Working environment and office design: trends for 2018

People, the world, and things around us are constantly changing and developing. Office design and the entire concept of the working environment are no exception. This is the result of design trends and changes in technologies, as well as new findings about productivity and how it is influenced by one's surroundings. Here are the current trends which will ensure employees at your company feel comfortable at work.

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These trends were published by INC.com.

Open-plan is a dirty word

While in the 1990s big corporations created monstrous open-plan offices, today this trend is fortunately fading big time. It was discovered that the benefit of interconnecting workers was far outweighed by the negative effects of a noisy and utterly demotivating working environment.

The current trend is more separate offices and individual working positions, complemented by separate rooms for shared projects and meetings.

Graffiti and industrial style are out

The relaxed style of graffiti, street art and industrial design is no longer a big thing in office design. The current trend is rather minimalism, complemented by mirrors or subtle patterns.

Well-equipped conference rooms

People are increasingly accustomed to using quickly and actively a whole variety of electronic devices that save them time. Tablets, mobile phones and computers are now part of every meeting. This is why conference rooms must be able to accommodate such devices. They should contain modern equipment and satisfy the technological requirements of all the employees who meet in these rooms.

Flexibility

Having ping-pong tables, couches, and snacks in the kitchen is nice, but it suggests you expect employees to be at work non-stop. The current era favours home office and remote work; thus flexibility of time and space is a sought-after benefit. Forget pool tables and instead enable employees to work from home occasionally; this will add much more to their sense of well-being.

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