Category Archive For "News"
The Sedus se:lab range receives ergonomics seal of approval
What actually defines back-friendly products? The AGR (Campaign for Healthier Backs) has been dealing with this question for many years. The non-profit organisation provides extensive information from the medical community, arranges contacts with specialists and evaluates products that are beneficial for back health. As a partner of Sedus, AGR has been confirming for 20 years that Sedus products …
Personal space is not merely an issue of hygiene, but a biological imperative
The current debate about how much personal space we will need in the office and how much real estate the organisation should take on as a result is not new. As with many of the debate’s facets, the point at which we find ourselves has long been our destination. We’re just here earlier than we …
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New Dimensions and new products for the changing world of work in 2020
What would Europe’s workplace sector do without its most important and longstanding office design exhibition, Orgatec? Well, in 2020 we’ve had our chance to find out. First off, the lack of a show is a missed opportunity. A biannual event offers up a snapshot of a sector on the move in ways that might be …
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Associating emotions with certain colours is a universal human trait
The English language is replete with examples of colours being used to describe ideas and emotions. We see red and feel blue. We go puce with rage and are tickled pink. The jealous are green and the cowardly yellow. We are encouraged not to engage in black and white thinking.
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Integrating the office in the new workplace ecosystem
Any trend in office design is always the end result of the complex interplay of a number of forces. This truism is what makes office design such a compelling field of study. Watching workplace trends tells us so much about the world in which we live. Look beyond the aesthetics of any well-designed office and …
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Ethical behaviour and better ideas are linked to great office design
We’ve reported before on What’s Up about the important role of office design in nurturing individual wellbeing and bringing people together to collaborate. However, sophisticated the collaborative technology we have at our disposal, it always turns out that certain behaviours and ideas can best (and sometimes only) be nurtured in physical space.
Keeping an eye on the psychological roots of productivity and wellbeing
One of the most famous and (literally) illuminating series of experiments into workplace productivity is nearly one hundred years old. Yet it continues to influence the way we think because it taps into an eternal truth about human beings. Namely that we are influenced as much by the kinds of attention we are paid by …
in News, Workplace Design
Rediscovering an eternal truth for the future of work
I recently shared a piece from the Sedus What’s Up blog on social media. It was the one about the discovery of agile working practices in a 1950s coal field in Nottinghamshire and the implications for the future of work. Not so, I was informed by a man called Eike Spengler. It was actually practiced …
Tips and tools for returning to the office
The global lockdown due to the pandemic has become a major challenge for many of us. As a result, more than ever before we realise how important human contact is, especially in the work environment. In the beginning, many employees switched to the home office and worked from home. Many companies are now however, starting to …
in News, Workplace Design
Better offices and engineered serendipity will characterise work after lockdown
If you ask people what they want from their offices, they are very likely to describe something more like a café than a traditional office. This has been true for some time and never more so than in this period in which people have been obliged to work out exactly what they want from their …
