The recession and introduction of sophisticated mobile devices created the perfect recipe for organizations to identify new, efficient ways to design work environments. These new environments offer employees a chance to embrace technology and compete in the global economy while...
Productivity, efficiency, and flexibility are three common themes that arise when our industry talks about the future of the office. Mobile work is a reality, and studies consistently show that employees are choosing be work outside of the workplace in order to be more...
The impact of the ecology of the workplace on innovation and business success is still often overlooked. As many business owners and employees end 2011 wondering what the upcoming year holds, the reality is that many staff work in an organization that is obsolete. While many...
The Design District in Miami, better known as "The SOHO of the South," serves as Ground Zero for the world famous Art Basel's American winter outpost and surrounding satellite fairs. That it’s the center of art in Miami is exactly the reason for locating the brpr Group’s...
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...
I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing designer Matthew Smith, Principal at SquaredEye, on his role in spearheading CoWork Greenville (SC). Below are the images of CoWork Greenville (taken by Mykal McEldowney) and Matthew's answers to my questions -- all so we could get a...
[caption id="attachment_777" align="alignright" width="240" caption="My Current Chair"][/caption] While finishing grad school in Ohio 11 years ago, I was spending hours of time sitting on a wooden stool hunched over my laptop. One day I called home to complain that my right...
