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1. Top 5 Trends Influencing Workplace Design
OPEN-OFFICE SPACES1
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3
4
5
MODULARITY2
CUT THE CLUTTER3
BIOPHILIC DESIGN4
PAINT YOUR PATH TO SUCCESS5

2. 1. Open-office Spaces
Open offices will continue to shape work environments in 2016 as it
facilitates collaboration
Increase in speed and accuracy of work as a result of switching
from closed offices to open offices
440%
Respondents believe that open office plans promote better
behaviors through visible detection
81%
Believe that when employees are visible to one another, they are
less likely commit ethics violations
60%
Millennial are collaborators and they don’t like
to isolate themselves
Source: JLL, Alliance Interiors; Bdcnetwork

3. 2. Modularity
Source: Bdcnetwork; Alliance Interiors

4. 3. Cut the Clutter
State of Mind
77%
65%
53%
Productivity
Happiness 40%
The office is filled with clutter for 90%
of the workplace, affecting their: ACTIVITY BASED DESIGN1
OFFICE PRIVACY PODS2
Motivation
Employees performance and productivity
increases through decluttering of office spaces
Source: Bloomberg, Alliance Interiors; Office Max

5. 4. Biophilic Design
Plants and greenery in the office are not only for decor
12% 20% 5 dB
Plants enhance productivity
in the office and decrease
stress by 12%
Proper placement of plants
throughout the office can
lower heating and cooling
costs by 20%
Plants help reduce office
noise: an indoor hedge can
absorb up to 5 decibels
Biophilic
Design
Source: Alliance Interiors; Plant Culture Inc

6. Enhances feelings of
strength and energy;
associated with
vitality and ambition
Red
Yellow
Green
Transmits honesty, calmness,
security and confidence
Blue
COL ORSThe psychology
of
Perfect choice for
environments that
emphasize balance
and calamity
Stimulates creativity
and makes people
feel optimistic,
clear-headed and
alert
5.Paint your Path to Success
Source: Bloomberg, Alliance Interiors