What will the Paris Olympics 2024 teach us about experience?
The Olympic spectacle has always set a benchmark for new ways to create and manage experience. Paris 2024 is already giving a valuable lesson in its use of temporary structures and cultural cues
Will this Canary Wharf tower become an icon for mixed use?
Plans to revamp the iconic HSBC office tower into a dynamic mixed-use development signals a shift in how business districts might evolve, but transformation of this kind will require more than architecture
The United State of Work: nobody is immune from turbulence
Differences are narrowing as the global workforce faces up to common challenges, says author Julia Hobsbawm. But in creating a uniform agenda, are we in danger of encouraging groupthink?
Why too many meetings could damage real connection at work
Company leaders are demanding more office time for employees but doing nothing to stop a damaging proliferation of pointless meetings. Will redefining ‘presence’ fix this culture problem?
Can senior corporate designers rise again as internal innovation consultants?
Recent job losses in big tech and other sectors have targeted design leader roles, reversing a trend to grow design capability inside businesses. Where next for these experienced professionals?
Will landmark legal case tilt balance toward a return to the office?
A British employment tribunal has ruled that there are ‘weaknesses with remote working ’ – but that doesn’t necessarily mean full-time office working is back on the horizon
Canary Wharf’s struggles symbolised by financial deal to redesign offices
Will the sweetener paid to refurbish the European headquarters of US bank Morgan Stanley in London Docklands set a precedent? The workplace industry hopes it will
Lessons from the BMW factory design that said all workers are equal
Two decades after Zaha Hadid unveiled her plans for BMW’s plant in Leipzig, which elevated the car production line over the heads of office workers, we’re still studying the message that it sent
