Design
Trading stress for wellness: redesigning the trading floor
Forget the Wolf of Wall Street: trading floors can seriously damage traders’ health. New research from architects Gensler, supported by furniture company Erich Keller, explores ways to mitigate stress on the trading floor to improve wellbeing and decision-making
Making light work of constant distractions in open plan space
Having trouble getting ‘into flow’ in the office environment? A new traffic light system promising to cut down interruptions has reopened a familiar debate about the trials of working in open plan
Do wearables hold the key to the multi-sensory workplace?
Designing multi-sensory experiences at work can aid wellbeing and productivity, but a balance is required between architectural form and new wearable technologies
Will design thinking make your workplace architect redundant?
It is one thing to think like a designer. It is quite another to attempt a workplace design project without a professional to make it happen
Cultural touchstones: giving the tech sector a design narrative
Primo Orpilla of Studio O+A has been one of the pioneers of new workspace design in Silicon Valley. Here he explains how design typologies can help companies to tell their story
Elevate the spirit: Felderman and Keatinge’s approach to design
Ever since their pioneering MTV Networks project more than 20 years ago, workplace designers Stanley Felderman and Nancy Keatinge have been in the vanguard of new ideas
On your marks: study with the Academy in London and Madrid
Do you want to engage with the future of work by studying the subject in more detail? The Academy presents two exciting design research opportunities for students
Designing utopia: Chile’s great experiment in cybernetic control
Utopian visions by 37 nations at the inaugural London Design Biennale largely ignored the work economy - Chile’s Counterculture Room proved the exception to the rule
