sustainability

Signal File: what this week’s headlines reveal about human-centred design

This week’s headlines reveal new roles of workplace design, from cutting carbon, rethinking mobility, to softening surveillance

Signal File: what this week’s headlines reveal about the next wave of computing

The tools of tomorrow’s office are arriving – robots that feel, chips that read thoughts, and cases that fold like paper – pushing computing into new terrain

Designing for people: how Miro’s Amsterdam reimagines employee experience

Miro’s new Amsterdam headquarters goes beyond aesthetics and amenities to create an employee-driven workplace built for adaptability, collaboration, and ongoing learning

Thinking space: three innovative uses of AI in the built environment

From recovering rubble to reading a city’s mood, these AI use cases suggest a new kind of built environment that can listen and understand us in real time 

Tomorrow’s Office: designing for constant change and adaptation

Adaptive, circular, healthy, hybrid and social office models advance the idea of space as a dynamic system in a new report that anticipates what’s next in workplace interiors

Decarbonising at scale: a new blueprint for the built environment

A new collaboration between Signify, Schneider Electric and Pineapple Partnerships aims to break down long-standing barriers to real estate decarbonisation through a scalable model

The convergence era: ten emerging technologies reshaping work

From collaborative sensors to AI verification, the World Economic Forum’s annual review spotlights breakthrough technologies where scientific progress meets real-world application 

Workplaces as centres for life: where work meets community

As communities rethink place in response to the global polycrisis, could the workplace evolve into a regenerative anchor for cultural, ecological and economic renewal?