Covid-19

People
Not that much has changed for Helen Kontouris after all
In putting together Indesign #83, our Workplace Progress issue, we spoke with Helen Kontouris to get her thoughts on the longer term impacts of COVID-19.

Ideas
The Evolution of Office Design to Reflect Business Practices in the New World
In the times of the ‘new normal’, businesses will adopt new operating models, requiring design engineers to rethink conventions and adapt to new ways of designing buildings.

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Why the current crisis could be a defining moment for building a more resilient and sustainable future
Philippe Delorme, Executive Vice-President of Energy Management of Schneider Electric, discusses how the current COVID-19 crisis may be a defining moment in building a more sustainable future.

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New Ways of Working: adapting to reality through digital resilience
Elizabeth Hackenson, Chief Content Officer of Schneider Electric, discusses the changing workplace in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.

People
Life after Lockdown: Anastasia Narkiewicz
In the final interview in the life after lockdown series, Branko Miletec talks to Anastasia Narkiewicz about the changing work environment in the post COVID-19 world

Articles
Antimicrobial Surfaces Offer Hygiene Benefits To Work Spaces
Statewide Office Furniture, together with other measures such as cleaning and hand hygiene, could be the solution designers are looking for in a more hygiene conscious world.

People
Life after Lockdown: Steve Coster, MD of Hassell
Branko Miletic speaks to Steve Coster, MD of Hassell, on adapting to work following COVID-19.

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Life after Lockdown: Steve Coster, MD of Hassell
Branko Miletic speaks to Steve Coster, MD of Hassell, on adapting to work following COVID-19.

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The Post-Virus Workplace
Has the Covid-19 shutdown changed the way we work forever? Paul McGillick takes a sceptical overview of current workplace futurology.

People
Life under Lockdown: Mike Faine
Branko Miletic speaks to Mike Faine about how life as an architect has been effected by the COVID-19 lockdown.

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Life under Lockdown: Mike Faine
Branko Miletic speaks to Mike Faine about how life as an architect has been effected by the COVID-19 lockdown.

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The Post-Virus Workplace
Has the Covid-19 shutdown changed the way we work forever? Paul McGillick takes a sceptical overview of current workplace futurology.

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What is 2020 teaching us about the future of work?
A comprehensive survey conducted by Iva Durakovic (UNSW), Lisa Munao, Head of Workplace Design and Innovation (Davenport Campbell) and Kathryn Marshall (Davenport Campbell) questioning Australians on workplaces changes since COVID-19 has given us a great deal of insight into what the workplace might look like moving forward.

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What is 2020 teaching us about the future of work?
A comprehensive survey conducted by Iva Durakovic (UNSW), Lisa Munao, Head of Workplace Design and Innovation (Davenport Campbell) and Kathryn Marshall (Davenport Campbell) questioning Australians on workplaces changes since COVID-19 has given us a great deal of insight into what the workplace might look like moving forward.

Products
Schneider Electric: 10 best practices for energy efficiency in low-occupancy buildings
With many buildings becoming unexpectedly low occupancy Schneider Electric outlines 10 of the best practices for reaching peak energy efficiency in this new environment

Products
Schneider Electric: How digitization can enable business critical resiliency in times of crisis
Schneider Electric explains how your company can adapt and survive a crisis like COVID-19.

News
Our Workplace Webinar is on tomorrow!
Our Webinar on the future of the workplace post COVID-19 ‘Changing Interior of Workplace’ goes ahead this Wednesday (27th)!

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Our ‘Changing Interior of Workplace’ Webinar is on next week!
Our Webinar on the future of the workplace post COVID-19 is open for registration!

People
Life after Lockdown: Leanne Guy, Hassell’s health sector leader & principal
Life after Lockdown talks to Leanne Guy about the challenges and surprising positives aspects of this lockdown working arrangement

People
Dialling In with Angela Biddle, Scott Carver
Sue Davies dials in with Angela Biddle of Scott Carver to discuss workplace culture when most of the workplace are somewhere else.

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With over 2000 registrations in 72 hours our first Webinar is going to be a big one!
We’re about to launch our new Webinar series with ‘Working and our Health’. With over 2000 people registering for the series in the first 72 hours, this is an opening you don’t want to miss!

People
Dialling In with Angela Biddle, Scott Carver
Sue Davies dials in with Angela Biddle of Scott Carver to discuss workplace culture when most of the workplace are somewhere else.
People
Dialling in with William Smart: Working from Home literally
This week Sue dials in with William Smart, the founder and creative director of SDS, Smart Design Studio.
People
Dialling in with William Smart: Working from Home literally
This week Sue dials in with William Smart, the founder and creative director of SDS, Smart Design Studio.

