April 25, 2018
How Did This Carpet Design Become Inspired By A Walk Through New York City?
Taking inspiration from the bustling Big Apple, designer Kari Pei introduces us to her latest work with Interface: Global Change.
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David Congram March 25, 2018
GreenBiz 2018: The New Carbon Economy and Other Observations
This year at GreenBiz, our Chief Sustainability Officer Erin Meezan participated in a panel called “Building a New Carbon Economy: Strategies for Turning Waste Carbon from Liability to Asset.” We sat down to unravel what that really means and how businesses can work alongside academia, non-government organizations and government to build this new “economy.” …
Interface March 2, 2018
Addressing Ocean Plastics with NextWave and the Circular Economy
There is an African proverb that states, If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want go far, go together. This is certainly true in the circular economy. We are increasingly seeing companies realise the power and value of collaboration. Just recently, a cross-industry consortium of companies joined forces to tackle the global…
Jon Khoo February 27, 2018
Neighbourhoods: The New Workspace
Neighbourhoods are providing architects and designers with inspiration for connected workplaces. Read who we think is leading the charge, the science used to support employee engagement and how biophilic design is instrumental.
Mandy Leeming February 1, 2018
Top Sustainability Trends for 2018
To state the obvious, 2017 was quite the unpredictable year. While sustainable business leaders and climate advocates knew there’d be inevitable changes with a new U.S. presidency, few could have anticipated just how volatile the past 12 months were. From the U.S. federal administration’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Accord to the Environmental Protection…
Christine Needles January 23, 2018
Pantone’s 2018 Colour of the Year: Ultra Violet
Over the years, Pantone’s Colour of the Year has reflected a cultural alignment with a specific colour’s meaning. Every year is pivotal, but the significance of 2017 lingers as we open 2018 with new intentions. Ultra Violet is a unique selection from the Pantone Colour Institute. It’s a manifestation of cultural, political and social elements rather…
Gretchen Wagner September 29, 2017
The True Cost of Noise
Dead silence can be an intimidating working environment. Some sound in any workplace is generally desirable: pleasing background sounds like the gentle, indecipherable babble of colleagues speaking, one’s own choice of music or perhaps the sounds of nature coming through an open window. However, much of the sound in typical workplaces is undesirable: ringing phones,…
Julian Treasure September 27, 2017
Biophilic Design: Why Nature Matters
Today’s society is more urban, digital and fast-paced than ever before. The downside of this is the overall loss of our connection to nature and the outdoors. As designers, we have a role and an opportunity to positively affect the fundamental ways people interact with space. We can accomplish this by creating spaces to live,…
Lorraine Francis September 22, 2017
Using the BRE Biophilic Office Project to Study the Benefits of Biophilic Design
Biophilic Design as a key aspect of health and wellbeing is moving up the built environment agenda fast – and for good reason. With high rates of urbanisation, a rise in stress related illness and an increasing level of technological proliferation – it seems that we are moving ever further from the natural elements that…
Oliver Heath September 8, 2017
Singapore’s Khoo Teck Puat Hospital: Biophilic Design in Action
Singapore’s Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) might well be the most biophilic hospital in Asia. In no other healthcare institution of this scale are elements of form, space and landscape so explicitly tied to the goal of human well-being—the very definition of biophilic design. The KTPH competition brief, from the onset, asked that the new…
Nirmal Kishnani