While the idea of a personal work bubble might sound sci-fi surreal, the reality is that from here forward, it’s more paramount than ever for workplace design to address how people perceive and experience personal safety and wellbeing, through visual and physical cues in the work environment.
Read on for a baker’s dozen ideas for office design and employee wellness ideas for post-pandemic reentry.
Allyson Strowbridge is principal of ctrl+shift+space, a Portland-based workplace strategy and design firm with a client list that includes Zapproved and Technology Association of Oregon.
In response to its rapid growth, Sightbox, a Portland-based technology company that offers its members a new way to experience vision care, recently embarked on an expansion and remodel of its current office space in downtown Portland. Doubling its square-footage, two Portland workplace strategy and design firms, ctrl+shift+space and Studio 7 Design, collaborated to infuse Sightbox’s culture into the 25,000 square-foot project, while also ensuring the company operated successfully throughout construction and installation.
Human-centered employers understand that behind every great company, product, service and tool are great employees. Therefore, they work toward keeping their most valuable assets — their people — motivated, engaged and happy. While the environments in which we work are just one piece of the workplace culture conundrum, they represent a pretty large piece of the puzzle.
Pollinator, an experiential workplace pop-up focusing on human-centered design in work environments, is popping up with its next iteration of a living lab.
