NeoCon 2023: Forging the Hybrid Office
Across NeoCon and the new Design Days off-site programme (Chicago, June 12-14), contract furniture pointed to a future office designed for hybrid work patterns and third-space allure. New products enable ultra-flexible spaces that maximise utility, dial up comfort, fun or sophistication and enhance either connection or privacy.
Flexibility to the Fore
Amplifying Third-Space Appeal
Designing for Connection & Disconnection
Addressing Sustainability Agendas
Reconfigurable spaces and easily moveable products are well suited for today’s hybrid schemes, where different teams occupy an office on rotating days. Maximising space is also key, as half of the largest international employers expect to shrink their global property portfolios (Knight Frank, 2023). See Dynamic Futures in Orgatec 2022 and Evolving Workscapes in Milan Design Week 2023.
Reconfigurable spaces and easily moveable products are well suited for today’s hybrid schemes, where different teams occupy an office on rotating days. Maximising space is also key, as half of the largest international employers expect to shrink their global property portfolios (Knight Frank, 2023). See Dynamic Futures in Orgatec 2022 and Evolving Workscapes in Milan Design Week 2023.
Summary
Flexibility to the Fore | Reconfigurable spaces and easily moveable products are well suited for today’s hybrid schemes, where different teams occupy an office on rotating days. Maximising space is also key, as half of the largest international employers expect to shrink their global property portfolios (Knight Frank, 2023). See Dynamic Futures in Orgatec 2022 and Evolving Workscapes in Milan Design Week 2023. |
Amplifying Third-Space Appeal | As the embrace of residential cues continues – making for softer and ever-more comfortable environments – manufacturers are also leveraging hospitality design to create spaces that welcome people in with pumped-up playfulness, seductive comfort and amplified sophistication. Integrated biophilia is an increasingly essential element. |
Designing for Connection & Disconnection | Steelcase notes that while collaboration and social connection are key reasons for in-office working, people typically spend more than half of their day working alone. Accordingly, brands are designing with both privacy and communal needs in mind and also enhancing ways to connect remote workers. |
Addressing Sustainability Agendas | Brands are increasingly foregrounding sustainability selling points, detailing the amount of recycled material and a product’s recyclability alongside its carbon footprint. Notable projects include a 3D-printed range made from bio-resins, and a seating collection that replaces virgin plastic with moulded PET felt. |
NeoCon 2023: Forging the Hybrid Office
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