Skender’s Clay Edwards shares the ten office updates he recommends to support a healthy return to work.
HON recalls office chairs
What Goes Into a Chair (Before You Do)
Coworking: Coming To A Suburb Near You?
One of the myriad impacts of the coronavirus pandemic might be to see coworking come to the suburbs.
BIFMA Names Deirdre Jimenez, AIA ASID President & CEO
Jimenez is both an architect and interior designer with over 25 years of leadership experience serving in executive and ownership roles in corporate real estate and national AE consulting firms.
BIFMA Announces Election of New Members to Board of Directors
Office Evolution: Experts Reveal 5 Predictions for the Office of the Future
Watch: Designing What’s Next: Design + The Future
Watch James Ludwig, Vice President of Design and Engineering for Steelcase, as he answers five questions in five minutes on the future of the workplace in a post-COVID world and the unique opportunity it presents designers in the episode 1 of the series Designing What's Next.
Watch: Designing What's Next: Design + Informal Spaces
Watch Lew Epstein, General Manager of Coalesse and Turnstone, as he answers 5 questions in 5 minutes on the future of informal, shared spaces in a post-COVID workplace. Spoiler alert - they're here to stay.
Competing in the Post-COVID Era
H Contract taps Mark Craven for new executive position in Sales, Merchandising
H Contract has reorganized its sales management, marketing and product development operations and tapped industry veteran Mark Craven for the new position of vice president of sales and merchandising.
What Will Happen to Communal Office Amenities?
As offices begin to plan for the future, communal spaces—which had been in very high demand before the pandemic—are a big question mark.
In Time for NeoCon, Vitra Predicts Material Trends for Post-COVID Offices
The Swiss manufacturer makes some surprisingly transparent forecasts, including that fewer chairs will be necessary.
How The Pandemic Is Forever Changing The Employer-Employee Relationship. And Why That Matters.
Who gets to keep the reduced corporate overhead, which employers will likely benefit from as a result of needing a smaller office footprint?
Design Imperatives For The Post-Pandemic Office
In the years preceding the pandemic, open floor plans grew in popularity. However, after the crisis, employee safety will be the first consideration.
Offices in the post lockdown era will focus on what they are good at
Office spaces will become a hive of activity in the future as more businesses embrace office designs which promote innovation, creativity and team collaboration, predicts commercial real estate advisors Colliers International.
5 Workplace Concepts to Start Taking Seriously After COVID-19
If designers want to take the lead in shaping the post-pandemic office, they need to embrace ideas that are not accepted by the mainstream yet.
Maison&Objet becomes the latest design fair to drop physical event for digital version
September's Maison&Objet interior design fair has been postponed and will instead take place online, while Paris Design Week is to go ahead.
How Can Workplace Design Learn From Healthcare In A Post-Pandemic World?
Farewell to Gummy Bear Jars: Tech Offices Get a Virus Safety Makeover
Companies like Salesforce created workplaces with all the comforts of home. But now they may feel more like hospitals.