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Michigan-based Trendway Corp. on the company’s website. “I
think all of us like to have comfortable spaces. And where are
you the most comfortable? Typically, at home.”
There is more common sense in that opinion than any-
thing else because who wouldn’t be more comfortable – and
potentially more productive – in a space that feels more like
home?
Other industry leaders offer a more expansive approach.
“Right now the dominant generation is Generation Y, the
millennials, and we’re designing spaces for them,” said Ha-
worth’s Michael O'Neill in a 2016 Dezeen magazine interview.
O’Neill leads the company’s research and innovation team
which studies how social norms, demographics and other
factors affect office design.
“If your time frame is several years out,” O’Neill explained,
“you need to be designing spaces to accommodate the next
generation and also have a more inclusive environment that
supports the needs of all generations.” That appears to be right
on the mark because baby boomers are still in decision-mak-
ing roles and nobody knows quite yet what Generation Z will
demand.
What he’s clearly saying here is that the modern office
should be designed for everybody. While it may be just a bit
of an oversimplification, it would seem logical that the rather
innocuous characteristics of resimercial should also appeal to
everybody. Its foundation after all, is built on comfort, which
is neither a threatening concept nor a narrow one.
Resimercial has had a broad and prolific coming-out party.
After just a few years, the movement in general has garnered
sterling reviews and inspired dozens of new products from
myriad manufacturers. Its many options encourage both col-
laboration and privacy, but mostly, the opportunity for em-
ployees to find balance in a space that feels like home, even
if it isn’t. \\
Eric Laignel Photography
The conference room incorporates the home-style design
aesthetic into the modern work environment.
ELEMENTS Office Design