Several decades ago, cubicle farms led creative workplace trends. Corporate America’s workforce was largely defined by the quantity of human capital spurring maximum personnel per square foot.
5 Essential Design Trends for Every Creative Workplace
Air pollution is bad for productivity, even in office jobs
For individual companies, investing in air filters might improve the productivity of indoor workers enough to pay for the devices and add to the bottom line (not to mention potentially reducing health care costs).
The global impact of biophilic design in the workplace
Although it has been proposed that this desire for a connection with nature is the result of an anti-urban bias combined with a romantic view of nature, environmental psychology research tells us that being connected to nature, is in fact, an adaptive human function that allows for, and assists with, psychological restoration.
Office Design – Moving from Lean to Green
Green offices incorporate natural elements such as daylight and plants to reduce stress levels, which ultimately leads to happier and more productive employees.
There’s An Environmental Upside To Your Laziness
All that time at home watching Netflix and ordering food and clothing online is doing wonders for your carbon footprint.
Knoll Los Angeles Showroom Gets the Gold
Designtex has received the REPREVE® Champions of Sustainability Award
Since the introduction of this collection, Designtex has continued to develop and introduce additional products that utilize the closed loop concept and to support the sustainability movement with its Carbon Neutral Shipping commitment.
Why Does My Design Library Look Like A NASCAR Helmet?
Every day there seems to be a new certification cropping up and they all seem to want to convince us that the product it’s slapped onto is super sustainable.
Humanscale is a Founding Company of Next Wave Initiative to Keep Plastic Out of Ocean
Humanscale is working with like-minded businesses and organizations to convert plastic ocean waste for product development and manufacturing.
Herman Miller, Humanscale join consortium to fight marine plastic
Humanscale, Herman Miller and other corporations are launching an initiative to bring industrial scale to artisanal efforts to tackle the ocean plastic pollution crisis by building a supply chain to intercept plastic trash and turn it into everything from packaging and furniture to bicycle parts.
Planted buildings: is this the future of our cities or just an eco-fantasy?
The trend for “green” eco-fantasy buildings is sweeping the world of architecture, with designers now integrating gardens, terraces and all manner of vertical planting in their specifications for office blocks, apartment buildings and even skyscrapers.
What Greenbuild 2017 Signals for the Future of the Green Building Movement
The green building industry receives a lot less attention from the media than developments like the launch of the Tesla Semi, but it is arguably one of the most impactful parts of the broader climate action movement today.
Listen: Designing Positive Spaces
Through +Positive spaces, Interface is exploring ways in which their modular flooring can help promote thriving, more creative and healthier workspaces through both built environments to the materials used in a space.
Allsteel's Los Angeles Showroom awarded Gold Certification by the international WELL Building Institute
The WELL Building Standard is the first certification program to use evidence-based metrics to determine how the design, construction, maintenance and operations of a building support the health and wellness of its occupants.
How Do Green Buildings Impact Your Thinking, Health & Sleep? A New Global Study Wants to Find Out
How do green buildings impact your thinking, sleep quality and health? You can soon find out for yourself. Researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and SUNY Upstate Medical University are recruiting 100 office buildings from around the world to be part of a new, first-of-its-kind study to examine the effects of global indoor environments on employee productivity and health.
Sustainability Snapshot
Humanscale Recognized for Achievements in Sustainability
HOK and BREEAM USA Announce Partnership to Create a More Sustainable Built Environment
HOK and BREEAM USA have signed a one-year partnership agreement to accelerate the use of the BREEAM In-Use standard across the United States.
Learning From Plans To Retrofit One Of America’s Oldest Skyscrapers
The space will also be designed to encourage movement and minimize the time people spend sitting at desks. Lighting, air quality, water quality, and acoustics will be optimized.
Why Climate Action Is a Business Imperative
Every project, from a corporate campus to a 5,000-square-foot commercial interiors project is going to be used by tens, hundreds or even thousands of people every day for many years. Every project is an opportunity to make an impact. Every project matters.