Workplace Solutions Look Book

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WORKPLACE

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How work gets done and where work happens are constantly evolving. We help balance this diversity of workplace needs with your business goals to deliver the best solution for you. As a team, we drive creative and effective space solutions that meet the needs of your business, people, and brand.

We know that when people connect with a shared purpose, in a setting that supports the way they work, there is a positive correlation with employee engagement.

Engaged employees are the engine that propels an organization forward. They are more productive and generate more ideas, fueling the innovation which drives business results.

With years of experience and research behind us, we’re here to design an environment that best supports your team.

We can’t wait to work with you.

WORKSTATIONS

Take a new approach to your workspace with workstations that create a sense of privacy, control and comfort in the hybrid workplace.

WORKSTATIONS

OFS Staks

West

Elm x Steelcase Greenpoint

ANCILLARY SPACES

Explore our extensive ancillary collection - our community of industry-leading furnishings brands with classic, modern and innovative works by renowned designers around the world. One expansive collection to help you create beautiful places that work, your way!

ANCILLARY SPACES

ANCILLARY SPACES

Hightower Flote

Kimball Jovalie

ANCILLARY SPACES

Hightower Dry

PRIVATE OFFICES

Designed to evoke a sense of home in the workplace, our broad portfolio of desking and storage solutions work hard to allow your team to focus and innovate without distractions.

PRIVATE OFFICES

Steelcase Elective Elements

MEETING SPACES

Meeting spaces and collaboration settings provide a sense of safety and the flexibility to expand and contract the team based on the work that needs to get done. Braid together the digital and physical to support in-person and remote collaboration of all sizes.

MEETING SPACES

Steelcase Ocular

MEETING SPACES

Stylex Underline

Viccarbe Season

TASK SEATING

Sit Better. Work Better. It’s time to redefine the relationship between you and your task chair. Dial in a precise fit in all the places you need it most with chairs that keep you connected to your work.

Steelcase Gesture

TASK SEATING

TASK SEATING

Steelcase Karman

CAFE SPACES

Help cultivate culture with cafe and social spaces that connect people, and create a sense of purpose and belonging through meaningful interactions. Access to power, and analog and digital tools boost the use of these spaces throughout the day by giving teams and individuals more choices when it comes to makingprogressontheirwork.

CAFE SPACES

Extremis Amai

OFS Rowen & Harpin

CAFE SPACES

Hightower FourLikes

PODS + WALLS

Connect in privacy, carry out focused work or simply think for a while. Pods and walls help strike a balance between the need for efficient space and workable comfort.

Kimball Narrate

Orangebox Air23

PODS + WALLS

Steelcase Everwall

COLLABORATIVE SURFACES

Simplify meetings, elevate conversation, and amplify your message with collaborative surfaces like markerboards and media carts.

COLLABORATIVE SURFACES

Steelcase Flex

Kimball Paradolia

ACCESSORIES AND TECHNOLOGY

Investing in tools and systems that provide a simple, consistent, seamless and secure experience is key. Outfit your space with the tools your team needs to work and collaborate effectively!

Steelcase Roam

ACCESSORIES, TECH + POWER

Hightower Tess

Steelcase Flex Mobile Power

Poppin Desk Organizer

Steelcase Ocular

A NEW HIERARCHY OF NEEDS AT WORK

How people work will never go back to the way it was before the pandemic because why people work has changed forever. The new hybrid worker is foundationally different from the pre-Covid office worker. People around the world have experienced a collective trauma that caused them to change their priorities and outlooks about life and work on a visceral level. At the same time people learned remote work techniques, tools and enhanced technology which helped them feel greater control over where and how they worked. These two dynamics collided to create a fundamental shift in what people need at – and from – their workplace as they return to the office. People at work have a new set of needs and, much like Maslow’s Hierarchy, they range from basic to more complex.

New Needs

Steelcase principal researcher Patricia Kammer says today’s business leaders recognize the best place to do work is in the office. That’s where serendipitous interactions can occur – where energy, collaboration, engagement,

connection and shared accountability take place. And they want that back. But what some may not understand, says Kammer, is the gravity of the changes brought on by the pandemic.

