It’s no secret that the conventional workplace has been known to inhibit creativity, rather than support it. So, employers increasingly are investing time and money into the services of design professionals to help them create spaces that nurture ideas, foster creativity, and...
iCrete is a Think Tank that developed a new technology for concrete. They created a way to optimize cement content by maintaining or increasing its strength while reducing CO2. Felderman Keatinge + Associates (FKA) challenge was to design a space for iCrete’s corporate...
As a follow-on to Part I of this series, Bob Fox explores how the workplace has responded to massive shifts in our cultural and technological underpinnings. The open office concept has been pretty well established. Most companies had a combination of open and private...
Don't Let Mad Men Fool You Don't let sexy TV shows like "Mad Men" fool you: marketing, advertising, and public relations firms are not allknown for their opulent office spaces. Over the past six years, I’ve worked in agencies with workspaces that have run the gamut from...
Technology has had a big impact on how we work. As few as 5 years ago, there were still people working very closely together in shared office spaces. They depended on accessing the same information at the same time -- which was probably on a server in some closet that was in...
Think-Tank Rooms Primed for Innovating The future of the workplace is evolving into a playground of possibilities. Collaboration of multiple parties was not the norm 20 years ago. The sole purpose in the business world was to get yourself ahead, not bring others along with...
We need to challenge our expectations of the home office if we are designing a space with collaboration in mind. This is a modern business approach, so my choices will have a contemporary feel. The desk deserves the highest priority, and I suggest something non-traditional....
As many of our readers know, I am a huge fan of Apple’s iPad – not only because of its size, portability and ultimately great style, but also because of the extensive range of apps and applications for its use at home and in the workplace. In this post, we will take a look...
Over the past ten years, a new way of working has emerged along with people who live it every day. We call them the free radicals and, to us, they represent the future of work: they operate 24/7 through nimble, networked collaboration; they are averse to rigid hierarchies and...
As I learned in the early months after going into business for myself in June 2010, the solitude afforded by my home office was just the refreshing and productive respite I needed after client meetings and volunteer work. That said, I did miss the collaborative aspects of a...
