When we talk about office design, the focus is often on large-scale transformations: open-plan offices, flexible layouts, and iconic headquarters.
However, the real shift in today’s modern workplace is happening on a much smaller scale.
It’s in the details. In the transitions. In the micro-spaces we use for just a few minutes—but that significantly shape productivity, collaboration, and employee experience.
Today, effective workplace design doesn’t require radical change. It requires strategic, well-designed touchpoints.

Why work happens between spaces
The workday isn’t made up only of “official” moments: meetings, desks, scheduled calls.
It’s made of transitions—a sudden phone call, a quick exchange, a mental break, an idea that emerges while moving from one place to another. And yet, for years, these moments were overlooked in workspace design. Today, they are at the core of human-centered office design.

Phone booths in the office: a smart solution for focus and privacy
Not every call requires a meeting room—but it does require the right space at the right time.Phone booths respond to a simple yet crucial need: to isolate yourself without disappearing.
They allow people to handle unexpected calls without disturbing others, carve out micro-moments of concentration, and prevent open spaces from becoming chaotic.
They are small, but they solve one of the biggest tensions in the modern office: the balance between openness and privacy.

Informal workspaces: where collaboration happens naturally
Not every conversation needs a meeting room. In fact, the best ones often don’t happen there. Informal spaces—sofas, high tables, lounge areas—create the conditions for more spontaneous, less structured, and faster interactions. They are places where ideas flow more freely.

Small spaces, big effects
The real value of micro-spaces lies not in their declared function, but in their emerging one. They don’t just serve a purpose—they enable something to happen. A more effective call. An unexpected conversation. A moment of focus that makes a difference. In an increasingly fluid context, the workspace is also called to evolve.
This evolution doesn’t necessarily come from grand design gestures, but from the careful attention to the touchpoints between people, activities, and environments. It is in these often minimal elements that the quality of the work experience is defined.
And it’s exactly there that targeted design solutions can create lasting impact.