“We all experienced trauma in some way, shape or form,” says Kammer. “We all grieved and experienced different kinds of loss.”

That pandemic trauma caused people to reckon with how they were spending their time, both at home and at work. People want more control, agency and intentionality about living, and that extends to the workplace, too. Kammer says leaders need to understand this fundamental change if they want to build the right culture that supports a new era of work centered around personal value for the employee.

“If I’m going to go into work, it better be worth my time,” Steelcase senior researcher Patricia Wang says of the mindset of today’s employees. “I need a distinctive experience that I can’t get anywhere else. For example, that could be reconnecting with teammates or lightly floating

a new idea for feedback, after the meeting. So, organizations need to think about what the promise of their workplace is and how they might support leaders to help enable that promise to come true.”

It was through in-depth interviews with dozens of hybrid workers that Kammer and Wang began to see a new hierarchy of workplace needs emerge. Prior to the pandemic, every worker needed a functional and supportive environment that included the space and tools required of their job. Post pandemic, however, new tools and resources are needed in the office to support hybrid work. Organizations and designers need to be intentional about creating a complete and holistic experience to make the workplace worthwhile for people.

ENHANCE PERFORMANCE

The most fundamental need is to help people get work done better and faster than they could at home. That means providing better technology, tools and spaces that help people do their best work.

SOCIALIZE WITH PURPOSE

This is where soft and hard skills meet to help people do their best work. People need spaces that are intentionally designed to help them build relationships and make emotional connections. This, in turn, eliminates barriers to cooperation, builds team cohesiveness and influences others to advance work.

CREATING COMMUNITY

Just as Maslow’s Hierarchy recognized people’s need for self-actualization, in the workplace that connects people to their place, to a group, team or their organization. People need to participate in activities that align their values with others’. Engaging in collective rituals like volunteer projects, cultural celebrations, and personal milestones brings meaning to work.

Not All Hybrid Workers Are the Same

Hybrid workers are not all the same and the different roles they fill require different types of spaces. Steelcase researchers found hybrid workers fell into three distinct categories who, based on the demands of their role, need to

use the workplace differently. Creating the right spaces for the right experiences means understanding that hybrid employees have a greater variety of needs.

ANCHORED WORKER

Their role requires them to have a personal, assigned workspace which is tied to a specific workplace process. Because they work primarily at their desk, this worker values having a place to store belongings but needs acoustical and visual privacy. This role can also be helped by having places to ‘get away’ for privacy without leaving the office.

UNTETHERED WORKER

The untethered worker doesn’t have a dedicated workspace, but their role requires them to be in the office for a set amount of time per week. This person could work in unassigned team spaces or find themselves in shared social settings, which invite interruption but promote engagement. They need flexible environments to support their varying work modes and to allow them to go from social settings to more

private focused areas.

DESTINATION WORKER

This person’s role gives them flexibility about when, where and how they work. They typically come to the office to participate in collaborative work such as meetings, complex problemsolving, or mentorship. They gravitate toward collaborative spaces that can be arranged in a variety of ways to be more visible or have greater privacy. They also need a range of diverse spaces where they can do individual work, which allows them to continue their workday at the office and stay productive.

New Inspiration for the Workplace

To solve for the new needs of hybrid workers (whether it’s anchored, untethered or destination workers), organizations need to rethink the role of the office. A new source of inspiration for the workplace based on the changing needs of organizations and people is a great neighborhood – vibrant and active communities where people come together.

Neighborhoods at work, like the ones people live in, provide a home base for people and teams, or departments. They include a variety of interconnected spaces that support different types of work, a mixture of uses and the natural flow from one to another. They include individual assigned spaces or shared areas for the team, collaboration spaces for in-person and virtual interactions, places with privacy for focused heads-down work, and areas to gather, socialize and learn with teammates.

“We need to rethink how we are engaging people,’ says Kammer. “How we grow people and ultimately how we serve them – how we attract them to the office and have them leaving healthier than when they arrived.”

