Design is Beauty. Beauty is Democracy.
Known as The Chairman, Italian designer Odo Fioravanti shares his design philosophy and explains how Cavatina brings a human touch to the workplace.
New Work. New Rules. (Full Story)
Teams are under more pressure than ever, expected to untangle complex problems, deliver fantastic results and do it all faster than their competitors. Today’s teams are hyper-collaborators who navigate a fluid, fast-paced flow of interdependent ideas, redefining both teamwork and me work. Their work has changed dramatically, but their workspaces? Not so much. Steelcase researchers reveal how to create spaces that give today’s revolutionaries what they expect and need to excel at work.
Culture Shift
A case study that looks at how space can transform culture and enable agility.
Supporting Agile at Bosch Software Innovations
Steelcase’s Applied Research + Consulting team works with Bosch Software Innovations to develop design principles to redesign their office space and foster agile work.
Inside goop’s Revamped New York Office
goop, a lifestyle brand founded and helmed by Gwyneth Paltrow, asked for SILQ chairs when it came time to redesign their New York space.
Future-Ready Libraries
How the role of the library is evolving to advance changes in technology, pedagogy and learning.
Libraries: Rethinking the Heart of Campus
Sssh. Libraries are traditionally quiet, rigid places filled with rules. But, that’s changing. The digital revolution, new learning styles and new generations are redefining today’s libraries. Listen as library leaders and Steelcase Education researcher Aileen Strickland-McGee share new insights into how the heart of campus can adapt to be future-ready. To learn more about the role the physical environment plays, visit steelcase.com/library.
Why We Go to the Office Is Changing
A new study reports we’re spending more time commuting than ever adding to a growing argument for an office reboot.
Accelerating Collaboration
One of the world’s largest energy providers uses space to accelerate the creation of a more collaborative culture.
VodafoneZiggo Creates Agile Headquarters
VodafoneZiggo’s agile transformation coach describes how its new headquarters in The Netherlands supports their agile process and culture.
Creating Dynamic Team Neighborhoods for Agile Teams
How the Steelcase Flex Collection keeps up with a truly agile digital team.
Predictions for How People Will Learn in the Future
Jeff Selingo, author, professor of practice at Arizona State and visiting scholar at Georgia Tech’s Center for 21st Century Universities, predicts how big data, technology and lifelong learning will change the way people learn in the future. Read Selingo’s Recent Whitepaper The Future of the Faculty Office.
Tomorrow’s Classroom with Educator Jeff Selingo
The classroom of tomorrow will look very different than what you see today. But, one thing you won’t find is everyone in their pajamas, learning on laptops at home. Bestselling author, professor of practice at Arizona State and visiting scholar at Georgia Tech’s Center for 21st Century Universities, Jeff Selingo, shares his vision for the future of education. (Selingo’s Recent Whitepaper Available Now: The Future of the Faculty Office)
Healthcare Students Engage in New Classrooms
Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences renovated their facility so that learning could happen anywhere, and as a result, students are collaborating and engaging in ways they haven’t seen before. Two PCHS faculty members share how they’ve observed students engaging in the new space.
Listen: Strategies + Techniques to Engage Students
Two educators passionate about active learning share their strategies and techniques for engaging students. Dr. Julie Marshall, teacher from South Carolina’s Saluda Trail Middle School, and Randy Hall, an educational technology facilitator at the Lower Hudson Regional Information Center in New York, discuss how to reimagine and reinvent classrooms to break down barriers, develop trust and prepare students for the future.