Iken Workstation of the Future Design Competition Awards

Iken recently announced the winners of the 2008 Workstation of the Future design competition at Simmer on the Bay, Walsh Bay on 31 July. The design competition has raised some key ideas for what we would expect to see in future work environments.

BY jesse

August 26th, 2008

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