Posts Tagged: Report
GoSmart’s Workspace Solutions
Agile working is no longer a pipe dream – it’s already here. According to BT, 80% of its staff now use agile practices, resulting in a 30% rise in productivity (source: IT PRO). The telecoms giant says it’s also decreased stress-related illness among its workforce by more than a third. GoSmart’s Director Phil Tipson speaks… Read More >
save! Smart sanitation for a sustainable future
Earlier this year at ISH in Frankfurt, Laufen presented the innovative Save! waste-separating WC, which is a sustainable new product that meets a little-known environmental problem of our time: the pollution of our water by nitrogen. The urine-separation WC Save!, designed by the Austrian design studio EOOS, functions like a conventional flushing toilet and contributes… Read More >
Considerations behind creating successful bespoke projects
Chelsom are fortunate to have close working relationships with many of the world’s leading interior design practices and for most of them, product design is a part of their skill set. Designers constantly want to push the boundaries and are always looking for unique lighting to enhance their latest stunning scheme. Chelsom massively respects the… Read More >
The greatest wealth is health
Tim Armitt, Managing Director at Lyndon, explains why it’s more important than ever for designers to create environments that are conducive to good health and wellbeing. Health and wellbeing are hot topics across all walks of life. From the food we eat to daily mindfulness, meditation and yoga practices, it seems like everyone is hitched… Read More >
Laufen redesigns the modern working world
The modern working world is changing; the borderline between offices and public areas is becoming increasingly blurred. In view of this, what are the required standards for sanitary facilities at work? The example of the new building to house the corporate headquarters of Scott Sports in Switzerland shows how an office building can become a… Read More >
An Inclusive and Diverse Office Design
Written by Mark Davies & Rosalind Poerwantoro The workforce today is more diverse than it has ever been, and commercial offices and workspaces have an important role to play in supporting this. When working with our clients across the financial, legal and tech industries to design or reimagine their workspaces, promoting inclusivity is one of the main… Read More >
To meet or not to meet…
Mark Barrell, Design Director at Boss Design, explains how the role of meetings is changing in response to the change in the workplace landscape. The subject of meetings is an emotive one. Everybody has sat through unnecessary or misbegotten meetings and left them with an awareness of to-dos that will remain undone. Yet at the… Read More >
Knightsbridge Explores Holiday Decisions
Robert Walton, Sales and Marketing Director at Knightsbridge Furniture, has spoken with Design Insider about their new report into hotels and hospitality. This study looked at what people research when looking for a holiday destination. Please could you introduce yourself? Robert Walton, Sales & Marketing Director at Knightsbridge Furniture for 15 months having spent the previous 15 years as… Read More >
Chelsom’s take on the Cruise Industry
Given that the cruise industry has boomed in excess of 30% in the last 8 years this illustrates that life is becoming more about the journey not necessarily the destination where the world of hospitality is concerned. A distinct shift in the mechanics of our lives in terms of how we sleep, rest and play… Read More >
Getting heavy with metal
As my short material essays have detailed over the course of the year, there have been multiple ‘material ages;’ large periods of time in which the human race relied upon a particular material in maintaining and developing the species. There are however, very few that can boast to being the inspiration behind an entire music… Read More >