office interior design trends 2014
your 3d holographic boss sent his robot assistantto get coffee. it's just another day in the office. businesses have been obsessed with increasingefficiency and getting the most out of their employees, and this goes all the way to howthey set up their office space. now in the early 20th century, your typicaloffice looked like a giant open factory floor with a manager up above looming over the employees.and in the 1980s we saw the birth of the beautiful cubicle farm, which could be kind of a bummerto work in, but hey, it gave us dilbert and that fax machine scene in office space, sothey're not all bad right? meanwhile as technology has evolved, the officehas evolved as well. mobile technology and
tablets have given rise to open office environmentswhere you might not even sit at the same desk everyday. at one of these offices you wouldcome into work and a computer would tell you which desks are available, and you pick whichone you want based upon what you're working on and who you need to see. you just haveto remember to take that photo of you and your dog with you when you're done for theday. and of course with wifi becoming more available,the office now is really wherever you are. see we've had video conferencing for years,but now companies are experimenting with telepresence robots which allow the user to control thepoint of view and look at who or whatever they want based upon a robotic camera eye.they can even move around and get a feel for
the office, maybe they'll go on down to thewater cooler for some juicy gossip. so, what might a typical office day look likein, say, 2030? not so typical. you might start your day with a 3d holographicvideo conference with your ceo. then log into your department meeting via your avatar whichcan mimic your actual movements and facial expressions. now as you work, software trackswhich apps you use for how long, which emails you tend to put off, and the tone of yourresponse in the emails you send. your body monitoring device encourages you to get upif you've been sitting around for too long doing things like playing the video gamesdeveloped by your company to encourage and
reward innovative thinking. moving around gets your heart rate up, itmight get some alpha waves going to really encourage creativity. and speaking about alphawaves and creativity, companies like 3m and google are doing that by setting aside time,sometimes between fifteen and twenty percent of an employees work week to work on pet projects.other companies inspire employees to take naps or long walks or even just work fromhome all the time. eventually we'll probably move into an environment where we just havevirtual offices and robot assistants will answer all of our emails for us. but willsuch work be rewarding? well think about it. work has evolved overtime.
toiling the fields has given way in largepart to toiling over a thirty-seven message long email chain, or trying to figure outhow to keep people from nodding off during your powerpoint presentation on "assessingpossible synergies to critical success factors across multiple verticals." it's still toiling. one thing that will not change, though, isthat we still need people to work together to solve problems collaboratively, whetherit's in a video conference or a challenging video game level. and one other thing thatmight not change are work hierarchies. so a little word of advice, watch what you sayabout the boss when you're at the water cooler
- even if it's a virtual water cooler. and hey, i've got a question for you. whatis your vision of the office of the future? we want to know, let us know in the comments.make sure you "like" this video and subscribe to this channel, we've got some amazing videosabout the future coming up really soon.