
Guide to office design and layout
Interior design is now considered a vital and integral part of creating a successful office space, whether it’s a brand new fit out or an update of your existing environment.
It shouldn’t be assumed that a fully open plan design is the solution to a more productive office, as although breakout areas came out on top in the survey, quiet spaces for work that requires concentration or privacy (such as for making phone calls) came in third place with 17.1%.
20.7% of 45-54 year olds surveyed believe that quiet spaces will increase their productivity at work, this could be because this generation is more used to traditional workspaces, where private offices and closed meeting rooms are the norm. This age group also voted the ‘ability to customise my workspace’ highly with 14.9% believing that would help productivity. Again, a highly personalised workspace (with plants, pictures and in-trays for example) is a very traditional approach to office design and one that may have had its day with the increase of workspace flexibility.
There are numerous studies that show fully open plan office design doesn’t necessarily work, so there needs to be a balance between traditional partitioned or private offices and open plan, collaborative office design.
45-54 year olds voted quiet spaces as the most important thing to improve productivity in the office, with 20.7% choosing this:
Interior design is now considered a vital and integral part of creating a successful office space, whether it’s a brand new fit out or an update of your existing environment.
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Biophilic design refers to designing interior spaces to satisfy a basic human desire to be connected with the natural world. It’s all about “bringing the outside in” with indoor plants, natural light, bright colour palettes, water features and more.