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LISTEN UP

Grab your headphones and get in the zone with Work Better, the Steelcase podcast focused on work and ways to make it better.

The rules of work are being rewritten and we’re all trying to figure it out. The first series of the Work Better podcast brings you into seven weekly conversations with leading thinkers, authors, designers, and researchers whose ideas and insights can help us make sense of what’s happening and navigate the massive change around us.

Topics include how hybrid workdays are changing the ways we view work, the future of the office, how to innovate during tough times, and creating inclusive workplaces. Stay up to date on design, insights and research to help people work better at steelcase.com/ subscribe.

Find Work Better in Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.

PROMEGA

Promega is a global biotechnology firm headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. Their sprawling campus incorporates offices, research and development, and manufacturing in a variety of innovative and sustainable facilities. The Kornberg Center provides laboratories, office space, and a wide range of collaborative areas.

Partners with Promega for over 25 years, Atmosphere began end user workshops three years before move-in to gain feedback on priorities for the new building. That data informed pilot spaces and design development, with collaboration and technology emerging as key themes.

Strong communication between Promega, Atmosphere, and Ramlow/Stein helped a complex project run smoothly despite outside challenges caused by the pandemic. The resulting facility reflects Promega’s forwardthinking, innovative culture and supports a range of work styles with inviting and creative spaces.

Promega design by Ramlow/Stein photography by Tricia Shay Photography

Promega design by Ramlow/Stein

photography by Tricia Shay Photography

Water Solutions

PROJECT PROCESS

1. EXPLORE

Define project scope

Determine project team

Refine roles + responsibilities

Discovery workshops

Workplace surveys

Test + evaluate pilot spaces

2. PLAN

Socialize schedule

Identify key milestones

Validate space requirements

Concept review

Product specification

Finalize finish selection

Installation drawings

Quote formatted for review

Delivery + install sequencing identified

3. PROVIDE

Orders placed, tracked and reported

Site verification

Pre-install meetings

Floorplan + installation drawings complete

Installation schedule finalized

Communicate real-time progress

Order status reports

4. EXECUTE

Product arrival

Warehousing + delivery

Walk-through

Project closed

On-site services + training

Move-in experience

5. SUPPORT

Post-occupancy surveys

Measure space against goals + intent

Measure performance

Facility support

VENDOR PARTNERS

9 to 5 Seating

AIS

Andreu World America

Arcadia

BuzziSpace

Campbell Contract

Carolina by OFS

Clarus Glassboards

Community Furniture

Dauphin

David Edward

Egan Visual

Falcon

Global

Gressco

Group Lacasse

HON

Integra

JSI Jasper Group

Brand

KI

Landscape Forms

Leland International

Loewenstein by OFS

Lyon

Mercatus International

MiEN

National Nevers

Nevins

Nienkamper

NorvaNivel

OFS

Peter Pepper Products

Safco

Sandler Seating

Sit On It

Smith System

Steelcase

Stylex

Versteel

Vitra

West Coast Industries

Wisconsin Bench

United Properties photography by Rachel Lea Photography

ABOUT US

Since its inception, Atmosphere’s success has been fueled by people who pursue expertise while navigating the commercial furniture world with passion and an eye for precision. We value a learning mindset and continuous innovation to enable the growth and enrichment of our teams, partnerships, and local communities.

Our guiding purpose is to connect people through creative applications of architecture, furniture, and technology; and deliver environments that are compelling, highperforming, and human-centric. Today, team members across sales, project management, design, installation, and operations support clients and projects around the globe. Because of our partnership with Steelcase, the global leader in the commercial furniture industry,ourdistributionnetworkisunmatched in scope and experience.

From small start-ups to top Fortune 50 organizations, the clients that we support each have unique brands, stories, and project needs. As we continue to expand into new markets, we remain agile as an organization to best serve our clients so that no matter the size or scope, each project receives meticulous attention and an exemplary and distinctive outcome.

Let’s work together to create better work experiences.

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