What will the workspace of the future look like? Vitra explores new concepts
via designweek: Ideas at the Orgatec trade fair in Cologne, Germany, include a super-flexible space, a shared space by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby and a company home. Workspace design for today and the future has been explored at the Vitra Work 2018 showcase at the Orgatec trade fair in Cologne, Germany. Three concepts have been presented: a super-flexible space designed by Konstantin Grcic, a company home by Sevil Peach and a shared workspace by Barber & Osgerby. The overall concept of Work 2018 has been designed by Pernilla Ohrstedt and Jonathan Olivares. Ohrstedt says they asked themselves: “How do we nurture the discussion within the company, between designers and Vitra and partners to come up with new ideas about where the workspace is going? There isn’t one answer but to understand the challenges and possibilities we needed to come together.” Keen to try create a place where “these conversations take centre ground” and “try out office concepts”, they created the Work “town”. This consisted of a central “street” with the three main concept designs on one side and smaller kiosks with partner products displayed on the other. Exploring what workspaces of today had become, Ohrstedt says they have focused on “integrating public spaces” into the overall concept. “People in the freelance economy typically move between spaces,” Ohrstedt says. “They will work in transit, in a café, in a park, at home and maybe in a shared office space. “They will choose the spaces where they will be more productive in… Read more