workplace culture
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The office as a stage: Wilkhahn x Indesign
A recent gathering hosted by Wilkhahn brought designers together to discuss flexibility, technology and the changing role of the workplace.
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RADS mediates street and lobby at Reno’s Bistro
Designed by RADS, the space redefines the lobby not as a point of passage, but as a destination in itself: a lobby bar, a café, and a small urban hinge-point that shapes and enhances the daily rituals of those who move through it.
Workplace
The invisible workforce: Davenport Campbell on the risks and realities of remote work
Neill Johanson, Principal at Davenport Campbell, comments on what we might be losing and gaining with the expansion of remote work.
Workplace
Comment: This rise of empathetic leadership and earning back the commute
As we enter the age of storytelling and empathetic leadership, what are the intangibles that feed a workplace’s culture? Alice Blackwood speaks with Amanda Stanaway, Dr Amantha Imber and Nat Cagilaba.
Workplace
Playful and porous work: Bean Buro in Hong Kong
Drawing on traditional Japanese architecture as well as the designers’ own international backgrounds, Bean Buro has created an interior office space with a distinctly modern atmosphere.
People
Candice Ng on the secrets to her success
In conversation with Leanne Amodeo, Plus Architecture’s newest principal, Candice Ng, discusses the varying aspects of her work, role and juggling it all with motherhood.
Workplace
This workplace has definite village vibes
Working with Gray Puksand, this leading Australian retailer has crafted a workplace that captures those elusive work-from-home qualities in a relaxed, responsive corporate environment.
Workplace
PTID re-announces itself to the interior design world
In the wake of both COVID-related disruptions and its own 25th anniversary, the interior design practice is letting the market know why its knowledge-led approach is the way of the future.
Workplace
BVN makes AFR BOSS ‘Best Places to Work’ list
“We do this for our people, that’s the number one driver,” says Brian Clohessy. He reveals what sets BVN apart from other workplaces.
People
Hassell’s Richard Mullane on the future of urban design
Taking up the reigns of Managing Principal for Hassell’s Melbourne Studio, Richard Mullane says: “We plan to build a more inclusive, sustainable future for communities – and create a more socially and ecologically resilient world.”
Ideas
Work reset: What is the future of work?
The pandemic-driven disruption of how we work has been painful for both companies and employees. But it is also providing an opportunity for everyone to recalibrate how we want the future of work to look like.
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GroupGSA devises a subtle treasure hunt for Microsoft Sydney
Microsoft’s Sydney headquarters entices you to seek out the ‘golden eggs’ that reveal themselves over time.
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How The Work Project and Hassell change the flexible workplace sector
The Work Project and Hassell have enjoyed the benefit of working together since the co-working provider entered the Singapore market. How have their conversations about delivering spaces in an increasingly competitive flexible workplace sector evolved through the years? We hear from both of them in the light of The Work Project’s newly minted space at CapitaGreen.
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How the pandemic worked in favour of co-working spaces
With organisations and professionals rethinking work and the workplace, co-working spaces may just be the most appealing solution to the hybrid working model in a post-pandemic world.
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How flexibility is driving transformative change at work
WeWork Pacific’s design studio director Tom Crocker discusses how teams are now dictating where they work and why balancing a sense of connectedness with flexibility will deliver the richest and most attractive employee experience.
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Is it possible to be stress-free in the profession of architecture?
Architecture is reportedly a profession of stress. How can workplace culture alleviate the daily pressures that come with the job? Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia resets the priorities of his busy, award-winning firm.
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Is it possible to be stress-free in the profession of architecture?
Architecture is reportedly a profession of stress. How can workplace culture alleviate the daily pressures that come with the job? Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia resets the priorities of his busy, award-winning firm.
Project
From a conventional office to an activity based working model by GOLDEN
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.
People
Siren Design’s human-centric approach in workspaces
Siren Design’s progressive and unequivocally cool workspaces are grounded by a belief in designing for community and context. It is all the more relevant in our isolating pandemic circumstances, asserts its Singapore managing director Penny Sloane.
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How COVID-19 cured an outmoded working culture
The pandemic-driven disruption of how we work has been painful for both companies and employees. But it is also providing an opportunity for us to recalibrate how we want the future of work to look like.
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When design brings workplace culture to life
Inspired initially by the groundbreaking Google HQ, workplace culture has risen steadily as a priority on the agenda of businesses since the beginning of the internet age.
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The workplace strategists’ guide to responding to change
Now is the time for strategy and action, say Kellie Payne, director, Bates Smart, and Dr Caroline Burns, founder, Workplace Revolution. And it all begins with asking the right questions.
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The many faces of wellness at work
In recent years, wellness and workplace culture have skyrocketed to become all the rage for office fitouts and commercial design.
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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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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.
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Dialling In With PMDL: Culture is key
Sue Davies breaks down PMDL success in adapting to COVID-19 and how their workplace culture was key to that.
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Dialling In With PMDL: Culture is key
Sue Davies breaks down PMDL success in adapting to COVID-19 and how their workplace culture was key to that.
People
James Calder And ERA-co: Advancing Humanity Through Place
Renowned workplace strategist James Calder is the Global Director of recently-launched consultancy ERA-co and part of the team putting people at the centre of our future workplaces and cities.
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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.
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What makes a stand-out workplace project? Gray Puksand unpacks some findings
What turns a team into a community? Following a whirlwind tour of Europe’s most successful workplaces, Heidi Smith of Gray Puksand, shares the team’s findings.
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Home vs. work: What if as much design attention was given to our workplaces as is given to our homes?
In a culture obsessed with ‘fast design trends for the home’, workplace design expert Angela Ferguson asks what if we gave as much thought to the design of our offices?
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“Workplaces in the 21st century are high-performing sanctuaries”
We live in a 24/7 world. What does this mean for the future of workplace design? Veteran workplace interior designer Angela Ferguson shares her observations.
Articles
Q&A: Indesign talks with CSM on its 65th anniversary
This year CSM is celebrating a significant milestone with 65 years in the business of providing integrated office storage solutions for clients nationwide. We talked to CSM about their journey from humble beginnings working in steel to how they became pioneers in customisable storage design.
People
Curating workplace culture: Technē’s Steve McKeag
When a business grows, maintaining the perfect balance of workplace culture can be a hard task. At Melbourne-based practice Technē, long-time staffer Steve McKeag has recently taken up the mantle after being promoted to the role of Director of People and Culture.
People
5 Minutes with James Calder
A leading workplace consultant, James Calder, the founder of Calder Consultants, talks workplaces of the future with Indesignlive.
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Drawing parallels to dystopia with Unispace’s Neil Usher
Neil Usher, an Executive Consultant at Unispace, considers the ramifications of the ultra-agile and super transparent workplaces we see today and how they are not too far from a dystopian world outlined in Dave Eggers 2013 novel The Circle.
People
Designing Culture As Well As Spaces With Fulton Trotter Architects
Architects help drive workplace culture, but Queensland practice Fulton Trotter show how best practice begins at home.