Do people really care about working in offices with social events and perks like cold brew taps and ping-pong tables?
Here are some dread-inducing statistics on open plan offices
Gen Z are technologically literate but not actually robots, Dell study confirms
Generation Z is entering the workforce, bringing with it a tech-first mentality that will propel businesses further into the digital era while potentially deepening the divide among five generations in the workplace.
The Netherlands’ new train cars are nicer than your office
Life After the Death of the Office: Avoiding Ubiquitous Workplace Design in a Tired Market
Thanks to cloud computing and Skype, there’s less need for a physical office, but the urge to transmit corporate culture and values persist.
I want to work in these cubicles of the future
The design studio Rapt has created two wild concepts for a futuristic cubicle, involving robots and . . . non-toxic fog.
SENSITIVE SUBJECT: WORKPLACE SENSORS AND AUTOMATION
With organizations that use them often being accused of Big Brother-style surveillance, workplace sensors are as controversial as they are pervasive. But what insight can they provide the design community?
New Study Finds Millennials Care Most About Workplace Design (Plus Tips For Making Them Happier)
With the average American working 40+ hours a week, and entrepreneurs working often 2 to 3 times more, it’s important to understand how a physical workspace affects mental workspace.
Office Agriculture: A New Employee Wellbeing Concept
As people work longer hours and in more intense ways, many organizations are seeking to support employee wellbeing in the office.
A new age of reason for workplace design and management
When it comes to workplace design, the idea of beauty (or at least attractiveness) seems pretty important even when it can’t be measured.
The office of the future? No desks, no chairs
If the future of work is remote work, why do we need office furniture, whether a desk or a sofa? Why show up to a workspace at all, for that matter?
Watch: Hygge in the Workplace
Managers, make your meetings more productive by changing the physical layout
People love to complain about meetings. They’re often pointless, and attendees feel like there is always more important work they can do in its place.
Happiness at work: Lessons from home
Thanks to technology and mobility, our work has come home with us. So it’s only fair that home should come to work, right?
Forget FaceTime, Let’s Gear It For Face-To-Face Time
WeWork Puts Four-Beer Limit on Once-Bottomless Kegs
How Coworking Can Help Architects Reassert The Importance of Design
While tech-driven workplaces present new opportunities, if architects fail to show how design shapes workers' performance, then architecture could easily loose its relevance.
Vitra’s Raphael Gielgen predicts the future of the office
By constantly seeking to unlock the future of the workplace, Gielgen serves the Vitra team with the results of his observations, trend clusters, market analysis and business cases.
How employees are hacking their awful open plan offices
Beyond The Corporate Office: The New Landscape Of Work And Workplace
The Workplace Experience Revolution: Unearthing The Real Drivers Of Employee Sentiment
Research from global employee experience think tank, Leesman, reveals a series of mission critical drivers organizations need to deliver if they are to foster outstanding workplace experience.