What do the vast majority of millennials believe a workplace has to offer to inspire creativity and productivity" That?s the very question companies large and small are working hard to answer: Pixar?s headquarters is famous for the playful sway of their interior design. Google takes on an office-as-playground atmosphere to promote inspired thinking. And Apple" They’ve built the mothership ? an enormous campus epitomizing the open floor plan design to compel interaction. So, who has it right" The 2017 Work Environment Survey sponsored by Capital One believes it has some of the most relevant and important information revealing the future of where and how we work.
Secret passageways aren’t necessary for a creative workspace, but novel and playful interior features are surely welcome. Capital One offices in San Francisco designed by Interior Architects. Photo by Jasper Sanidad Photography. The rebellion against open office settings ? where personal privacy is completely eliminated under the banner of collaboration-always environments ? seems a foregone conclusion, as ill-conceived for worker happiness as any expanse of windowless cubicles. Yet, the ideal conditions permitting the possibility of creative ideas to form and gestate seems as uncertain as the Heisenberg principle, simultaneously requiring privacy and openness. Too much privacy, and collaborative efforts wane. Too little, and the solitary moments required for creative minds to explore ideas...