People

Which sector has influenced the workplace the most in the last five years and why?

As part of our designer focus, Pat Hermon, Technical Lead on Sustainable Products at BRE, explains how businesses can become more responsible when it comes to manufacturing.

The old way of working – your own desk and a job for life – is gone. Mark Simpson encourages office developers and landlords to adapt to survive.

A workplace design is just the first stop on a journey with a moving destination, never a perfect fit, but adaptable as the organisation evolves. M Moser's Steve Gale shows how designers and clients can handle a fuzzy future.

Which property/interiors discipline has had to adapt the most to the significant changes in the workplace sector?

As you're probably already aware, January 2020 is a rather special issue (happy 20th birthday to us!) We asked an array of the UK's finest interior design firms to contribute to our fantastic commemorative front cover, as well as asking them about their own journeys and stories over the past two decades. 

An awful lot has happened to the interiors world since the inception of Mix Interiors. Here, we've asked a selection of industry friends to tell us their favourite projects, products and major changes in the workplace over the past 20 years.

Blending and voice-activation, speculative development and social purpose: Mix property guru, David Thame, spent the last 12 months talking to the wise heads of the UK property business. This is what he’s learned about the ABC of workspace talking points in the year to come.

Last month Steve looked at the need for a workplace to appeal to the higher needs and aspirations of its occupants, as well as merely functioning at a practical level. How do we convey this meaning and how do occupants perceive it?