Topic: Wellbeing

A start-up is encouraging companies to create an easy way for people at work to grow their own food.

From clearing the table to picking up your dirty socks, what lessons from home can teach us about our experience at work.

The new ‘Stand Up to Work’ study finds height-adjustable workstations help people be more productive, concentrate better and improve overall health even after leaving the office.

Mackinac supports collaboration, focus and respite all in a compact footprint.

Re-envisioning of the work environment. Mackinac system consists of distinct “microzones” that support focused work, collaboration among 2-3 colleagues, privacy for rejuvenation as well as easy accessibility for learning and socializing — all in a compact footprint that works in both a private office or a totally open floor plan.

The co-founders of Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, a well-known North Carolina-based furniture design and manufacturing company, explain how their company’s purpose, “Comfort for all,” drives everything they do.

In another 10 years, your current office will seem as quaint as a rotary phone on the kitchen wall. By carefully analyzing the signals of change that surround us today, Steelcase researchers formulated seven fascinating scenarios for how and where work might occur just one decade from today. Thrilling or sobering, they’re sure to stimulate a point of view about a future that will be very different from what we’re experiencing today.

Warm, humanistic and natural materials layer together creating inspiring places where people want to work.

Design, interiors and architecture experts joined a panel to answer honest questions about biophilia in the workplace.

New relationships are helping to bring the comforting Danish concept of ‘hygge’ to the office.

Superstars such as Richard Branson and Roger Federer know the value of taking time off.