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Beyond the Looking Glass
A perspective on work-life balance in a post-pandemic era
The Top 4 Trends Happening in Spaces & Places
Haworth works to identify and track trends to help our clients and customers meet their current needs and prepare for the future. Below are four trends in space and place dynamics that are anticipated to persist into the coming year and beyond. 1. Repurposing...
Don’t Let Your Best People Burn Out
In the contemporary workplace, the pervasive issue of stress affects both employees and employers on a global scale. However, not everyone experiences stress in the same way. Some individuals, due to a trait known as Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS), are more...
8 tips on how to create a collaborative and focused workspace
As employees are returning to work(place), now it’s a good time to give your office an update, transforming it into a collaborative and focused workspace, and high-quality furniture should be top of mind. Before you invest in a workplace redesign, create a plan, and...
Why It Pays to Invest in Home Office Spaces for Your Employees
As the COVID-19 pandemic thrust millions into remote work, makeshift home offices quickly became the norm. Kitchen tables pulled double duty as impromptu desks, and closets transformed into quiet retreats for virtual meetings. If this scenario feels familiar, you're...
Crafting High-Performing Teams Wherever They Work
by Rebecca Johnson | Jan 5, 2022Leaders should invest in goals, processes, and boundaries, these are the key areas to craft high-performing teams – whether your team is working in the same space, virtually, or in a hybrid. With the right structure, leadership, and...
Framery In Action: A Detailed User Experience!
As a piano student, I have to practice piano at least 1-2 hours a day. When I work on difficult songs, I have to focus on some hard sections and practice them over and over again. I measured the intensity of the sound when I play my piano. The intensity of the piano...
3 Leadership Priorities to Foster Resilience
The past year has witnessed a profound upheaval in the workplace, marked by the abrupt closure of offices in response to COVID-19, ushering in a new era of remote work. Despite the demonstrated capacity for productivity in home environments, individuals face numerous...
Pushing Design Boundaries
In 2018, Haworth launched a partnership with Kvadrat, a pioneer in the design textile industry, with a commitment to sustainable fabric sourcing for high-performance fabric needs. To learn more about Kvadrat’s unique perspective on the latest trends in color and...
Digging Deeper into Operations
A Conversation with Operations Manager, Rachael Scott This month marks a year of having Rachael Scott as part of our Brooks Corning family. We brought her onboard on February 11th, 2020 – about a month before the world greatly shifted – to be our Operations Manager....
Launching The Framery One by Framery!
Soundproof pod pioneer Framery has launched a new product. Meet Framery One, the world’s first connected soundproof pod. Framery One is not only stylish and super smart, it incorporates the latest technology, leading sound insulation standards and echo-free acoustics....
5 Design Trends Taking Shape for 2021
Here are five design trends we’re seeing as we head into 2021. 1. Raw EarthRaw earth is a design theme that captures how many of us are feeling during these difficult times. In some ways, we feel unbalanced, insecure, and vulnerable because we have no control over...
The Office Comeback
Hi everyone, There is no doubt that COVID-19 has had and will have a massive effect on the workplace. It has forced people to think very differently about their daily existence. Organizations are seeking to understand how to keep people safe, secure, and effective...
7 Spaces for the New Ways We Work
Thanks to the internet, any place can now be a workspace—our homes, a coffee shop, the airport, a kids’ baseball game. Really, anywhere. We can even work a whole world away from the office and our cohorts. But there’s often a price that comes with this ability...
Nudging Your Employees Towards A Healthier Lifestyle
We had the pleasure of hosting authors, Rex Miller and Dr. Michael O’Neil, in Vancouver last month for their book tour, The Healthy Workplace Nudge. Needless to say, it was an enlightening experience! With Dr. Mike’s infectious personality and Rex’s health...
The Cultivate Table: Fostering Growth in Your Office
As we know, to cultivate is to not only foster growth, but to also make friends and connections within a group. Similarly, according to Haworth, the “Cultivate is a shared table that creates a sense of community, encouraging interaction and collaboration...
The Power of Happiness is in Design
Haworth’s very own Dr. Michael O’Neill has recently put out a report with an interesting new angle on office design - happiness. With workplace design over the past few years, companies have been adding in some attempts such as slides, ping pong tables,...
Trends Insights 2018
Observing socioeconomic and technology trends has proven in the past to be just as important as observing workplace trends. All of the latest external trends can be great influencers that drive business decisions. Being aware of these trends can help you...
Selecting Artwork for Your Workspace
Workspace Art: Where to Start? It’s time. Time to replace the dogs playing poker in the sales manager’s office. Time to ditch the velvet Elvis that adorns the reception area. Unless your office people – and their visitors - have a highly developed sense of...
Haworth is Setting the Bar for Comfort – Again
Haworth’s seating family is growing. Meet Soji - the newest addition to the “Best in Class” task seating portfolio, designed by Arne Dassen and Haworth Studio. Soji is a highly-adjustable task chair with more ergonomic options than most in its class -...
A Growing Commitment to Sustainability
As a Best in Class Preferred Haworth dealer, Brooks Corning prides itself on embodying Haworth’s values, class, and practices. With the ever changing environment being a huge concern in today’s society - Haworth has pledged to be a sustainable corporation....
Nordic by Nature
Hoo-guh. That’s roughly how you pronounce “hygge”, a vital concept of Danish life. Hygge is such an important part of being Danish that it is considered "a defining feature of our cultural identity and an integral part of the national DNA," according to...
How Lighting Affects Mood and Productivity
We’ve always been told since we were little kids that reading in the dark can harm your eyesight, but what do we know about the effects of lighting on ourselves other than the obvious “reading in the dark” scenario? It’s been discovered through multiples...
Health & Wellness in the Workplace – 5 Ways To Improve Your Employees Health
In the modern workplace, attention to health and wellness is becoming more and more prevalent. Not only are employees themselves paying more attention to their health, but more employers are recognizing the importance of promoting a healthy workplace in...
The Open Office Trend
Cube-y or not cube-y? That is the question. For the past decade or more, when it comes to designing a workspace, companies have been asking themselves this question – how to best motivate and retain employees, particularly the more mobile and demanding...
The Fern Chair – A New Movement in Seating
Haworth Inc. is constantly researching, innovating, and designing products to meet the evolving business needs of today’s world. They understand how a work space can influence and support a positive culture by enhancing engagement and fostering...
Introducing Brooks Corning’s Newest
With the new year, comes new lines. With our own recent company refresh of updating Brooks Corning to a more clean and modern sleek look, we’ve been working on bringing in new lines that reflect that change. And so, we’re excited to announce that Brooks...
Home Away from Work
See if you recognize yourself in one of these two work-from-home types: Sarah is highly productive, gets a dozen things checked off the to-do list, is focused and energized. She is organized, has a comfortable work space. Jack means well to start the day,...
Decide to Declutter
So, it’s late January. Those New Year’s resolutions are hanging by a thread at this point – you broke your “Drynuary” commitment with that glass of wine (ok, two) last week. The plan to start eating better and focus on health and wellness started out well...
We Love Vancouver
Photographer: Josie Delisa (@josiedelisa) We wanted to write this blog post because one of our values here at Brooks Corning is family – we feel like the Vancouver community is an extension of our family. We believe in shopping local and supporting other...
The Future of Workplace
We asked Yoel Berznoger, Director of Haworth’s Client Engagement Studio in Canada for his thoughts on “The Future of Workplace”, here is what he had to say. The Future of Workplace is… all about Language. There's so much being written these days about the...
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