When we heard that leading Spanish furniture manufacturer, Actiu, is aiming to become the first industrial park in the world to receive the WELL Certification, we immediately thought, ‘We’ve got a two-for-the-price-of-one story here!’ Not only is this a fantastic wellbeing case study, it’s also a fascinating focus on a great furniture business.
Celebrating its 10th year, CDW has firmly established itself as one of the UK’s leading design festivals. Here we bring you a selection of what you can expect to find in those showrooms and exhibition spaces this month.
Landmark Manchester building, Blackfriars House, is set to undergo a major transformation as part of Bruntwood Works’ £50m Pioneer refurbishment project.
The Coalface aims to handle all the hassle behind running an office so members can concentrate and focus on what matters most. We talk to CEO Jonathan Hausmann.
Those of you who were lucky enough to be at the recent Mixology will have seen the amazing, vastly different shortlisted projects featured throughout the awards.
Unless you’ve been stuck on a (love) island for the last couple of years, you can’t have failed to notice that HSBC UK chose to move its headquarters out of London and up to the ‘second city’ of Birmingham. Furthermore, if you’ve been to the centre of Birmingham recently, you’ve probably also noticed that there’s a ‘tiny bit’ of regeneration going on.
In one sense of the word, biophilia is here for good – for the good of all of us. But is it simply another workplace element that is bang on trend today, only to be relegated down those wish lists tomorrow?
It’s more often than not at the top of the poll when it comes to things that irritate people in their workplace – and an enormous (and fixable) issue when it comes to wellbeing and happiness. Yet so many businesses continue to get it wrong or fail to address the issue. What are we talking about? Noise.
We interviewed Devinder Bhogal on her role, her experience and some valuable lessons learned.
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) the UK’s productivity levels recently lagged behind those of our European neighbours, while commentators continue to discuss the ‘productivity puzzle.’ Sarah Dodsworth, Creative Director at SpaceInvader gives us her own analysis.
Mix Interiors hosted another fascinating MixInspired at Barclay's Eagle Lab, this time on the topic of emotional design. The session explored the importance of emotional design within the workplace, and the impact it can have on the end user.
