Static Working and Coworking Competition
Let’s be honest…when looking at your office design, the focus can become one of internal politics more often than not, especially when considering an office move or office refurbishment. However, a somewhat unspoken ‘competition’ is often overlooked in office…
Recharging a flabby office culture through exceptional office design
Let’s be clear: you don’t have a culture just because you’re considering an office refurbishment. Office interiors are just another piece of the toolkit that helps you build a culture slowly, so your employees can live and assimilate the company’s values over time. In…
Office Design with the three C’s in mind
Last week we asked, what is Office Culture? And how can a company’s inherent values shine through their office design? This week we’re going to dig deeper into the triple-C of culture-based office design: collision, collaboration and creativity. Why Triple-C office…
Fixing your office design’s culture problem—just what is culture, anyway?
Which company is the poster child for future-forward work culture? For many commentators the answer is Google. The tech giant is renowned for its unique policies, which range from free gourmet food to the time they provided a subsidy of $5000 for purchasing a hybrid…
The Office Design of Dreams: How to Retain Your Talented Workforce
In May 2013, the Harvard Business Review posed an intriguing question: if you wanted to design the best company on earth to work for, what would it be like? The firm of dreams, it turns out, is an organisation where individuals are allowed to be themselves; where…
Motivating a Talented Workforce Through Office Design
Great office design isn’t just a perk of the job—research shows that attractive office interiors motivate workers and improve productivity. Here’s how a simple office fit out can boost your workers’ job satisfaction. Office design gets physical Way back in the 1940s,…
Attracting Top Talent Through Office Design
Good office design is often mistaken for a vanity project. But if you want to win the war on talent, your office interior must be attractive enough to entice Millennials entering the workplace as well as those switching jobs in 2015. What are quality staff looking…
Coworking Office Fitout in London
Southwark has long been the heart of London’s historical arts and culture scene. The Globe theatre, rebuilt in the image of its 16th Century predecessor, keeps Shakespeare relevant in the digital age. Down the road the Tate Modern, a remarkable vision of new and old,…
Coworking is HOT, and it’s here to bring home your office design
Fancy opening up in London? You’re probably mad, especially if you have your eye on the West End. Once a notorious slum, this über-desirable tranche of real estate is now the most expensive office location in the world, leapfrogging Hong Kong and Madison/5th Avenue in…