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Today’s designers are taking an increasingly sophisticated approach to workplace design, using sensors, internet-connected furniture and fixtures, and data analytics to study offices in real time. Advances in technology allow designers to take a more sophisticated approach, using sensors, internet-connected furniture and fixtures, and data analytics to study offices in real time.

An effective workplace design, is not one that optimises all areas to the same standard, but one that accommodates the whole range of space and personal preferences. Yet in this way, this shares a fundamental assumption with the designers of the past. A space either helps or hinders the organisation that uses it, and the designer’s challenge lies in finding out exactly which differences in a workspace will make a difference for the organisation.