"๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒโ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐โ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒโ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป, ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ป.โ
Warren Buffett
Back in 2020, as lockdowns and uncertainty swept the globe, I penned my first-ever LinkedIn article.
At the time, LinkedIn was buzzing with content about how the office was dead, similar to how, in recent times, we've all been debating RTO and WFH.
He's a snippet:
"๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต, ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ? ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต, ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ."
I-AM.D.C
Four years later, I still have no idea what the 'future' office will be like, and thatโs perfectly fine.
What truly matters is how we design spaces people want to use ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐.
Here are 5 influential moments in office design history that continue to shape my approach:
๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐, ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ. ๐ ๏ธโจ
