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of their Drive solutions by recalling: “Numerous scientific studies have shown that it benefits workers’ health and helps them stay productive throughout the day by regularly changing their attitudes.” The recent Office Furniture Market report for 2019 from
Market.biz confirms that the global Office Furniture Industry has enjoyed year-on-year growth, although growth rates differ between the settled markets and emerging economies. Key highlights include revenue segmentation, product portfolio and a complete analysis of the leading players. Its overall finding is that the sector is one of the largest and most mature markets within the equipment industry, one supported by the likes of Steelcase, Herman Miller, KI, Teknion, Knoll, Haworth, Bene, Sedus Stoll and Martela, among a few of those it names.
Giulio Cappellini, head of the Italian interior design firm Cappellini, named by TIME as one of the world’s top trendsetters, told Esquire magazine that there is now a greater focus on the way offices look and work. “In the past, it was more residential works and now the
reality is hospitality lounges and offices… whether that’s in North America, or the Far East,” he said. “People have become very, very interested in design for public spaces. Maybe even more than for residential. People want to express themselves with their whole environments.”
When asked why that was, he told them: “I think it’s a natural evolution. In the past ten years the landscape of the office, for example, has changed completely. It used to be a very, very cold space, with a white laminate desk and a black leather chair. “Now headquarters are like campuses. It’s absolutely not true that people spend less time in offices: they’re spending more and more time in offices! It’s a very interesting period.” And Nicola Gillen, London-based director of the US engineering multinational, AECOM, told PBC today how emerging technology and changing needs will shape the next generation of workplace design. “Despite frequent predictions of its demise, the office is a space that continues to evolve and endure and remains a central part of our working lives,” she said in a recent interview. “But, the office and people’s ways of working are changing significantly. Digital technologies are rapidly reshaping what we do and how our workplaces need to be conceived, built and operated.
“Driven by automation and artificial intelligence (AI), the Fourth Industrial Revolution means that some jobs will cease to exist in the coming years while others will be created.” She said the shift to more agile working is influencing
office designers, in particular, the blending of formal and informal areas for meetings and collaborative
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