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This infographic debates the merits of working at home versus at a traditional office. It also discusses remote collaboration tools to keep workers connected. [Read more...]
Work, Home, or Work From Home? [INFOGRAPHIC]
By 12/27/12
This infographic debates the merits of working at home versus at a traditional office. It also discusses remote collaboration tools to keep workers connected. [Read more...]
Avant-Garde Offices: The Rooftop Workplace of Tomorrow
By 07/14/12
Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show in London premiered an outdoor office prototype called the Rooftop Workplace of Tomorrow garden. [Read more...]
Avant-Garde Offices: Bleacher Report
By 07/5/12
Does your office have 32 flat-screen TVs and an in-house kegerator? No? Then you might want to send a resume to the offices of online sports news source Bleacher Report. [Read more...]
5 Strategies for Office Spaces That Motivate Employees
By 06/11/12
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It’s no surprise that employees’ work environment plays a huge role in their overall productivity and motivation. Today’s must-reads will help you improve your existing workspace and promote engagement. [Read more...]
Avant-Garde Offices: Box [PHOTOS]
By 06/1/12
This week’s Avant-Garde Offices star is enterprise software company Box, formerly known as Box.net. [Read more...]
Autodesk Pipes in Pink Noise to Tune Out Conversation
By 05/24/12
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There’s been a lot of negative buzz about the distractions and productivity losses open-plan offices enable, and software company Autodesk may have found the ideal solution by piping in pink noise. [Read more...]
Avant-Garde Offices: Mozilla [PHOTOS]
By 05/18/12
This week’s Avant-Garde Offices star is Mozilla, the company behind open-source browser Firefox. [Read more...]
Avant-Garde Offices: The Smoffice
By 05/11/12
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The Smoffice, this week’s Avant-Garde Offices star, is an itty-bitty workspace about the size of a bathroom. [Read more...]
Avant-Garde Offices: YouTube
By 05/5/12
If you’ve ever wanted to work in a building you never have to leave, then this week’s Avant-Garde Offices star, YouTube, might just have the workplace for you. [Read more...]
Avant-Garde Offices: Evernote [PHOTOS]
By 04/27/12
Most of us have had that feeling of being watched; for employees at Evernote, the star of this week’s Avant-Garde Offices, that feeling is a reality. [Read more...]
Why Your Office Needs a Quiet Zone
By 03/14/12
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If your office has an open floor plan, you need a quiet zone. Open-plan offices may promote collaboration and creativity, but they don’t offer the tomblike silence and lack of visual distractions that many need to focus and crank work out. [Read more...]
Inventionland is the Epitome of a Creative Office
By 01/8/12
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Pittsburgh-based Davison Inventionland is one of the most creative offices in the world; its 61,000-square-foot factory houses 16 themed workspaces fitted with waterfalls, castles, racetracks and more. [Read more...]
Should Empty Public Buildings Be Turned Into Coworking Spaces?
By 01/6/12
Lithuania's Hub Vilnius coworking space. (CC) Mindaugas Danys/Flickr
Yesterday, Jon Mitchell of ReadWriteWeb wrote about how the Palo Alto City Library is turning vacant rooms into coworking spaces for remote workers and advertising them using LiquidSpace. Can this model boost flagging local economies elsewhere? [Read more...]
The Senescent Desk Infuses Nature Into Your Office
By 01/5/12
Workers whose environment includes plants and art are 15 percent more productive than those who work in spartan spaces, and the Senescent Desk by Love Hulten blends Mother Nature’s touch with minimalist modernity. [Read more...]
Do Open-Plan Offices Pose Productivity Risks?
By 01/4/12
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Open-plan offices may encourage collaboration and improve communication, but they may also create barriers to productivity, according to a piece in today’s Wall Street Journal. [Read more...]
