Wellbeing Thought Starters: Application Concepts
Informed by insights from our research, we’ve developed some settings that can be a catalyst for intentionally designing work environments that support the physical, cognitive and emotional needs of people at work.
Planning for the Dimensions of Wellbeing
Attaining wellbeing at work is about creating and sustaining a healthy physical and mental state over time in a supportive physical and social environment. No single space can do this alone.
Optimism
Provide spaces that can be easily modified by individuals and teams to encourage experimentation, spark imagination and creativity, and expand possibilities.
Mindfulness
Create environments that support focus and minimize distractions for all tasks by providing a diverse range of settings that facilitate individual concentration, 1:1 connections, collaboration and team focus.
Authenticity
Allow individuals and teams to express their personalities through space by empowering them to select environments that best suit their preferred work styles. Encourage employees to display personal items in workstations and on their computers, tablets and smartphones.
Belonging
Provide spaces that encourage personal and professional connections. Ensure that spaces designed for users to connect with one another are intuitive and easily accessible for both co-located and distributed teams. Embed elements such as a media wall in the space to reinforce the importance of connections and the organization’s commitment to employees.
Meaning
Accommodate both co-located and geographically disparate teams by creating a palette of places and presences — i.e., settings for both physical and virtual collaboration. Provide social spaces to reinforce the importance of fun and social interactions and the company’s commitment to encourage these behaviors.
Vitality
Design spaces that encourage movement. Create a variety of indoor and outdoor spaces that offer posture choices (sitting, standing, perching, lounging) and encourage walking to create physical and emotional energy, stimulate the mind, improve alertness and improve focus.
Wellbeing Dimensions Applied
Project Studios
An immersive, shared space that supports project teams and small groups in analog and digital collaboration, content sharing and idea generation. Well-appointed to meet user needs around tools, hospitality, amplification and posture options.
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Application Components:
V.I.A.™ Architectural Walls
i2i® Seating
c:scape® Desking Solutions
media:scape® Collaboration Solutions
ProjectStudios2
Application Components:
V.I.A.™ Architectural Walls
media:scape® Collaboration Solutions
Cobi® Seating
Exponents™ Storage
Café
An informal and social setting to support connections, built trust and provide nourishment. Provides opportunities to connect socially and hosts mobile workers graciously to facilitate a sense of belonging, promote healthy professional relationships and bridge presence disparities.
Cafe1
Application Components:
Enea Lottu™ Tables and Seating
Last Minute™ Seating
Application Components: Enea LottuTM Tables and Seating Last MinuteTM Seating
Application Components:
Enea Lottu™ Tables and Seating
Last Minute™ Seating
Nomadic Camp
An area for mobile users with a variety of settings that welcome and accommodate focus and collaboration. A palette of place and posture options provides solutions for mobile and geographically disparate users to feel a sense of belonging, community and connection to the brand and culture. Shared spaces welcome users and allow for personalization and self-selection, giving a sense of pride and temporary ownership.
Application Components: Ology Desks GestureTM Seating SotoTM Worktools B-Free Lounge Seating and Tables Flexbox Storage
Application Components:
Ology Desks
Gesture™ Seating
Soto™ Worktools
B-Free Lounge Seating and Tables
Flexbox Storage
Private Office
An owned space that provides the ability to express one’s self and display personal items and professional artifacts. Users are empowered to utilize the space in the best way to support their individual needs through amplification, making work visible on the walls or providing solitude for focus.
Application Components: V.I.A.™ Architectural Walls Denizen™ Tables and Storage Bob™ Seating Bindu™ Seating
Application Components:
V.I.A.™ Architectural Walls
Denizen™ Tables and Storage
Bob™ Seating
Bindu™ Seating
Patio
A setting that offers inspiring views, access to nature and a palette of place, postures and presence options. Promote movement through the environment by encouraging users to select the right place for a given task. A variety of settings support user needs throughout the day, from focus to respite to collaboration.
Application Components Emu Shade Seating Emu Heaven™ Seating and Tables Emu Ivy™ Seating
Application Components:
Emu Shade Seating
Emu Heaven™ Seating and Tables
Emu Ivy™ Seating
Retreat
An informal place that enables people to be alone with others nearby or have informal interactions within the hum of surrounding activity. Provides great views to the outdoors and displays of organizational artifacts.
Application Components: Milbrae™ Lounge Seating and Tables Wing™ Lounge Seating Await™ Lounge Seating Currency® Workwall™ Storage
Application Components:
Milbrae™ Lounge Seating and Tables
Wing™ Lounge Seating
Await™ Lounge Seating
Currency® Workwall™ Storage
Innovation Suite
A space to fine-tune imagination, spark creativity and foster critical thinking. Inspire, engage and support evolving innovation processes and serve as a symbolic and tangible expression of a company’s commitment to a culture of innovation.
Application Components: V.I.A.™ Architectural Walls Buoy™ Seating Await™ Seating EE6® Storage turnstone® Whiteboards Topo® Mobile Seating
Application Components:
V.I.A.™ Architectural Walls
Buoy™ Seating
Await™ Seating
EE6® Storage
turnstone® Whiteboards
Topo® Mobile Seating
Enclaves
Small, private spaces that provide respite, focus and rejuvenation. Easily accessible with good visual signaling.
Application Components: V.I.A.™ Architectural Walls Hosu Seating media:scape® kiosk Collaboration Solutions EE6® Storage
Application Components:
V.I.A.™ Architectural Walls
Hosu Seating
media:scape® kiosk Collaboration Solutions
EE6® Storage
Application Components: V.I.A.™ Architectural Walls Regard™ Bench Airtouch® Tables Walkstation™ EE6® Storage
Application Components:
V.I.A.™ Architectural Walls
Regard™ Bench
Airtouch® Tables
Walkstation™
EE6® Storage
Resident Neighborhood
Owned individual space with supportive tools and personal control. Users can personalize their workstations and adjust for comfort. The overall zone supports a range of user needs, from focused work to collaboration to touch-down tasks, allowing the worker to choose where they feel most productive.
Application Components: Ology Tables Flexbox Storage Gesture™ Seating Soto™ Worktools
Application Components:
Ology Tables
Flexbox Storage
Gesture™ Seating
Soto™ Worktools
