Ted Moudis Associates‘ Workplace Strategist Kate Wieczorek shares her thoughts on the recent Harvard study examining the effects of the open plan.
A Workplace Strategist's Response to the Harvard Research on Open Plans
Designing for Workplace Happiness
To Promote A Multigenerational Workforce, Landlords Focus On Human-Centric Office Design
As the U.S.’ largest generational cohort becomes the majority of the American workforce, architects and designers are working to answer a single question: What do millennials want?
Designing the Workplace for every Generation
If you’ve looked around your office, it’s likely you’ve noticed a fair amount of age demographic diversity.
How to Work Remotely—In an Exotic New City Each Month
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The future of work – told by the future users themselves
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Working in an open office? Set rules about noise with your neighbors
No one wants to listen to colleagues’ conversations with significant others or hear Chris Brown blaring off Spotify at top volume while they’re trying to get some work done.
Open Offices: One Size Does Not Fit All
Reaching a Balance for Remote Work Design and Principles
Simple Desk Improvements That Make an Open Office Easier to Bear
Sitting in an open floor plan office or having flexible, unassigned seating at work is a challenge to be sure, but these tips can make your work space a bit more bearable.
What kind of Workplace will attract Gen Z? Just ask Colleges
People working in fully open plan spaces are generally fitter and less stressed
The open plan debate grinds on, and the latest grist to its mill is a study from researchers led by Esther Sternberg of the University of Arizona which suggests that it is those people who work in open plan spaces that are fitter and happier than their associate employee contemporaries in cubicles and private offices.
WHAT'S THE FUTURE OF THE OFFICE?
Designers and architects are working hard to build the office—and office furniture—of tomorrow, and they say it will be customizable, collaborative, driven by data and oriented around wellness.
Inspiring Human Connection at Work
Problems with noise at work? A lot of it is in our heads
Video: This desk changes when it senses your stress at work
This desk changes with your mood. A new project from MIT Media Lab, Mediated Atmosphere, seeks to improve productivity and happiness at work through design, technology, and psychology.
From footprint to footfall: how the experiential workplace is set to take over the world
The culture within which we work determines how effective, successful, fulfilled and well we are in both our professional and personal lives
The real reason your company switched to an open plan office
A new data analysis by Erik Rood offers one simple explanation: They save companies insane amounts of money.
The View on Workplace Design
JLL Uses Technology and Good Old-Fashioned Human Intel to Improve Workplace Planning
Many elements go into the planning of a workspace: design, architecture, furnishings, acoustics, floor plan, shared workspaces, mobile pods, biophilia essentials ... the list goes on and on.