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Moves & changes – design industry news

Design Week

Tom Dixon Studio has promoted Helene Bangsbo Andersen to managing director of the studio’s research division and creative director of its spaces and brand department. Anderson joined Tom Dixon in 2006 as an interior designer and set up the research studio, which oversees forward-facing products and spaces.

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How Can Anthropology And Architecture Converge To Shape The Office Of Tomorrow?

All Work

For example, as ethnographers of finance sectors observe, the spatial arrangement of where traders sit on the trading floor has an impact on how they see and hear other traders, access technologies, and receive and interpret information (Downey and Fisher, 2006). material objects (lights, furniture, boards, etc.)

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Transforming Workspaces: Exploring the Power of Commercial Office Interior Design

Greater Group

Creating functional office spaces that inspire people to do their best work, creates ideal conditions for productivity and higher quality output. Designs for an organisation that values transparency and free-flowing communication, for instance, might have less walls between departments and more open spaces.

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Designing the Human Experience: Office Design

Onyx

An office space should foster each employee’s sense of individuality and control to choose their type of work lifestyle. When designing a space, it is important to provide different types of ‘work modes’ such as active zones, quiet zones, and social zones. Having choice leads to empowerment and engagement within their work environment.

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From a cartoon mouse to a global giant: how Walt Disney conquered the world

Inside Retail

Walt Disney was an innovator in terms of space, colour and movement. A famous diagram , sketched by Walt himself in 1957, foreshadowed the direction Disney would ultimately take: a huge business empire of synergies, merchandising and cross-promotion. They created a new character: a mouse, with large ears.

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From Cobblestones to Cyberspace: VMSD Celebrates Its 125th Year of Service to the Retail Industry

VMS

These building technologies, with the ability to span large spaces, led to the development of the show window. A 2006 article reported that as Whole Foods prepared for its 25th anniversary, it opened its biggest store yet, an 80,000-square-foot flagship in its its home base, Austin, Texas. TECHNOLOGY RULES.