In April 1981 Xerox announced the 8010 Star Information System, a new personal computer designed for office professionals who create, analyze, and distribute information. The Star user interface differs from that of other office computer systems by its emphasis on graphics, its adherence to a metaphor of a physical office, and its rigorous application of a small set of design principles. The gr...

How may design address the conditions of change and creativity in today's workplace environment? Increasingly there is the recognition that in order to develop effective workplaces, the design not only needs to respond to functional requirements but also increase the role of the individual users and suppliers in the ongoing evolution of the office space. Expanding the level of participation in ...

This explorative case study investigates health-promoting office design from an experience and meaning-making perspective in activity-based flex-office (A-FO) a headquarter building. small (n = 11) builds using qualitative data (walk-through focus group interviews). A reflexive thematic analysis (RTA) of the approach was performed on this health sustainability perspective, including physical, m...

Lately management strategy that put Industrial Design (ID) in its core is recognized more important, as technology and price alone cannot differentiate a product. The needs to shorten the time to develop a product also shorten the development period of ID, and it necessitates the ID process management. This research analyzes the status of integration process of ID and Engineering Design (ED) of...

Principles of lean management encourage managers to exert tight control over office space and the people within it. Alternative, design-led approaches promote the value of offices that are enriched, particularly by plants and art. On the basis of a social identity perspective, we argue that both of these approaches may compromise organizational outcomes by disempowering workers and failing to g...