A short article revisiting an article of mine from 2020 and exploring 5 moments from office design history that have been influential.
In the article, I explore the art of Kaizen, a Japanese concept used in business to improve every aspect of a company. I believe this approach can create offices that evolve over time, engaging staff and helping to provide purpose for the office.
What is Hotelification, and is it an innovative approach to office design or just another fancy term?
Working as a team makes culture. This is a story about how the people at WeWork made the company successful in becoming the world's leading coworking/flex operator.
The office is dead; long live the office. In this article, I explore one of WeWork's core brand values: Being tenacious and relentless in improving the quality of the office.
As one of the first 10 interior designers at WeWork, I shared what the rise of the most popular coworking/flex company meant to me. Done through the lens of the original core values, this article explores gratitude.
I take a journey down memory lane and explore the history of the office in the 20th century and how it's adapted over time, with a keen interest in the furniture used, the nature of work, and the influence of technology.
Covid upended lives and raised the question: do we need the office? I question the 'death' of the office, as many experts have called it. The future of work will force the office to change.