Top 5 Trends Influencing Workplace Design

OPEN-OFFICE SPACES1

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5MODULARITY 2

CUT THE CLUTTER3

BIOPHILIC DESIGN4

PAINT YOUR PATH TO SUCCESS5

1. Open-office SpacesOpen offices will continue to shape work environments in 2016 as it

facilitates collaboration

Increase in speed and accuracy of work as a result of switching from closed offices to open offices

440%

Respondents believe that open office plans promote better behaviors through visible detection

81%

Believe that when employees are visible to one another, they are less likely commit ethics violations

60%

Millennial are collaborators and they don’t like to isolate

themselves

Source: JLL, Alliance Interiors; Bdcnetwork

2. Modularity

Source: Bdcnetwork; Alliance Interiors

3. Cut the Clutter

State of Mind

77%

65%

53%

Productivity

Happiness 40%

The office is filled with clutter for 90% of the workplace, affecting their:

ACTIVITY BASED DESIGN1

OFFICE PRIVACY PODS2

Motivation

Employees performance and productivity increases through

decluttering of office spaces

Source: Bloomberg, Alliance Interiors; Office Max

4. Biophilic Design

Plants and greenery in the office are not only for decor

12%

20%

5 dB

Plants enhance productivity in the office and decrease

stress by 12%

Proper placement of plants throughout the office can lower heating and cooling

costs by 20%

Plants help reduce office noise: an indoor hedge can

absorb up to 5 decibels

Biophilic Design

Source: Alliance Interiors; Plant Culture Inc

Enhances feelings of strength and energy;

associated with vitality and ambition

Red

Yellow

Green

Transmits honesty, calmness, security and

confidence

Blue

COLORSThe psychology of

Perfect choice for environments that emphasize balance

and calamity

Stimulates creativity and makes people

feel optimistic, clear-headed and alert

5.Paint your Path to Success

Source: Bloomberg, Alliance Interiors