They may have a reputation as cramped and antisocial but redesigned private office booths are proving an unlikely hit.
Snug, soundproofed, Scandi-designed pods are part of a design shift helping employers make offices more attractive to a broader range of workers.
Following various studies and polls, a number of players in the US real estate market that focus on offices (CBRE, JLL, and Gallup) agree that managers and operators must offer flexible, amenity-rich offices to support the modern employee commute.
After becoming used to the comfort and autonomy of remote work, experts predict that workplace culture will never completely return to the way things were.
Office pods have gotten supremely popular ever since COVID-19 hit, not only do they create little isolated spaces to work in, but they also provide a whole other level of privacy, that would have been otherwise unimaginable and completely unattainable in a commercial office.
Office pods are great for both in-person and virtual meetings. A team leader or manager can have important discussions with one of their team members inside an office pod without any distractions. This makes the discussions more focused and effective.
The office pod is characterized by its minimalist form that has a see-through form that creates a sense of airiness, while still ensuring a private experience.
The Make.Work.Space 'Micro-Office' is a portable, personal office unit for professionals to help accommodate the shift back into the workplace or as a dedicated spot to work.
Canadian firm that specializes in architecturally customizable workspaces will be launching a new product next month intended to meet the needs of today’s Zoom-centric workers.
A productive hybrid work model fuses together the sanctuary of home work with traditional office collaboration. These five key advantages make the customisable office pod work.
As many businesses adopted an open concept office design, flexible workspaces and “pod” style layouts became more popular. In the times of social distancing, they proved to be especially useful, but even in post-pandemic office environments, they are perfect for adding an element of privacy to open spaces.
No room at the kitchen table? Children too loud? Some workers are slipping into tiny office cubes, right in their gardens. The pod is a solution to the problem many people are facing in the hybrid work environment – how do you work effectively from home when you have nowhere to get work done?
Though the open office space has been around since the 1960s, it felt particularly timely as Millennials joined the workforce in 2010. They were cost-effective for start-ups and new companies, and felt more creative and anti-establishment. They were also more flexible, more human. Open floor-planned co-working spaces were perfect for freelancers in the ever-growing gig economy.
Hootsuite's 27,000-square-foot flagship office was reconfigured in January 2021 from traditional cubicles to collaborative couches and treadmill, bike or sit-stand desks. As more companies shift to hybrid work models, the design and functionality of the offices has changed.
SnapCab will launch several new architectural office products at Chicago’s NeoCon®, October 4-6, 2021, offering flexible solutions for returning to the office.
It's not just Superman's change room anymore; the phone booth could be coming to your workplace as a solution to the loss of privacy endemic to open-concept offices.
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