Category Archive For "Workplace Design"
Remote work highlights the value of weak ties
Something we can expect to hear a lot about in the near future is the power of weak ties. It’s a well-established idea in sociology, anthropology, and social network analysis theory. But it’s about to be invigorated as a way of thinking about workplaces and working culture in the wake of two major peer-reviewed studies …
se:desk home – ergonomics in the home office
As more people are becoming a part of the hybrid office model, companies are beginning to take into account the equipment their employees use at home. There is no point in undermining efforts made in the main office, in terms of ergonomics, well-being or productivity. It would be pointless to have modern facilities, with state-of-the-art …
Extensive collaboration and the office of tomorrow
The world of work is changing – again. At a time characterised by a far-reaching pandemic, there is an opportunity to rethink the existing office space. With regard to team-centered activities, interactions and different working modalities, offices can be assigned new properties: They become the centres of creative and social hybrid workplaces and thus enable “extensive …
Getting collaboration just right will be the new focus for both digital and physical work places
We should be careful not to read too much into the results of the ongoing Great Workplace Experiment, if only because it is happening under very peculiar conditions. We’ll only really understand it in retrospect and what we’ll probably conclude is that it taught us things we already knew (more or less) about humans, their …
Knowing when to lie flat in the new era of hybrid working
When people first started working from home in large numbers for the first time in the Spring of 2020, one of the most talked about issues was how the productivity of most stayed the same or improved. This shouldn’t have been that surprising given all that we have learned about remote and flexible working over …
How will we work in the future? Together – agile and creative
Developing new approaches and looking at issues from a different perspective can be enormously helpful in finding solutions and breaking new ground. When motivated, individuals become interdisciplinary teams. They work together creatively and combine their ideas in the best possible way. It is then possible to rethink the topics of today and tomorrow in the …
The new Sedus Colour Cookbook – edition #2
In 2019, Sedus published a unique technical book, ‘The Colour Cookbook,’ for colours in the office. This dealt exclusively with colour design for office areas. The second edition has also been especially developed for architects, interior designers, office consultants and planners and is specifically intended for the professional furnishing of office and work environments. The …
The pivotal role of Sedus in the history of workplace ergonomics and wellbeing
The roots of our 21st Century approach to ergonomics lie in a small town called Waldshut, which sits at the southern tip of the Black Forest, on the North bank of the Rhine where it forms a natural border between Germany and Switzerland. It was here nearly one hundred years ago that Sedus first introduced …
Design that is true to form and function
Following on from last week’s International Day of Design, we thought it we’d look a little more closely at its intention.
The importance of indoor air quality at work
One of the unintended consequences of the pandemic has been to focus attention on the issue of indoor air quality. But as Sarah Zhang points out in a recent piece in The Atlantic, this is an issue that we have long understood, and not just as a way to reduce the risks of infection. It …