Warning: danger ahead

Article Abstract:

The current downsizing trend reflects on the business organization's desire for Alternative or New Officing. The idea behind this is for businesses to generate maximum output while investing minimal input. The following ideas should support the New Officing strategy: the bottomline is to improve employee performance and satisfaction, space saving is merely secondary; integrate "change management" into overall corporate plans; honest discussions with employees are a must; lastly, New Officing incorporates a set of strategies, it is not a corporate panacea.

Methods, Analysis, Business planning, Downsizing (Management), Reengineering (Management)

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The chilling effect of being "visual junkies."

Article Abstract:

Interior designers are frequently preoccupied with the visual effect of their projects without putting adequate consideration for the comfort and facility of the created environments. This attitude is perpetuated by the unwillingness of designers to research on human environments and inadequate teaching in design schools. Meanwhile, design magazines reinforce the need for visual effect by publishing only interiors that look striking in photographs.

Interior Decorating Services, Interior Design Services, Practice, Interior design

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A space of anxiety

Article Abstract:

Designers all over the world seem to have conspired in making airports into uncomfortable places. Most airports have row seating, bright lights, shiny wall materials and inconvenient gates and walkways that all serve to disorient the traveler. The airport may become a less stressful environment if it had groups of chairs at waiting areas, attractive eating places, clear directions for facilities and wood or fabric materials for furnishings.

Evaluation, Airports

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