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3 essential products for activity-based working

3 essential products for activity-based working

Transform your workspace into a dynamic, adaptable, and collaborative environment with these products that meet the diverse needs of your workforce.

The Golden lesson in designing open plan, flexible work spaces

The Golden lesson in designing open plan, flexible work spaces

The flexible work spaces of RMBL’s new head office, designed by Golden, have transformed the mortgage manager’s conventional practices in favour of an activity based working model.

Gijs Nooteboom shares 6 truths of progressive workplace

Gijs Nooteboom shares 6 truths of progressive workplace

We still speak about the workplace revolution, but revolutions don’t normally last 20 years. Is it all over and we’re simply moving the furniture around?

10 creative and agile spaces for activity based work

10 creative and agile spaces for activity based work

The following ten design projects represent the most inimitable offices we’ve seen of late, in which space goes above and beyond in its role as a facilitator of ABW.

Hybrid working – why it’s the new reality

Hybrid working – why it’s the new reality

It’s unstructured, complex and fluid – how do we begin to define hybrid, so that we might ‘design’ to it? James Calder of Calder Consultants frames the challenge.

Behaviour And Misbehaviour At Work

Behaviour And Misbehaviour At Work

For agile to succeed, we need awareness of how people actually work. That means deeply understanding worker behaviour and organisational culture, and managing change to suit.

Best of both worlds: Master Builders QLD office

Best of both worlds: Master Builders QLD office

The Master Builders QLD office renovation celebrates the association’s rich history while also ushering the brand into a world of activity-based working.

Hot desking… is it still hot?

Hot desking… is it still hot?

Studies reveal that while flexible and agile working modes are designed to empower the individual, they also contribute to low productivity and absenteeism. Can a happy medium between old and new typologies be achieved?

Learning to share: Introducing the new generation of co-working

Learning to share: Introducing the new generation of co-working

Co-working seems to be the golden arrow for enterprises looking to improve productivity and collaboration. What makes it an effective and successful working model?

Kokuyo KL Showcases Furniture For Activity-Based Working

Kokuyo KL Showcases Furniture For Activity-Based Working

At the very first media event in the Kokuyo KL showroom, the Japanese office furniture brand showcased a range of products to support ABW.

Furniture designed for flexibility and adaptiveness – that’s Flokk!

Furniture designed for flexibility and adaptiveness – that’s Flokk!

With space management an ever-relevant consideration to take into mind when designing for workspaces, it’s sometimes easy to forget the practical matters should take priority – designing an office that enables productive, meaningful work.

Top 5 tips for thinking like an agile designer

Top 5 tips for thinking like an agile designer

The desire to be an agile designer is strong in today’s busy design community, but what does this mean exactly?