely benefit from as a result of needing a smaller office footprint?
Design Imperatives For The Post-Pandemic Office
In the years preceding the pandemic, open floor plans grew in popularity. However, after the crisis, employee safety will be the first consideration.
Offices in the post lockdown era will focus on what they are good at
Office spaces will become a hive of activity in the future as more businesses embrace office designs which promote innovation, creativity and team collaboration, predicts commercial real estate advisors Colliers International.
5 Workplace Concepts to Start Taking Seriously After COVID-19
If designers want to take the lead in shaping the post-pandemic office, they need to embrace ideas that are not accepted by the mainstream yet.
Farewell to Gummy Bear Jars: Tech Offices Get a Virus Safety Makeover
Companies like Salesforce created workplaces with all the comforts of home. But now they may feel more like hospitals.
The here and now, no BS guide to the workplace
Desk sizes have shrunk in the past couple of decades and hotdesking schemes have further increased the number of people packed into offices.
Will Electrostatic Mist Ruin My Keyboard? A Coronavirus Office Cleaning Primer
Earlier this spring, Tangram, a curator of interior solutions for workspaces based in Southern California, made a quick pivot to sanitation, announcing a three-tiered, 24/7, nationwide electrostatic mist emergency workplace cleaning service, administered by professional disinfecting crews in full hazmat suits.
COVID-19 nearly killed this office furniture startup; turning to home offices may save it
The startup already had some advantages over many more traditional office furniture retailers. Because it doesn’t work with middlemen, as do many high-end businesses like Herman Miller, it claims it can better compete on price.
Why COVID-19 Is Changing Office Space Not Ending It
While the pandemic has accelerated a widespread acceptance of remote work, it won’t make buildings obsolete.
Woods Bagot devises office layouts for workplaces post-coronavirus
Woods Bagot has created four proposals for workplace design following coronavirus that merge working from home and office life to "strengthen culture and performance".
The lessons learned under lockdown will help us grow and improve
The standard linear rows of desks and chairs that many of us are familiar with make physical distancing difficult, so a new approach is needed
NYC's Office Buildings Are Readying To Reopen, But Most Workers Aren't Ready To Come Back
New York City is inching back to life, and the owners of some of the world’s priciest, densest buildings are working toward a new era of protocols and regulations that would have been unimaginable four months ago.
What If Working From Home Goes on … Forever?
Miserable as it can often be, remote work is surprisingly productive — leading many employers to wonder if they’ll ever go back to the office.