Knoll Thriving Workplace

The arrival of Covid-19 caused an immediate sea change in the way we work. Shared spaces, office airflow and other previously unseen dangers to fellow co-workers left offices dark. To address these unexpected shifts into isolation and the home-office, our presentation Thriving Workplace was pieced together in close collaboration with Knoll's research team with complete design freedom.

Thriving Workplace was created in a period of continually shifting restriction and response. How does a workplace continue to thrive when desks are empty and the lights are off? What would a return to the office actually look like?

Working in back-and-forth partnership with Knoll, we clarified and streamlined their Research Team’s insight and projections into evergreen multi-use materials. Inspired by Herbert Matter’s iconic collage work, we created a series of layered photomontages covering broad themes of mindfulness, togetherness, solitude, self-care, survival and a still thriving workplace. A concept so abstract required a similarly abstract design response.

We assisted both Knoll’s interior teams and their wider client base to cope with the radical shifts in life- and work-style after Miss ‘Rona moved in. Thriving Workplaces established Knoll as a model prototype, prompting change through conversation and presentation.