Tips & Ideas

A hotel in in China’s lake district in Hangzhou seeks to recreate a moonlit, meditative interior.

Collaborative work is imperative to the design industry - without it, projects become impossible. So, when the COVID-19 pandemic struck, and everyone was told to work from home, it understandably made a lot of people in the industry uneasy. These are unprecedented times for all, so we have compiled a few tips on ways to stay productive and connected during this time, hopefully making the transition to working from home a little less daunting...

Bright lights, big city, skyscrapers, and urbanization. As exciting as it may sound, life in the city is not what it looks. Overcrowding, air quality and noise pollution are few of many issues that the residents have to adjust with. The only time they get to relax and unwind is at home. The lights, colors, structure and location of the house has a great impact on the mental health.

Principal and interior and workplace specialist at Warren and Mahoney, Scott Compton, muses: Is this the start of the workplace as we should want it to be?

Biophilic interior design is an approach that aims to bring natural characteristics into the built environment and space.