Contract furnishings provider, Hightower received multiple awards at NeoCon 2021, including IIDA's 'Best Small Showroom' (under 4,000 sf) and 'Best of Competition' for its newly designed Chicago showroom.
Humanscale welcomes Elizabeth Margles to its Marketing Division in the role of Chief Marketing Officer. Margles comes to Humanscale with twenty years of experience in design, fashion and retail and a background in public relations and advertising.
The exclusive relationship with Kontrol's BioCloud® Technology will provide real-time detection of airborne pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 to help make workplaces safer as organizations return to the office.
Arnold Levin, Workplace Strategist at SmithGroupJJR, urges the workplace design community to focus on external disruptions and begin to engage in organizational and process changes.
There’s a new call for office workers to stand up for up to five hours a day. But will all the standing around help make us healthier?
Throughout the years, how we view the workplace has dramatically changed, which in turn, has affected everything from the actual physical space to how employees dress.
Employers are looking for any advantage, including office design, as competition for employees and ideas grows.
Sona is designed to be used as a lactation pod and nothing else–a design decision that’s surprisingly radical.
There is a growing body of research and understanding on the impact that working environments, workplace habits and culture have on people and broader business performance.
From autonomous cars to rolling, connected office pods, the future of work is likely to be increasingly mobile—think BYOD on steroids.
Design Thinking involves a creative, agile mindset that incorporates the ability to ask questions from a variety of vantage points.
Group workspaces at the office are going mainstream, but employers must work to make the transition from assigned seats a smooth one.
Organizations are finding lots of subtle (and not-so-subtle) ways to use design to remind employees what matters every day.
“I eventually discovered that not only was I being watched all the time, (at first I thought it was just my imagination) but then my boss started following me around.”
Forward-thinking employers are moving toward more fluid environments that allow their employees the flexibility to “untether.” The concept – which moves away from traditional assigned seating – enables employees to choose where to do their work based on tasks and preferred working styles.
In today’s fast-paced, constantly evolving workplace, it’s essential that offices are designed with flexibility and adaptability in mind to ensure new spaces stand the test of time.
Researchers are testing egg-shaped chairs, retroreflective ceilings, and other ways to help people concentrate without cubicles.
