Work Design Now 2013

Work Design Now is a research program conducted by Work Design Magazine and sponsored by Haworth Inc.

The program brings together industry practitioners to fully explore the goals, workplace challenges, and solutions driving modern corporate design decisions.

Each of the three annual Work Design Now roundtable discussions takes place in a completed space that exemplifies smart design. The purpose is to:

• Conduct a round table discussion, interview, and report that document the space’s pragmatic solutions to today’s office environment
• Highlight remarkable examples (virtual tour/video) of what integrated, flexible, and extensible design solutions can look like in today’s most innovative workplaces
• Educate other design professionals through resulting articles, galleries, and videos published in Work Design Magazine, which has more than 10,000 readers/month

AIA-IAKC and IIDA also support the program.

Learn More About Haworth’s Research on Design and Workplace Trends

The 2013 Winners

(1) McDermott Will & Emery

A law office in Washington, DC

• Case Study (PDF)
• Hi-Res Images
• Floor Plans
• Video of the space
• One-Pager: Bob Fox of Work Design Magazine on the Work Design Now research program
• One-Pager: David Rush of Haworth on employee engagement trends
• One-Pager: Terri Barnhart of Gensler on designing collaboration spaces
• One-Pager: Paul Sicari of McDermott Will & Emery on culture and hospitality
• One-Pager: Early performance metrics of the new design

(2) fairlife

A milk-product company in Chicago

• Case Study (PDF)
• Hi-Res Images and Floor Plans

(3) GlaxoSmithKline

The global pharmaceutical company’s Philadelphia/Navy Yard consolidation

• Case Study (PDF)
• Hi-Res Images

The 2013 Finalists

• Milwaukee Gas Company, Zimmerman Architectural Studios: https://workdesign.com/2013/11/employees-take-skunkworks-room/
• Rossetti, Rock Companies: https://workdesign.com/2013/09/rock-companies-brands-values-design/
• RTKL, Edelman Toronto: https://workdesign.com/2013/07/integrating-hospitality-and-workplace-concepts-at-edelman-toronto/
• Rosetti, Quicken Loans: https://workdesign.com/2013/07/quicken-loans-detroit2-0-office/
• EwingCole, United Therapeutics: https://workdesign.com/2013/07/unither/
• BKA Architects, Horizon Beverage Group: https://workdesign.com/2013/07/horizon/
• GSA: https://workdesign.com/2013/07/gsa/
• RTKL, Edelman Public Affairs: https://workdesign.com/2013/07/designing-for-younger-edelman/
• Neumann/Smith, M@dison Building: https://workdesign.com/2013/06/have-you-been-to-the-mdison/
• RTKL, NDI: https://workdesign.com/2013/07/rtkl-ndi-measurement/
• Cuningham, Hayden Place: https://workdesign.com/2013/06/hayden-place-makes-culver-city-greener/