Flexible working, remote working, activity-based working, new ways of working – there is an exhausting amount of jargon to keep track of in the office industry these days. Buzzy ‘workplace revolution’ concepts have been alight for over a Read More...
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Leaving their old HQ cannot have been an easy decision for Danish law firm Horten. Nestled next to the Danish Parliament in a solid neoclassical structure, the firm upped sticks at the tail end of last year, migrating north to the Tuborg Haven Read More...
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Generally speaking, an inspired designer + low budgets + a client willing to take risks = a pretty wowzers office. The Dutch seem to be particularly good at this equation, as is the case with design animation studio PostPanic in Amsterdam, whipped Read More...
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Since Berlin’s reunification, the development of Potsdamer Platz has attracted some of architecture’s biggest hitters. Pritzker-prize winner Renzo Piano, our own Richard Rogers and Helmut Jahn have all added their signature brushstrokes to the Read More...
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Traditionally, serviced offices were not the sorts of places to get excited about, at least not from a design perspective. Synonymous with bland, functional space, their convenience muffled any complaints about the aesthetics. So it went until the Read More...
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&then design make a proper cup of tea, served at their Nottingham studio from a charming, if surprisingly chintzy, tea set complete with teapot and matching tea cups. These two – that’s designers Samuel Wright and Jamie Bowler – don’t do Read More...
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Office buildings are not renowned for putting on a front. However slick they may appear on the inside, shabby steps, a tatty facade, a worn-away plaque and a plastic buzzer make a commonplace greeting from the street, setting them apart from Read More...
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My guest for today’s lunch is Dean Manning, managing director of construction management company Structure Tone Ltd, and responsible for the company’s UK, European and Asian markets. Dean has 24 years’ industry experience, starting his career Read More...
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Emma Kay spends a day with Glyn Smith, production manager for filing cabinet manufacturer Bisley
onoffice’s journey is mired by what the Met Office described as “severe weather warnings”. Overnight, inches of thick, fluffy snow fell, covering Read More...
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The future’s bright, the future’s ... cardboard?
Designed by Mary Dorrington Ward and Pat Doyle, Paperweight Desk is the first in a series of products due for release this year by Cardboard Future. Made from 80 per cent recycled paper, the Read More...
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