Author: Loftwall

03 Oct How To Design an Office For Success

While there are always best practices when it comes to office designing, every industry has its own requirements that enhance the functionality of an office.

06 Sep Collaboration Is The Name of The Game

67% believe colleagues can encourage/help them do their jobs better (Social Media Today) Designing for collaboration is a weird but vital science. As we move into a world where Generation Z is colliding with the Millennials expectations are changing. Innovative companies are adjusting to the needs of the incoming generation. These companies are shifting toward the concept of “team space,” a new way of working that is designed to help teams do their best work, according to a recent article by Forbes.

07 Aug Things to Consider Before Designing Your Space

Even though every space is unique, the flow and necessary areas are usually very similar. It is important to approach design with a keen eye focused on building the spaces people need to be productive. That means building in areas where individuals can enjoy privacy, collaboration and social interaction.

24 Jul What’s in Your Sight Lines? Visual Privacy Matters

42% of workers use makeshift solutions to block out distractions in the workplace. (Gensler U.S. Workplace Survey 2013, 2016) When most people think of distractions in an office, their minds immediately go to the chatter of co-workers, loud music or social media. What many don’t realize is...

13 Jul Beyond the Wall Divider: Designing an Employee Experience

Innovative companies are 5 times more likely to have workplaces that prioritize both individual and group work according to Gensler. 

12 Jun Creating Spaces Within a Space

Only 1 in 4 workers say they have a good balance of focus and collaboration spaces.

19 May Modular Walls: A Key Ingredient in Today’s Versatile Workspace

Frequently overlooked, modular wall dividers offer several enhancements to office spaces without requiring construction permits or extensive time investments. Here’s how:

04 Apr Privacy Has Declared War On The Open Office Published More ShareEdit

When the concept of the Open Office started gaining steam, and early adopters like Facebook and Google led the charge, a majority of employers jumped on board. The result, today Roughly 70 percent of U.S. employees currently work in an open office environment. The unintended consequence, privacy is slowly dying.

14 Mar How Attitude Changes in the Workplace Changed the Open Office

According to Forbes, 30 million Americans work from home at least one day of each week and one in three will be hired to work online from anywhere they want. This swift switch from the traditional “AIS” mentality (you can Urban Dictionary that acronym if you don’t know it) of old is starting to shape how companies design their office spaces. This increased autonomy, made possible mostly by technology and digital communication tools, is translating to employees having more control over where and how they work when they’re actually in the office. For those designing office solutions, the importance of flexibility can’t be ignored. Employees now require, if not demand, control of their surroundings.

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07 Mar The Standard Bearers of the Open Office: The Tech Industry

If you’ve worked extensively in the tech industry, or even if you haven’t, chances are you work in an open office environment. Widespread in Silicon Valley, the trend of the open office took off as the unlikely marriage between two desires: keeping a tight budget and attracting talent. There was also a notable yearning for the places where the ideas for some of the most iconic tech companies originated, such as coffee shops and garages. The two primary motivating factors, budget and talent, seem incompatible at first glance. After all, providing all the free meals, transportation and recreational activities at Google takes more than a little monetary investment. But when you’re a measly tech startup on the edge of Palo Alto, paying for the real estate makes the idea of staying minimalist an attractive one. Even if you have the resources of a Facebook or a Google, the open office layout flourishes. Yet, like everywhere else in the country, the tech era is grappling with what office designs work best for the space.