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Physical space matters. It’s easier to be productive, creative and happy at work in a colourful, organic, playful environment than in a grey, linear, boring one.
Lets have a look at some eye candy well-designed workplaces.
Red Bull London
The last picture shows a slide that people can use to go between floors.
Mindlab
Who says government offices must be boring. Mindlab at the Ministry
of Economic and Business Affairs in Copenhagen, Denmark is a meeting
facility available to all employees.
The heart of it is an egg-shaped meeting room inside which all the walls are whiteboards - you can write on any surface in there.
The Happy At Work Project
Everything you see there is from IKEA, and setting up the whole office with workspaces for 3 people cost about 1000 euros.
Conference bike
This has got to be the coolest idea in a long time. 7 people pedal along, one steers. It’s the conference bike and I want one!! While it’s not a workplace, it would make a great meeting room!!
Menlo Innovations
Menlo Innovations is a software development company in Ann Arbor Michigan. They do all their programming work using eXtreme Programming, and while their offices aren’t particularly fancy to look at, they are ideally suited to the work they do.
What If? Innovation
Looking in the window on the combined reception and meeting space. A great idea that creates a hub for everyone in the company.
Praise for employees is written across the walls and ceiling in the hub area.
Spider cow and a meeting room.
VW Phaeton plant
But what about industry? You could never create, say, a really cool car assembly plant could you?
Sure you could. Check out the Volkswagen Phaeton plant in Dresden, Germany:
Who says a factory has to be ugly and dirty? That plant is simply beautiful!
The upshot
The physical workspace is one of the most ignored, yet most important factors in creating good workplaces. None of the ideas shown here will apply to every company, but most companies could stand to improve a little. It doesn’t have to cost a lot of money but it does take a little creativity and courage.
What could your workplace learn from some of the designs shown here?
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