No one knows when we will get back to normal, but most of us realize now that things will never be the same.
COVID-19: Recommendations for Flexible Workspace
Will the open-plan office make you vulnerable to coronavirus? Or will the virus crisis force offices to become safer?
Many medical experts don’t relish the prospect of a quick return to work in any setting, open-plan or otherwise.
Loneliness has always been a workplace issue
Loneliness may be due to lack of intimate connection with partners and family, termed emotional loneliness, or due to lack of connection with friends and work colleagues, termed social loneliness.
Is Coronavirus the Beginning of the End of Offices?
Out of Office: How Workplaces Evolved from Cubicles to Coffee Shops
Current social and lifestyle trends, along with technology, have helped employees become more mobile, working wherever they want, whenever they want.
Reducing Stress at Work with Mindful Design
Employees express love-hate relationship with workplace collaboration
Health and wellness in the workplace - advice from M Moser WELL experts
A work environment designed to meet the highest health and wellness standards enables individuals and teams to respond to a broad range of workplace challenges.
Tactics for Minimizing COVID-19 Transmission in the Built Environment
Researchers from the CDC's MicrobeNet and the University of Oregon synthesized and analyzed information on “common pathogen exchange pathways and mechanisms."
Will coronavirus mean the death of the office?
Working from home may be a temporary answer to a very specific and serious problem, but ultimately things are inevitably a bit more complex.
It’s Time To Think Differently
Work Design Publisher, Bob Fox shares his thoughts on how the COVID-19 pandemic will forever change the traditional ways of working.
Employee confidence plunges amid economic and workplace uncertainty
Employee confidence in U.K. business conditions has fallen to its lowest level on record on the back of Brexit and rising fears around the coronavirus.
A Guide To Fire Safety In Open Plan Layouts
Open plan layouts are rising in popularity; however, these spaces pose numerous challenges when incorporating fire safety measures into building design. Nigel Ward explains the key considerations to be made by architects and building engineers alike.
Flexible offices are not just an issue for the next generation
Flexible office space will give workers the option to work in a sociable office closer to home, thus cutting commuting time and potentially cutting one stressful aspect of working life.
Workday Chaos and How It Impacts Office Efficiency
Are we truly designing spaces that tell stories and shape experiences?
Stories are how we think, they are how we make meaning. Call them schemas, scripts, cerebral maps, or metaphors. Stories are how we create our identities and define and express values.
Your Open-Floor Office Could Help Spread Coronavirus
Cubicles and private offices have made way for open floors, where a sneeze or cough can circulate uninterrupted.
The Big Problem With Top-Down Office Design
Someone has to make the hard decisions when it comes to space planning, making it a top-down process.