Large, floor to ceiling windows bring light and scenes of the lush and colourful streets of the Indiranagar neighborhood into the WorkLife.
Aisah's contributions
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A Conversation with Vicki Karavasil
Posted on November 25 by Aisah Abdul TalibElenberg Fraser architect Vicki Karavasil is a pioneer of sustainable, human-centric design in Australia. She tells Catherine Shaw, architecture and design author, what she thinks of her latest office design, Market Lane (below) in Melbourne (and home of Steelcase’s newest WorkLife space in Australia) as a living biological object, and talks about her favourite fashion designers and architecture podcast.
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Steelcase Change Corp in APAC: Supporting communities in Hong Kong, Malaysia and India during the pandemic
Posted on November 15 by Aisah Abdul TalibSince the very beginning, Steelcase’s mission has always been simple: to help people unlock their full potential – and that
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Chapter 2 The Home: New Rituals and Tools
Posted on November 5 by Aisah Abdul TalibThis second chapter, “The Home,” follows the experiences of 3 Melburnians working from home, new hybrid work rituals, and their thoughts on the future of work.
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Chapter 1 Melbourne: Resilience and Flexibility
Posted on November 5 by Aisah Abdul TalibThis 3 part series traces the experience of Melbourne and its city dwellers across 3 contexts: Melbourne the city, the home, and the office. It investigates some of the habits and rituals formed in the midst of this paradigm shifting moment.
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Chapter 3 The Office: Glimpses of the future
Posted on November 5 by Aisah Abdul TalibThe third and final chapter of this series centers on “The Office,” through the experiences of 3 users of the Flex Co-working space inside the new Market Lane office, by Hickory, as they navigate being back in the office.
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Why India’s Gen Z Can’t Wait to Get Back to the Office
Posted on October 15 by Aisah Abdul TalibIndia is home to the largest Generation Z population in the world, with roughly 472 million individuals born between 1997
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ESG in Focus: Inside Steelcase’s Shanghai WorkLife Center, where wellbeing comes first
Posted on September 16 by Aisah Abdul TalibInnovative. Collaborative. Flexible. Sustainable. When Steelcase’s WorkLife Center in Shanghai opened in 2019, it offered a glimpse into what the workplace of the future really looks like — and it still leads by example, two years on.
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A Conversation with Otto Ng
Posted on August 31 by Aisah Abdul TalibInnovation and impeccable attention to detail are the keywords when it comes to design for Hong Kong-based, MIT-trained architect Otto
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A Conversation with Elaine Yan Ling Ng
Posted on July 13 by Aisah Abdul TalibArchitecture and design author and writer Catherine Shaw talks to textile weaver and designer Elaine Yan Ling Ng, and Founder and Design Director of The Fabrick Lab, who explains how she is reinventing waste eggshell as eco-friendly wall tiles and why Tetley’s builder’s tea is her favourite.
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People First: How Employee Expectations are Changing in Asia
Posted on July 5 by Aisah Abdul TalibIn just over a year and a half, COVID-19 has rewritten the rules of how we behave. From schools, hospitals
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The Future of Work Starts Now
Posted on April 20 by Aisah Abdul TalibJohnson Controls and Steelcase bring their shared vision to life in Singapore’s OpenBlue Innovation Center.