People
Life under Lockdown: Christian Hampson
Chris Hampson, director and co-founder of visionary indigenous start-up Yerrabingin, talks about shifting his work paradigm since Covid-19.
People
Dialling In with Koos de Keijzer: The New Normal
This week Sue Davies dials in with Koos de Keijzer, founding Principal of DKO, to discuss how the dynamics of their workplace practices have changed.

People
Life under Lockdown: Jefa Greenaway
Jefa Greenaway, founder of Greenaway Architects, discusses the changes to the workplace that the lockdown has caused, including some of the positives.
People
Dialling In with Koos de Keijzer: The New Normal
This week Sue Davies dials in with Koos de Keijzer, founding Principal of DKO, to discuss how the dynamics of their workplace practices have changed.

People
Life under Lockdown: Mahalath Halperin
Mahalath Halperin, architect and environmental consultant, discusses the work/life balance of the COVID-19 lockdown.
People
Dialling in with Mathew Dalby of Buchan
With offices globally including in Shanghai, Buchan Group were alerted early to a changing climate for working and living. What can we learn from their action?
People
Dialling in with Mathew Dalby of Buchan
With offices globally including in Shanghai, Buchan Group were alerted early to a changing climate for working and living. What can we learn from their action?

People
Life under Lockdown: Tom Owens, principal & MD, Gensler Australia
Tom Owens, principal & MD, Gensler Australia discusses the challenges of working during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Events
The tool that can change the way architects work from home
A new tool developed from a UNSW associate professor and Cox Architecture is helping the Architecture industry move work to the digital world

News
The tool that can change the way architects work from home
A new tool developed from a UNSW associate professor and Cox Architecture is helping the Architecture industry move work to the digital world

Ideas
Dowel Jones introduces the Design From Home competition
With most of Australia in social isolation Dowel Jones introduces a new design competition to help keep our brains from atrophying

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So That’s The End of the Co-Living Boom, Huh?
Shared living spaces looked like being the future of metropolitan living and working, and now they seem like human petri-dishes. So, what comes next?

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The lights that could kill Corona
Brightgreen, a light company in Melbourne, claim ultraviolet lights they have engineered can combat the transmission of COVID-19. Can these lights really fry the virus? Or will they fry us instead?

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A Closeness In Distance
As March draws to a close and we begin a new month, Sue Davis talk with Simone Oliver, Principal and Sector Leader Interior Architecture at Architectus, about their transition to WFH and the future of their culture.

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So That’s The End of the Co-Living Boom, Huh?
Shared living spaces looked like being the future of metropolitan living and working, and now they seem like human petri-dishes. So, what comes next?

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How to wrangle space when you’re all locked down at home
We’re going to be asking a lot of our living spaces in the coming weeks, so how best to keep things ticking along with the family in close 24 hour quarters?

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How to wrangle space when you’re all locked down at home
We’re going to be asking a lot of our living spaces in the coming weeks, so how best to keep things ticking along with the family in close 24 hour quarters?

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Put your design-thinking caps on for the Fountain of Hygiene
London-based experiential creatives, Bompas & Parr invite the world to participate in the design competition, Fountain of Hygiene, created to rethink the way we see, use and look at sanitisers.

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Can we make this an opportunity to be better than ever?
Business is not as usual – but this could be an opportunity for it to be better than before. Indesignlive won’t stop celebrating architecture and design, just as we’re sure you won’t stop giving us things to celebrate.

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Can we make this an opportunity to be better than ever?
Business is not as usual – but this could be an opportunity for it to be better than before. Indesignlive won’t stop celebrating architecture and design, just as we’re sure you won’t stop giving us things to celebrate.

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What would a perfect pandemic isolation home look like?
Writer Andrew P Street wants to build the social distancing house of the future!

News
Dance For Life cancelled due to COVID-19
A huge event for the Architecture and Design community as well as an important event for raising funds for charity Reach Out has unfortunately been cancelled due to concerns over the COVID-19 virus outbreak.

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Our apartments just aren’t designed for self-isolation
How do you spend a week in Covid-19 quarantine in a living space designed for you to be out of it most of the time?

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Introducing the Indesign Webinar Series
The Indesign Webinars are a series of free, open, collaborative conversations between key players in the industry researched and facilitated by Indesign Media.