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.
HOK’s James Stawniczy, a senior consultant, wellness, and Betsy Nurse, director of interiors for the Atlanta practice, spoke with Tradeline on the people-focused nature of WELL and the impact on employee health, well-being and recruiting.
For decades, interior designers have known that design can affect the health of occupants by causing or preventing disease and even supporting health.
Several decades ago, cubicle farms led creative workplace trends. Corporate America’s workforce was largely defined by the quantity of human capital spurring maximum personnel per square foot.
Whether it’s sitting next to a sneezing colleague or using the same office equipment as someone who really should be resting at home, it doesn’t take much for viruses to spread quickly through the office.
Some of what constitutes a WELL building comes down to the hardware of air filtration systems and window design, while some of it comes down to offering healthy food, opportunities for breaks between meetings or educational programmes for the tenant.
Factors that impact health, performance, stress and resiliency, sleep, and comfort to be scrutinized.
Rather than promoting these wellness programs, companies should instead design the workplace itself to support wellness.
From healthier, people-centric designed offices to increasingly flexible workspaces, Work Design Magazine’s very own, Bob Fox, shares seven workplace trend predictions he expects to see in 2018.
The belief that a nice physical working environment promotes productivity has seen huge amounts invested into office design in the 21st century.
While not everything about workplace design has uniformly improved (cue the debate on the merits of the open office), companies today are leaning into employee well-being—and asking how we can design to support it.
In the next few years (if not already) people, workers, employees (or talent in the current vernacular), will become the most critical resource adding value to businesses. At the same time, we will be entering an era where demand for worker talent will exceed supply.
As employees choose to stay at work beyond the average retirement age, these programs are becoming more important than in the past.
It’s easy to follow fads when it comes to workspace design. Perkins + Will’s Paula McEvoy explores how an evidence-based approach to design using peer-reviewed research findings will result in built environments with substantial impacts on the occupants’ well-being.
Today, employees are seeking environments that are more mobile, flexible, and personalized. JLL’s Workplace Strategy Lead, Bernice Boucher outlines four major ways the workplace is changing for the better.
Today, most people take a keen interest in their health. They read nutrition labels, try to limit unhealthful foods, and enjoy weekend walks. In the workplace, where people often spend more than half their waking hours, practicing wholesome habits can be a challenge.
Encouraging face-to-face time and the social aspect of an organizational culture is crucial in support of staff engagement and organizational success.
Does your workplace support well-being? Using a “man-on-the-street” approach, we talked to everyday people about their work environment and explore the many design elements—from access to natural light and clean air to amenities—that impact our health and happiness.
