In an age where the concept of the workplace is an increasingly transient notion, we expect more from the places where we conduct our business than ever. Shaw Contract, your Official Partner of the INDE. Workspace Award, is here to make sure that happens!
June 27th, 2017
From sleek corporate offices to casual shared spaces, the modern workforce appreciates the value of an ergonomic set up, and seek environments that support the diverse needs of the individual.
With their sustainable, high design flooring treatments featuring in many leading office spaces, Shaw Contract brings a unique understanding of what elements are key to the world’s most covetable workplaces. At their best, these spaces have the potential to optimise our health and productivity, foster beneficial working relationships, and make a joy of our vocations.
Remaining at the vanguard of flooring innovation since their origin in 1967, the team at Shaw Contract continue to elevate workspaces that inspire by joining the INDE.Awards as our Workplace Category Sponsor.
This month, the inaugural INDE Awards Gala will unearth a showcase of incredible offices across Asia Pacific. Don’t miss your chance to witness the first awards truly representing the finest of our regional design talent.
Shaw Contract products are installed in more than 80 countries worldwide, with showrooms, sales offices and manufacturing facilities around the globe. Melbourne joins London, Shanghai, Beijing, New York, and other global design hubs where Shaw Contract’s presence is a catalyst for design excellence.
Shaw Contract are committed to continuously providing designers with the best solutions for their projects, and this new space will provide the ideal setting for talented team members & local clients to create, dream, and solve challenges. After all, in their own words, “we believe innovative design can change the way we live, work, think, and create. As a global design leader, Shaw Contract commercial flooring is engineered for beauty, durability, and cradle-to-cradle sustainability.” Part of the world’s largest carpet manufacturer and provider – Shaw Industries – this global company spans the full spectrum of flooring applications and sectors: from residential to commercial markets, Shaw Contract’s specialty in the world of carpet has allowed us to push the boundary of what our workspaces look like, how they function, and ways in which intelligent design solutions can reinvest in mobilising talent and empowering the end-user to an optimum degree of productivity and well-being.
As the Official Partner of the INDE. Workspace Award, the team at Shaw Contract are looking to celebrate our region’s best workplace – one that understands that our working environments are as social and cultural as they are functional. Join us at the inaugural INDE.Awards, get close to greatness and meet the future of our diverse and vibrant industry.
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