
13 June 2022
Wellness office design
Flexible, shared, adaptable, innovative – the office of the future places particular focus on the themes of well-being and personal productivity. This is the new frontier of office design, which has become wellness-oriented, paving the way for new models of design that aim to promote what is known as organisational well-being. In this light, the office... Read more
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20 May 2022
Agile office for Generation Zoomer
Generation Zoomer is having an increasingly decisive impact on companies worldwide. It has been estimated that by 2025, Gen Zoomer workers will represent 27% of the workforce, 1/3 of the global total (source: Il Sole 24 Ore). A category of workers with attitudes, needs, and forms of sensitivity that are drastically different from other generations.... Read more
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05 May 2022
Identity and a sense of belonging; five creative ideas for office walls
An organised working space focused on employee well-being is essential for creating a successful business. Organise, subdivide, isolate. Welcome, group, communicate. The “open space” era has led to the need to redefine the balance between individual and shared space, combining the need for interaction with requirements of individual privacy. A fundamental role in reconfiguring space... Read more
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22 April 2022
Acoustic comfort: new office privacy solutions
In this era characterised by a sharing of space, it is increasingly important to protect the well-being of workers through the designing of areas capable of guaranteeing privacy and confidentiality. An absence of privacy is, in fact, one of the main causes of employee dissatisfaction. A study carried out by the Center for the Built Environment (CBE)... Read more
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01 April 2022
Technology and interaction: presenting Life-Based Office Design
Technology is revolutionising the world of the office, opening the path to new design approaches focusing on ‘interaction design’. Amongst these concepts, of particular interest is HTI Design (Human-technology interaction), which utilises the study of technology to provide functional design solutions, significant for people’s lives. An approach to office design in which a fundamental aspect... Read more
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18 March 2022
Shaping an ergonomic office
Management spaces and roles are changing substantially and so they have to adapt rapidly to more inclusive modes of working and more multifaceted professional approaches. The frontiers are extending and moving towards new ‘ergonomic first’ design models that focus on the relationship between individuals and the workspace. We are increasingly hearing about ‘activity-based workplaces’, in... Read more
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02 March 2022
Reception: empower company identity
First impressions are important. This philosophy also applies to office space, in particular reception areas, the calling card of any company. Visually interesting, comfortable and well-designed, creating an attractive and functional reception area is fundamental in creating opportunities to involve visitors and employees. It is a theme that is often underestimated and that is, on... Read more
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17 February 2022
Office design by virtual reality
Virtual reality is radically changing the way in which the office is designed and experienced. We are increasingly hearing about “virtual workplaces”, in other words, interconnected virtual spaces in which technology is no longer just a method of facilitating the work experience, but rather an essential part of that experience. Online search trend for the... Read more
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31 January 2022
Trust, environment and wellness amongst the ingredients for creating a “great place to work”
For many companies, investing in attention to the work environment and the interiors in which people spend their time represents a factor of added value and recognisability. The setting is completed by corporate culture, vision, values and policies, helping to create attractive, high-performance offices in which employees can feel that they are at the focus... Read more
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11 January 2022
Biophilic workspace: 14 design models for creating “green” offices
In the last ThinkLab article, “Office design: trends and solutions for more sustainable workspaces”, we explored the opportunities offered by biophilic design, introducing a trend-setting solution in the world of office planning. Today we will discuss approaches and concrete solutions for introducing biophilics into corporate premises, highlighting fourteen design models that are based on the... Read more
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20 December 2021
Office design: trends and solutions for more sustainable workspaces
Whether we are aware of it or not, we are living in the “indoor generation” era, in other words the generation that spends most of its time in indoor spaces. According to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) titled “Ambient Air Pollution: a global assessment of exposure and burden of disease”, in the... Read more
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30 November 2021
“Comfort, innovation, flexibility and wellness: this is my concept for the office of the future”
“I consider design as never-ending, painstaking research, striving for the correct balance between aesthetics, comfort, form and function”. This is what Stefano Bigi, successful designer and founder of the “Stefano Bigi Design Studio”, told us while talking about himself and describing the new horizons of the office design of the future, capable of better meeting... Read more
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15 November 2021
Key elements and emerging trends in “green” office design
Sustainability linked to office design is a wide-ranging concept that involves both structural and design aspects. The key is developing a design that incorporates both visions, creating offices that are not just aesthetically “beautiful”, but also efficient and functional. We have already introduced this highly topical theme within the ThinkLab (see, for example, “Sustainable offices:... Read more
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