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?