The office through the decades: The 1950s
John Fogarty is our recently retired Director of Design. In an industry career spanning five decades he has witnessed wholesale changes to office life. Drawing...
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Experts
Experts
Movement to cubicle to open plan to variety and back
A brief flit through the last 50 or so years of office design would tend to suggest that architects, furniture manufacturers and management have spent an...
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Clerkenwell - past, present and future
Grant Gibson, gives us his thoughts on Clerkenwell Design Week, past, present and future. Have you heard the news? We’re making our debut at Clerkenwell...
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Office furniture to meet the demands of the TMT sector
Much has been written about how, particularly in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) sector, the introduction of a large crop of professional...
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Sustainable supply chains and green building design
We are rapidly developing a global perspective on sustainable supply chains and green building design, driven by the needs of sophisticated clients and some of...
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Choice in the evolving workplace
For some time now, we have been hearing about the imminent death of the office. Yet the day of its demise never actually seems to come any closer, which...
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Pantone and colour
A four hundred year old colour guide that proves we have always had a fascination with understanding colour. The familiar Pantone colour chart was first...
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Knowledge management in the agile working economy
Mark Eltringham considers how the move to more flexible working practices must be balanced by the continuing needs of businesses to bring people, and their...
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The changing face, and place, of the workspace
Grant Gibson discusses the continuing trend for the adoption of domestic elements in workplaces. The fact that our offices are increasingly beginning to...
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