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How staff input shaped the design of three new QBE offices

How staff input shaped the design of three new QBE offices

Through user consultation, GroupGSA developed a series of staff-focussed and future-ready workplaces for insurance giant QBE.

Australia’s top design minds compete to envisage the future workplace

Australia’s top design minds compete to envisage the future workplace

It’s the million-dollar question: what does the future of work look like? Herman Miller has put it to Australia’s top design minds to conceptualise what that future might look like, in its inaugural ‘Work, Redefined’ design challenge.

The Post-Virus Workplace

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.

What does it really mean to “design for diversity”?

What does it really mean to “design for diversity”?

How can designers look beyond their own experiences to meet the needs of a broad spectrum of end users?

WeWork Hong Kong by NC Design & Architecture

WeWork Hong Kong by NC Design & Architecture

The 60,000-sq-m space unfolds over eight floors and aims to encourage social interaction rather than a place to simply come and work in isolation. But outside of the obvious “collaboration stations” how are we designing spaces that actually make us want to get together?

The Agile Zone: AstraZeneca’s New Zoned Work Space

The Agile Zone: AstraZeneca’s New Zoned Work Space

This global science-led pharmaceutical company has adopted agile thinking for their new Sydney base, designed by Futurespace.

How to design for the workplace of tomorrow

How to design for the workplace of tomorrow

Artificial intelligence, smart data, the gig economy… there’s no denying the workplace of the future is a bold new landscape, and how we respond to this as designers is an increasingly important concern.