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The Creative Shift

A decade or so ago, it was a prediction that was easily ignored. Now the trend toward more creative work is an idea whose time has come, and workplaces need to move forward, too. See how Steelcase and technology leader Microsoft have combined efforts to envision a workplace that accelerates the shift to creative work by supporting all the conditions it needs to thrive.

Pushing Possibilities

Pushing Possibilities

An intricate tabletop that creates itself in less than a half hour? MIT’s Self-Assembly Lab, lead by Skylar Tibbits and Jared Laucks, is redefining the possibilities of 3D printing and collaborating with Steelcase to explore what that could mean for the future.

An Arizona State Study: Movement in the Workplace

An Arizona State Study: Movement in the Workplace

At Arizona State University, administrators at the College of Health Solutions and the College of Nursing and Health Innovation took on that challenge as they planned a new workplace for their staffs.

Ohalo College Embraces Active Learning

Ohalo College Embraces Active Learning

Ohalo College in Katzrin, Israel, takes an innovative approach to space, pedagogy and technology to educate a new generation of teachers, putting it at the leading edge of faculty development and training.

University of Oklahoma: New Learning Space

University of Oklahoma: New Learning Space

Traditional computer labs are anachronisms, designed when computers dominated desktops. The new Couch Practice Center at the University of Oklahoma, offers students an ecosystem of spaces designed to meet the way students want to learn today.

HDR

HDR

For many years, architectural firm HDR told clients the workplace of the future should support a mobile workforce. Yet their own office was hardly a model of that vision. Learn how that all changed.

Reinventing La-Z-Boy in New Headquarters

Reinventing La-Z-Boy in New Headquarters

Leadership credits the new work environment with driving important changes at La-Z-Boy: greater employee enthusiasm, more communication and more frequent collaboration.

La-Z-Boy Reflects Culture in New Office

La-Z-Boy Reflects Culture in New Office

When you’re almost a hundred years old, being a little dated is to be expected. The 1920’s vintage headquarters of La-Z-Boy, however, didn’t just look out of date, it was holding the company back.