What do you need for your future ready workspace?

After such a long time working from home it won’t be easy to lure everyone back to an office. Routines have been established, quality time has been restored and ​‘dress-down every-day’ has become the norm.

But for many, the office is the creative hub of a business where teams share and inspire ideas. Company culture is reinforced when teams are together, socialising, interacting, and developing friendships.

Tech giant Apple have insisted that workers spend three days a week in an office, with their senior vice president stating:-

“We believe that in-person collaboration is essential to our culture and our future. If we take a moment to reflect on our unbelievable product launches this past year, the products and launch execution were built upon the base of years of work that we did when we were all together in-person.”

To get the most from that ​‘in-person collaboration’ many offices are going to need to change. We’ve worked with clients to remove banks of desking (click to find out how we do this sustainably) and replaced them with a future ready, flexible workspace.

Clever design supported by creative, flexible workplace solutions provide the right environment to maximise connection and productivity.

View some of the projects we’ve supported with furniture consultancy for workplace inspiration.

Collaboration Space

Supporting relationships between people and teams and bringing them together for in-person and blended meetings. Productive, creative spaces that spark bright ideas.

Focused Work

For private meetings, confidential phone calls, focused work, or just quiet space to think through a task or problem. Adding meeting pods, phone booths and acoustic solutions provides respite from a busy workplace for important tasks.

Learning and Developing

Bringing the team together for training sessions, to learn new skills and for companywide meetings. Supporting new members of the team, who may not yet have been in the office, with additional training helps them feel valued and included.

Outdoor Workspace

Where space allows, adding outdoor office furniture gives employees a place to relax, take breaks, or work outside. There’s outdoor furniture for wet weather too!

Social space

Creating that ​‘coffee shop buzz’ encourages interaction between different teams, junior and senior staff members and new recruits. ​‘Human Moments’ that happen in informal settings are hard to replicate outside the office environment.

Well-being at work

Employees want a positive experience from their workspace with consideration given to their well-being. Planting and air filtration (HEPA air filters) enhance air quality. Adding a yoga room, space to meditate and shower facilities for those cycling to work, shows commitment from employers.