August 7, 2020
Back to the future office
As countries begin to take tentative steps out of lockdown, we consider 10 possible implications for office life. Too early to be described as predictions, more as food for thought.
Well-being
Steve Colling July 28, 2020
What Does Designing for Distance Look Like in Schools?
Much of the public health guidance for reopening schools and focuses on updated cleaning protocols and changing student and staff behaviours. But knowing how much the built environment can impact student outcomes, we should be giving equal consideration to our facilities.
Paula Meason May 18, 2020
Guiding maintenance
As we design a new path forward, creating safe, hygienic, and well-maintained spaces will be a key priority for business leaders. By addressing the concerns and needs of space users as they return to a new working normal we can realign workplaces now, to enable teams to thrive tomorrow.
Jan Peter van Deutekom May 14, 2020
Can Biophilic Design Improve Emotional Wellbeing?
In a post-COVID-19 world, emotional wellbeing will become more important than ever. Regardless of what our built spaces look like in the future, it makes sense that we need to give more thought to how they make us feel. Considering we spend the majority of our lives indoors, can we use biophilic design to support emotional wellbeing?
Bonnie Casamassima May 1, 2020
Designing for Distance
Undoubtedly, you’ve been part of the ongoing speculation driving the design world: What does the office look like after COVID-19? What will change? What won’t? While it’s hard to know what the full impact of the coronavirus looks like at this moment, design will play a huge role in how safe we feel in our physical spaces.
Mindy O'Gara April 9, 2020
Seven Sustainability Myths
The amount of carbon in the atmosphere always stays the same: Actually, it has changed. Human activity, known as the Anthropocene, is what has disrupted the carbon cycle over the last few years. But we still have the opportunity to change this by making low carbon choices, protecting our natural carbon sinks – such as…
Jon Khoo October 7, 2019
Walking the Walk with Our New UK Headquarters
The office encourages colleagues and customers to move fluidly across the space to create an explorative and immersive experience. We’ve drawn on our family of products to create alternating textures and patterns to take people on a journey through shared working areas, breakout zones, more traditional workspaces and meeting rooms.
Interface September 23, 2019
Creating Positive Spaces by Measuring the Impact of your Design
In partnership with Interface and the BRE, Oliver Heath Design have written a Design Guide to ‘Creating Positive Spaces by Measuring the Impact of your Design.’ The aim is to make the language that surrounds POE more accessible so that everyone can have a go, no matter what size the company or project.
Oliver Heath August 13, 2019
The first WELL Gold Office in Paris
Quality of life in the workplace is one of the great contemporary challenges in the world of work. When Interface France decided to invest in new offices in 2018, the wellbeing of occupants was naturally uppermost in our minds when we conceived these spaces.
July 24, 2019
Fostering Creativity and Concentration Through Design
At Interface, we firmly believe that positively designed learning environments will directly improve student productivity and overall well-being, and this belief is backed by a wealth of scientific research.
Donna Dent