Good Design Can Change the World: NeoCon 2016

NeoCon or the National Exposition of Contract Furnishings is the largest trade show of its kind in North America with over 1,000 designers and architects exhibiting their contract and commercial furnishings to thousands and thousands of attendees and design professionals.

Held from June 13 to 15 at The Mart in Chicago, NeoCon 2016 saw over 500 leading companies participating in the exhibition of their top designs. Featuring dynamic, fluid office plans as well as innovative product designs, the event was a huge success.

Here are some of the highlights from NeoCon 2016, courtesy of Interior Design.

NeoCon 2016 Product Recap: Office Furniture

David Rockwell agrees that the workplace is a stage where the scene should change effortlessly according to the task at hand—the freestanding mobile elements of Unscripted, produced by Knoll, deliver on his ad-hoc promise with the designer’s quintessential panache. See full post here

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Flexible Workspaces: Collaboration, Concentration and Everything in Between

Is Open Office Design Really the Way to Go: Not For Everybody

Productive Workspace: Choosing the Perfect Desk

Work-life Balance: Contributions of a Good Office Design

Office Lighting – Natural and Artificial: Do It Right

Good or bad lighting can massively affect office productivity which is why poor lighting is often cited as one of the biggest office design mistakes.

Depending on where your workplace is located, you may or may not have access to sublime natural light. Studies have indicated that natural light not only increases employee satisfaction but also has a positive effect on their productivity.

Whether you’re asking yourself if your office needs better lighting or have already made up your mind in favor, this article by Rachel Bindl from National Business Furniture is a must-read.

How to Properly Light Your Office

Poor lighting is often cited as one of the most common interior design mistakes. While poor lighting is sure to be stressful and annoying no matter what room you may be in, it can be especially problematic in a home office or in any business setting; in fact, bad lighting is one of the most popular complaints from office employees around the globe.

It’s easy to understand why employees are less than thrilled to be in a working environment that’s either too bright or too dim. Improper lighting in the office can negatively affect worker productivity and the quality of the work produced. It can also be a safety and health hazard. Too little light can make it difficult to see, making it much more likely for accidents and injuries to occur. Headaches, fatigue and eye strain, like watery or burning eyes, may also be caused from too much or too little light. See full post here

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Home Office: Because Why Not

Office Furniture Befitting the Space Age

7 Attributes to Help You Determine the Right Office Design

When you ask your employees how they want the workspace to be, it’s a mixed bag – some want the quiet, undisturbed nook where they can focus on their projects without uninvited interventions from the rest of the workforce while some prefer the bustle of an open office where they can openly communicate and collaborate with different teams and departments working on the project.

Between collaboration and the quiet, if there is an ideal arrangement, we are determined to find it.

According to the folks at HLW International Location, Enclosure, Exposure, Technology, Temporality, Perspective and Size are the seven attributes you need to consider to understand what office design works best for your business.

Peter Bacevice, Liz Burow and Mat Triebner from HLW International write for the Harvard Business Review.

7 Factors of Great Office Design

Smart companies understand that workspaces are a business tool. An office environment reflects and reinforces a business’s core values, through the placement of different teams and functions and design elements that reflect culture, brand, and values.

For example, we’ve seen an explosion of open office layouts, in part because openness, transparency, and collaboration are some of the attributes companies strive for today. Sometimes these designs work well; however, research shows that this collaborative push may be too much of a good thing.
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