Given that interior design is intimately connected with building architecture, they must be conceived together. From the standing desk to open plan offices, interior design and final touches in the workplace came up again and again in 2013. Our interior designers drew our attention to all the latest trends in technology, materials and products related to designing successful spaces. Check out our top five posts on workplace design and interiors trends.
Connectivity in Workplace Design
Mary Gallager
No longer are we designing floor plates of traditional walled in offices adjacent to high paneled workstations.
Interiors: 30 days | 30 trends
Erin Polansky
A wrap-up of the interior design related trends highlighted over 30 days.
Inspiration for Interior Finishes
Kristyn Hill
When selecting interior finishes it’s important to select them first and foremost for function, sustainability and safety, with aesthetics following secondary to these attributes.
To Sit or To Stand?
Mary Gallagher
The craze of a standing workstation is in reality not a craze at all. Studies strongly support the philosophy that increased standing during the day has several benefits for your health and ergonomics.
Love (like or, at the very least, deal with) your Neighbor…
Erin Polansky
Have we gone too far with open workplace design? Where is it lacking? Finally, what is next?
The 2025 OpenLAB Boston studio work will be exhibited at Virginia Tech Monday, March 2nd through Wednesday, March 4th.
Please join us for the following events on Monday, March 2nd:
11:00am - Lecture with Parke MacDowell
1:00pm Lobby talk with Kevin Sullivan
This year’s studio identifies seven sites along the frayed edges of Boston’s Greenway. The Greenway is a one-mile-long linear park running through the heart of the city, reconnecting downtown Boston with its waterfront. Many of the parcels along its edges remain undeveloped and present mute, blank facades to the public realm. Addressing and repairing these edges through acts of infilling, layering, grafting, framing, and placemaking is the core focus of the studio—SUTURE.