Why interior design uses your corporate identity to create an impact As interior Designers, we are often at a loss when our clients give us the logo to be used only as a backdrop for the receptionist! You see, the brand “message” talks about who you are, what you stand for, and why people should trust you! We just translate that message into the interior design so that you can create an impression. Why?The visual identity of an office is the “first impression” created for anyone who enters, be it your clients, investors or potential talent you’re looking to hire. That is why it is of utmost importance to focus on how you are making them feel. If you are a law firm but the colors in your interiors are funky and playful – chances are you’ll be taken less seriously. Whereas on the other hand if you are a design

Post-Pandemic Office Spaces The CoVid-19 has forced us to take a long hard look at life as we knew it. Everything has ground to a halt – it has never happened before in history! There is an opportunity here – this, now, is the time to make changes – something we would not have had time to do earlier. The Bubonic Plague in the late 18th century led to The Renaissance, and Coronavirus is bringing in the new world NOW! Together we have to ensure that we learn from this Act of God. In this blog you will read how you can adapt your workplace to the changing times in the wake of this pandemic. The world has come to a stand-still and offices are shut – what does the future hold and how can you be prepared? Here are some ideas to create a “safe” office for the future: Reduce touchable

Why don’t open plan offices work? It’s a design problem. I’ll take you through how you can increase the productivity in your office by focusing on three major aspects of a happy office! Through the ages, workplaces have evolved from cubicle-farms to open-plan layouts and stayed so since the early 20th century. The concept of open-plan offices was based on Frank Taylor’s ideology of creating maximum industrial efficiency. Created as a catalyst for collaboration and increased productivity, have open-plan offices really lived up to the expectations of employees and companies? The answer is, no! While the idea of creating an open-plan layout at first sounds promising for growth, communication and collaboration – it completely ignores the human and the social requirements of each employee. Crammed up in rows like cogs in a wheel, the workforce often feels suffocated and distracted! Every employee is different, the way they function, think, act