Workplaces today are ever-changing and their design represents the shifts in business, attitudes, health and wellbeing priorities and amenity that is required for a flexible workforce. This year’s INDE.Awards shortlist of The Work Space category is a snapshot of the continual evolvement of the workplace and, as a group, the projects are representative of people and place, culture and site.

While exemplary design is paramount in the shortlist, other factors such as sustainability, interior flexibility and comfort are integral to each project. Whether small or large the needs of the employee have been placed central to the design in order to assist workers to achieve fulfilment in their working life.

As supporter of The Work Space, Herman Miller is consummate in providing products that enhance the work place. For more than 100 years the company has designed and developed products that are innovative and future-focused to help workers achieve the very best.

“The shortlist this year is impressive, and I appreciate seeing projects from a variety of countries,” says Alex Say, Regional Sales Director, South East Asia for MillerKnoll. “I think all projects across all shortlists demonstrate that designers are trying to improve the world we live in through the projects they design. This appeals to the Herman Miller brand as we too are designing a better world for us to live in.”

While the projects in The Work Space all offer myriad styles of working, each has been designed with re-configuration in mind. Comfort and space is at the heart of each design to enhance working but there are other facilities as well to encourage employees back to the office where they can connect and communicate.

On this, Say notes, “It’s clear across all projects that a wide range of work zones is important in workplace design which is reflective of how the workplace has changed over the last few years. More important than ever the office needs to work harder for a variety of people.”

And indeed, the 2022 shortlist demonstrates that when it comes to the workplace, sociability is front and centre and the office becomes rather more like a club than merely a place to work. It’s a sign of the times and heralds a new way of not just doing work but thinking about it as well.

When asked which entry stands out to Herman Miller, the experts of office furniture design have one immediately in mind. “9-15-Deloitte Center for the Edge by Studio SKLIM would be my personal favourite,” reflects Say, “I appreciate how the space challenges the new normal of the work environment with a wide range of work zones in a very modest footprint.”

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The Work Space

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9-15-Deloitte Center for the Edge
Studio SKLIM
Singapore

Ballarat Gov Hub
John Wardle Architects
Australia

Dexus Place, 80 Collins Street
Warren and Mahoney
Australia

Exotic Food (XO)
IF (Integrated Field)
Thailand

Google Aotearoa
Warren and Mahoney
New Zealand/Aotearoa

Hobsons Bay Civic Centre
GroupGSA
Australia

THE LINK
IX Architects
Singapore

MC Workplace Fit-out
Jasmax
New Zealand/Aotearoa

Microsoft HQ
GroupGSA
Australia

Midtown Workplace
Cox Architecture
Australia

Our Place @ RMIT QV
ARM Architecture with Geyer
Australia

Yirranma Place
SJB
Australia

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Join us when the winner of the Work Space will be announced in Melbourne on the 4th August at the 2022 INDE.Awards gala. The in-person event will also be broadcast live to bring together everyone around our Indo-Pacific region. Register for your free digital ticket here.

And also join the conversation about the new workplace at the virtual INDE.Summit on the 3rd August. James Calder, Global Director, Era-Co will moderate an exceptional panel session and delve deep into all things work related in Finding Connectivity: A New Dawn for the Workplace.

Reserve your ticket here for the INDE.Summit and get ready to find out how working will look in the future.

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