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I wish I worked there! A look inside the most creative spaces in business.
A Spacelab project is set to feature in the above book, launched this week.
Virgin Management HQ in London was completed almost 2 years ago and continues to attract attention both from the design press / commentators and visitors to the building. Just last week we received a fresh enquiry from a potential client who had been to a meeting at Virgin HQ.
It’s great to get some recognition, and I’m equally proud that the project is included with some other well recognised offices / brands.
reblog - workspaces: new ways of working, the mobile workspace. I might make this my summer office.
Workspaces
a pictorial blog on ‘workspaces’. The everyday spaces given as much weight and importance as the spaces used by some some of the worlds most creative minds. This is the workspace belonging to Ray Eames in 1976.
![The Chemistry of a Creative Team
Interesting articel from ‘the 99percent.com’ [see earlier post]
The chemistry of a creative team is absolutely critical for making ideas happen. What goes unsaid can erupt into a great fiasco. When a problem is brewing, our tendency is to block it out. After all, who wants to be confrontational or take time out when stress and deadlines are looming? But an “infection” left untreated can become a full-blown disaster. The most effective creative teams are able to detect and address concerns before they evolve into problems.If a team is like a living body, then each person is part of an intricate immune system. Any member of the team should be able to notice and alert the team to a brewing problem, and the entire team should coordinate to address it. A single concern for one is a worthy concern for all.Every person on a team should be empowered to raise a challenge. All too often, the “veterans” of a team are relied upon for reporting issues. However, the intuition to detect problems is often strongest among the most junior members of a team. If there were a “thermometer” that took the team’s temperature at any given moment, any individual should be able to trigger a concern, and the whole team should be ready to respond.Our team is experimenting with a little tool we developed to monitors the team’s temperature. It is a small circular status meter with an arrow that can be pushed from “calm” to “super stressed” and anywhere in between. Anyone can change it, and all can see it. When caution is required, we are all signaled to arrange a meeting and discuss it. Who the actual person is who takes the initiative to adjust our “thermometer” is irrelevant. All that matters is whether our team comes together as a result.When a team catches a cold, candid discussion is the immune system. As your team grows and takes on more dynamic (and thus more stressful projects), consider ways to gauge your team’s temperature and take action when required.— This tip was written by Scott Belsky, Behance Team.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx9q7ayqQD1qa11r8o1_500.gif)
The Chemistry of a Creative Team
Interesting articel from ‘the 99percent.com’ [see earlier post]
The chemistry of a creative team is absolutely critical for making ideas happen. What goes unsaid can erupt into a great fiasco. When a problem is brewing, our tendency is to block it out. After all, who wants to be confrontational or take time out when stress and deadlines are looming? But an “infection” left untreated can become a full-blown disaster. The most effective creative teams are able to detect and address concerns before they evolve into problems.
If a team is like a living body, then each person is part of an intricate immune system. Any member of the team should be able to notice and alert the team to a brewing problem, and the entire team should coordinate to address it. A single concern for one is a worthy concern for all.
Every person on a team should be empowered to raise a challenge. All too often, the “veterans” of a team are relied upon for reporting issues. However, the intuition to detect problems is often strongest among the most junior members of a team. If there were a “thermometer” that took the team’s temperature at any given moment, any individual should be able to trigger a concern, and the whole team should be ready to respond.
Our team is experimenting with a little tool we developed to monitors the team’s temperature. It is a small circular status meter with an arrow that can be pushed from “calm” to “super stressed” and anywhere in between. Anyone can change it, and all can see it. When caution is required, we are all signaled to arrange a meeting and discuss it. Who the actual person is who takes the initiative to adjust our “thermometer” is irrelevant. All that matters is whether our team comes together as a result.
When a team catches a cold, candid discussion is the immune system. As your team grows and takes on more dynamic (and thus more stressful projects), consider ways to gauge your team’s temperature and take action when required.
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This tip was written by Scott Belsky, Behance Team.
Sneak Preview
It’s true that the market for Workspace Interiors is slow. At present many businesses are simply reorganising, replanning their existing space and working through some extremely tough economic conditions. There are however some exceptions. We have just completed another new workspace for an existing client whose business continues to grow despite the doom and gloom of world economics. This is a trend that looks set to continue in 2010 with a series if international offices. The spaces themselves are simple, intelligent and efficient. Our ‘Media’ sector experience allows us to bring some creative thought to a sector that is not widely seen as creative, with extremely positive feedback from both the staff and the business. The results are even more rewarding when seen in the context of budget and programme. Both of which were very tight, and required constant attention throughout the project.
After a busy couple of weeks, and some long overdue leave, I am catching up with my blog.
re-blog from Dezeen. Leo Burnett Office by Ministry of Design. Advertising Agency in Singapore. Simple but dramatic use of colour and graphic effects.
http://www.dezeen.com/2009/10/18/leo-burnett-office-by-ministry-of-design/
