An office design is only functional when it caters to all team members equally. A finding from Harvard Business Review states that the most successful teams have the most diverse mix of personality traits. Different personalities prefer working differently and thrive in different environments. Thus, the design of an office impacts differently on each team […]
In 2014, while researching the benefits of nature, Gregory Bratman, a graduate student at the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources at Stanford University discovered that even a brief glimpse of nature contributes to making people more attentive and pleased. Similarly, based on his research from the early 1980s, R.S. Ulrich argues viewing nature […]
Looking back from the era that prefers open-plan office layout over other office design, there have been numerous experiments in the past seventy years to invent ‘the best office layout’. Yet, even the most popular design of today isn’t free from multiple criticisms. Now, as the popularity of the open office plan is declining, we […]
Office layout types are like the skeleton of your organisation. It provides the base to all the movements taking place in your office. The design needs to be optimised to suit your organisation’s work style and workflow, your brand, and most importantly, your employees. Above all, the different features and combinations of them will mean […]
Office Fit-outs can make a world of difference to your office space as well as your company as a whole. The right fit-out can maximise productivity, lead to higher employee satisfaction, develop a brand image, and utilise resources more efficiently. A fit-out can even be specified to be aligned with your objectives, vision, and values […]
Technology has allowed us to be more mobile than ever before. The devices we use today, such as mobile phones and laptops, provide us with the flexibility to use them at ease regardless of the location we are in. But if we take a closer look at how we work daily, it seems like we’re […]
During world war II, when soldiers were spending more time in tight quarters, tanks, and watercraft for more than twelve hours a day for months, they started experiencing back issues and problems with blood circulation. It impacted not only their morale but also their efficiency. So the engineers began working on reinventing those areas to […]
One of the fundamental objectives of fitting-out your new office space or refurbishing an existing one is creating an environment that not only allows maximum efficiency but also takes care of the team as a whole. You might want to divide your office space into different sections and plan individually. Still, you’ll need to consider […]
Now that our workspaces are changing forever in the post-pandemic era, our future office fit-outs are going to be more expensive than before given that it will require more furniture per member of staff to run an office space as per new safety protocols. You will put safety as the first priority in your office […]
As we are ready to restart our economy by getting back to our office desks, there is an acknowledgement that our office environment is not going to be the same again in the post-COVID era. As already mentioned in our previous article, our offices would need to go through a complete transformation to better suit […]
