The brand new situation of Works journal units out as all the time to spotlight the concepts, tasks, merchandise and pondering which can be shaping the way in which we dwell, assume and work. Provocative, vigorous and wide-ranging, it’s our largest situation but, and we expect the very best. There’s loads of new merchandise to get your enamel into and whereas we’re on that specific topic, we discover a brand new era of showrooms wherein massive concepts matter as a lot as merchandise. Our case research span Munich, Portland, Harrogate and London, displaying how occupiers are rethinking the workplace in very other ways, saunas and nap pods included.
Katie Treggiden talks with Jo Knight about what sustainable design ought to actually imply. And we pay tribute to Gerry Taylor, one of many workplace world’s sharpest minds and most outspoken voices.
Elsewhere, we take a look at how knowledge centres are consuming up assets, and why supplies at the moment are one of many primary sources of innovation and inspiration on this planet of workplace design. On a associated observe, we set out particulars of our podcast collection exploring the varied aspects of consolation with a number of the world’s main thinkers on the topic, in partnership with Shaw Contract.
Our spherical desk this month, in partnership with Girls in Workplace Design explores how cross-disciplinary work is without doubt one of the keys to success in delivering tasks.
We query the world’s ongoing love–hate affair with Brutalism, and the enduring affect of Historical Egypt. Nigel Oseland argues that we have to rediscover the misplaced artwork of leisure, whereas Lydia Mudd considers what it actually takes to develop new structure expertise.
We spherical up the very best new workplaces, preview the Workspace Design Present in Amsterdam, and sit down for a pint with Grant Gibson and William Knight as they gear up for the brand new version of Materials Issues. We additionally spotlight get togethers somewhere else and naturally there’s our Occasions diary that will help you plan forward.
And to cap all of it off, we give you just a little little bit of BS about BS.
As all the time, it’s a mixture of the intense, the brand new, the shocking and the irreverent. Simply how we prefer it and hope you do too.
Print editions are within the put up quickly.
