What does the new paradigm mean for co-workers and space providers, particularly in the wake of COVID-19?
A WeWork Agreement is Not a Lease, and Why This Matters Now
Back to work: design solutions for the post-COVID-19 office
With vast amounts of time, energy and money spent on transitioning the modern workplace into open, fluid and shared spaces, office life post-COVID-19 has some design challenges ahead in creating an environment that make employees feel safe and comfortable.
Clever Ep. 116: Human-Centered Designer Ayse Birsel
In this episode of Clever, recorded for the WantedDesign Online Conversation Series, Amy Devers talks to industrial designer Ayse Birsel, who grew up thinking she’d become a lawyer until a revelation with a teacup enlightened her to the principles and practice of design.
Here’s 90 minutes of people talking about chairs
Reopening the Coronavirus-Era Office: One-Person Elevators, No Cafeterias
Companies, in adapting the workplace for Covid-19, are reversing a push to cram workers into tighter spaces.
Interface reports first quarter sales Fell 3%
"We had a strong start to the year, but we began to see disruption in our business due to the global COVID-19 pandemic as the first quarter progressed.”
The return of the cubicle? Companies rethink office life post lockdown
For workers used to interacting on open plan floors, sanitizing office life and boosting remote working could limit their opportunity to swap ideas and weaken company culture. It also makes integrating new staff more difficult.
Designtex and West Elm Create COVID-19 Partnership
Designtex announced its partnership with West Elm in the design, manufacturing, and production of 13,000 cotton face masks to support COVID-19 pandemic efforts in its state-of-the-art Surface Imaging facility in Portland, Maine.
The Original Meaning Of Social Distancing And Why Every Creative Should Know It
You would be forgiven for thinking that social distancing only recently stormed into the global lexicon in the wake of the COVID-19 health crisis. Yet the phrase was already in the air nearly two decades ago.
DIRTT posts $5.3 million loss in latest quarter
Sales sunk as revenues for the first quarter of 2020 were $41.0 million compared to $65.1 million reported in the first quarter of 2019.
Tips for Signage and Wayfinding in a Post-COVID-19 World
As employees and customers step carefully back into the world, we will need to shift our behaviors, interactions, and ways of moving through space.
Mara Baum Q+A: Getting More Light When Working From Home
With more people sheltering in place and working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, many are missing out on an essential health factor that often gets overlooked: exposure to light.
When, Or If, Office Occupancy Rebounds
Office sector players agree there will be an increased demand for space flexibility in the future, but they are divided on how much lower occupancy rates in traditional offices will be when the current pandemic subsides, if at all.
Flexible Workspaces Emerge in the New T-Mobile HQ in Prague
T-Mobile Czech Republic teamed up with CAPEXUS to redesign the telecom operator’s Prague offices to go from a closed off setup to flexible workspaces.
How companies are supporting employees during COVID-19
Employees reluctant to give up flexible working after lockdown
New working patterns prompted by COVID-19 could cause employees to permanently reduce time spent in the office, as nearly half (45 percent) of Brits predict a permanent change to their employers’ approach to flexible working when lockdown lifts.
Reducing COVID-19 Transmission in the Built Environment
Seeing a need to understand the potential role of building infrastructure in transmitting the novel coronavirus, a team of scientists and building technology experts fervently began reviewing more than a decade’s worth of microbiology research. Within a week, they submitted a draft for journal publication. Here’s an excerpt of their final paper.
Economist Sees 'Short, Sharp' Recession for the Industry
Searching for a solution to noise in an open-plan office
One of the key culprits in causing unhappiness in open-plan spaces is noise – and, according to an OnOffice round table of office design experts hosted by furniture brand Bisley, it isn't just volume that is the issue in most spaces.
Kimball International, Inc. Reports Sales Flattened in Latest Quarter
Consolidated net sales were $178.2 million, up 0.5% from $177.4 million in the year ago quarter. Delays in shipments due to temporary production halts and delivery push-outs totaled approximately $18 million during the quarter.