The 9-to-5 workday has run its course. More people than ever are freelancing, and with this shift, cubicles and restrictive workspaces are on the outs.
How Developers Are Adapting to Flexible Working Needs
The benefits of art in commercial offices
Art can take all sorts of forms in the digital age and has proven effects on people's engagement with a space.
2019 Workplace Trend Predictions
From employee wellbeing to the debate on open offices, Work Design Magazine Publisher, Bob Fox, shares five workplace trend predictions he expects to see in 2019.
Paperworld: 2019 How 'Activating' a Space Leads to Greater Collaboration
At Paperworld’s Future Office conference in Germany, speakers discussed how the modern workplace must strike a balance between function and emotion.
CBRE Relaunches Workplace Experience Services As Host
Future Workplaces: Where Technology And Human Needs Are Guiding Design
Focal Point, LLC. shares how designing the future workplace means aligning with basic human needs, which translates into added value for both companies and employees.
Why practical office design is outpacing beer-on-tap
Office gimmicks designed to boost productivity and attract talent are falling out of favour as companies prioritise practical amenities that meet modern employee needs.
SDI showcases WRKkit flexible office system as life-size kit of parts
Canadian design studio SDI has presented its WRKkit concept for adaptable offices at IDS Toronto, using a booth modelled on a giant DIY toy.
The Biggest Thing Helping Office Real Estate Grow Is Fear Of Loneliness
The future of work and the workplace are a constant source of debate in real estate, because this will shape the future of offices, one of the two largest property sectors.
CEOs Talk Workplace – Interview With Ndp Agency’s Danny Fell
Danny Fell‘s Richmond, VA office strives to make a difference through creativity that inspires, that changes behavior, that changes the world.
Your open office is causing your coworkers to judge you more harshly
We are naturally inclined to judge each other, and open offices magnify it. Here’s what we are judging each other for, and what we can do to counter it.
Human-Focused Design Drives Flexible Workplace Trends in 2019
2019, workplace design will feature a growing emphasis on well-being and designing for the human element, with furniture and technology working in tandem to provide the flexibility to support the multitude of work modes individuals and groups engage in daily.
Australian designers are fundamentally reshaping workplaces around the world
After a number of years in the industry and having worked in London for the X, it’s now prevalent that Australian architects and designers are interpreting design trends in Australia and applying them Europe, UK, and the Americas, with great success.
Video: The Life-Changing Magic Of Having Marie Kondo Organize Your Office
Marie Kondo, star of the new Netflix show "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo" and author of “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” stops by Fast Company HQ in New York City to salvage a desk disaster.
The Future Of Office? This Dual-Tower HQ's Vertical Amenities Tackle The Latest Space Challenges
The latest in open-plan workspace and office amenities isn't just for sprawling West Coast tech campuses with acreage to spare.
Why apps are the next big thing for the digital age office
With over five million apps available across the world, just about every fathomable function of daily life can be aided by a finger-tap on a smartphone.
Well, Fit And Feeling Young: Workplaces Get Active
Keiichi Matsuda explores dystopian future of the workplace in new film Merger
London-based designer Keiichi Matsuda suggests how augmented reality will define the workstation of the future, in a short film that explores the growing obsession with productivity in the workplace.
How office design opened corporate doors to collaborative innovation
The Art And Science Behind Flexible Work Trends
No place or space is off limits in the world of flexible work — especially for organizations embracing this trend that is at the heart of the future of work.