the home front: designs on workplace happiness - whiteboard and projection screen combined

In terms of office design, some companies than ping-
Table tennis tables and beer fridges are gimmicks to attract and retain employees, says designer Amber Kingsnorth, who is now investing in design to improve their well-being and productivity.
Mak Interiors recently completed the new office design for the Gastown digital marketing agency, which specializes in "conversion rate optimization "--
Or get more people into the company's website and turn them into customers.
Employees are reported to feel "51" % happier and more productive in their new office.
"You always want this to be a new and better space for the role of the company," Kingsnorth said . ".
"We have experienced the great absorption of sitting.
She said: "Standing on a desk, having more flexibility in your own workstation, now more like, rather than having these professional desk settings, there are a lot of different types of environments in the office.
People are more nomadic.
They work on a laptop and they have a radio station that they can use but are not connected to it.
They move around and have a quiet room where you can work and there is a coffee shop etc.
Kingsnorth said that as a company, WiderFunnel is very "quiet and bowed" during the day, but it has a very celebratory culture and has held a lot of social events, so, our idea is to create separate spaces to meet this need.
"Almost half of the space is a huge social area," she said . "
"Big Kitchen, big projection screen, so they can show movies in it.
There are cafe seats and a large meeting room.
They don't have a formal reception or anything.
Kingsnorth said one thing she noticed when designing office space that embraces these more "modern and fluid" working environments is the importance of buying
From top management.
"If it's not adopted by senior management either, then it doesn't work," she said . ".
"It's really about who's leading it, and then it's moving from top to bottom.
Do they take the lead in using it for the right reason, not only because it's stylish, but management will really look down on people for using the nap room?
"You were in there for 20 minutes. What are you doing?
Victoria pittriw, operations director of the agency, said the new design was a complete success for WiderFunnel.
"The space we are in now has so much natural light," she said . ".
"It has windows all around and we can see the magnificent views of Vancouver.
So you walk in and take pride in working there and in the city.
It was at a retreat at the company that they realized the importance of having a different working environment in the office, according to Terry.
"We are doing one.
She said: "activities during the day.
"We noticed that the entire holiday facility was constantly moving throughout the day.
So people worked in the restaurant for an hour, then moved outside for an hour, then moved for an hour somewhere else, and we realized it was something we needed in the office.
Sometimes being tied to a desk is not the best place to get creative ideas and really productive.
Her office design includes a "solution room" where people can go to work and find the solutions they need, she said;
They can also work in the kitchen, bar area, cafe or "city hall table.
She says people can also work in a "call room" if they want to be shut down.
"People don't like to go to lunch," she said . "
"They like to have lunch together, so we made room for the people who were able to sit down and felt like they were off work, but could still enjoy the company of their colleagues.