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Designing the future of education
Actiu is known around the world for focusing on one thing above all else: Wellbeing. But what does wellbeing look like in a post-pandemic world? And how can we provide support where it matters most?
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COMUNiTI distils the Davidson brand to perfection
For an organisation that champions making positive change, it made perfect sense for Davidson to change their workspace to reflect their philosophy. COMUNiTI’s inspired approach to flooring using Milliken-Ontera saw the Davidson brand flawlessly translated into its new working environment.
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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.
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WATCH: Wilkhahn x Orgatec 2018
From agile, to the latest tech advancements and a complementary design approach – hear from design leaders at Orgatec 2018 as they share workplace insights while on the Wilkhahn stand.
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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?
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A specifier’s guide to the gig economy
With the age of the digital nomad and gig economy now in full swing, we explore how these cultural phenomena are driving specification.
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Designed for people, inspired by place: NAB Brisbane by Woods Bagot
With staff fully assimilated to the rhythms of agile working, how do we begin to offer further flexibility? In its Brisbane headquarters, NAB looks to seamlessly align staff with space, giving them the room – quite literally – to physically and mentally ‘flex’. Designers Wood Bagot strove to bring physical space and human behaviour into perfect sync.
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5 agile workspace designs we love
Agile workspace design is a term thrown around a lot – but when it’s done well it can truly transform a space into a productive and charming workplace.
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Futurespace Breaks Traditional Barriers At Savills’ New Sydney Workspace
Designed by Futurespace, the design strategy for Savills new Sydney digs was influenced by ABW methods, allowing for the breakdown of both physical and communication barriers to enable a more coherent, collaborative, team-accessible workplace.
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UBT Sydney By Unispace, Where Co-working, Collaboration And Hospitality Converge
UBT’s new Head Office at Sydney’s Olympic Park – The Precinct – brings the luxury of a boutique hotel to an agile workplace typology designed for networking and collaboration.
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“Practice what you preach” – WSP by JPE Design Studio
WSP’s new workplace provides smart solutions based on a sustainable approach, and is designed to support current changes and adapt to future changes.
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The Agile Insight Handbook: Technology, Trends And Choice For 2018
Vice President of Haworth International, Glen Foster, shares his insights into the changing face of the contemporary professional landscape.
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The WeWork ‘Money Box’ Branch In Sydney’s Martin Place By TomMarkHenry
Designed by TomMarkHenry, NYC co-working phenomenon WeWork sprouts a new location in Martin Place’s former Commonwealth Bank building, fondly nicknamed the ‘Money Box’.
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Making ‘The Library’ Cool, Again: North Fitzroy Community Hub by GroupGSA
GroupGSA creates a multimodal and creative space—North Fitzroy Library and Community Hub project—for the inner city Melbourne.
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Could Colour Be Critical In The Future Of The Agile Workplace?
Playster’s new Montreal headquarters by local ACDF Architecture is an exploration of how colour can be used strategically in the agile workplace.
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PTID’s Intelligent Agile Design Of Tabcorp’s New CBD Offices
Interior Design and Management Solutions company PTID has designed the interior of the new Sydney office of gambling-led entertainment company Tabcorp in the city’s CBD. The final stage of the four-floor fitout is a full floor of open work environment cleverly utilising Agile methodologies to present a compelling and intelligent design.
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Agile’s Final Frontier: Russell McVeagh Lawyers Auckland by Warren & Mahoney
The legal sector has traditionally adhered to a strict workplace hierarchy, with senior staff alloted a private office and entry-level employees assigned to the ‘open-plan’. Designed by Warren and Mahoney, the new head office for New Zealand law firm Russell McVeagh, challenges this antiquated workplace approach with a daring, material-rich agile strategy.
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The Next Generation of Conferencing with Walter Knoll
Iconic furniture designers Walter Knoll continue to build on their legacy, with a suite of new options available locally in their expanded conferencing program.
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Meet The Calyx, The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney’s New Horticultural Display Centre
See how The Calyx, The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney’s New Horticultural Display Center, designed by PTW Architects, has blossomed into a world-class attraction, landing a 2017 Good Design Award.
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BCG Digital Ventures By Carr: “You Wanna Learn? Then It’s Time To Get Uncomfortable.”
Change is uncomfortable – agonising even, but non-negotiable in modern professional culture. Here, design has a responsibility to create spaces that not only allow change to happen, but that make the otherwise thorny process of ‘self-education’ an engaging, positive one.
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We Don’t Need To Guess The Future Of Agile, We Already Know It – And It Doesn’t Look Good
The International Space Station is a 40-year design experiment in creating the ultimate environment to work, live and play. The result? Perfect agility. Too perfect. Astronauts want to know if we’ve told Houston, ‘there’s a problem’.
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Addressing noise in the agile workplace
Relying on acoustic design solutions to help mitigate noise and improve efficiency at the workplace with Haworth.