The changing environment of offices

Published Date
January 2005, Vol.26(1):73–95, doi:10.1016/j.destud.2004.06.003

A challenge for furniture design

Author 

• Nomana Anjum

• Faculty of Basic & Applied Sciences, Allama Iqbal Open University, Sector H-8, Islamabad, Pakistan

• Jeanette Paul
• Roland Ashcroft

• Department of Interior & Environmental Design, School of Design, University of Dundee, Perth Road, Dundee DD1 4HT, UK

Available online 18 November 2004. 

The intention of this paper is to place in context the importance of end-user research in a time of great uncertainty about the impact of the workplace revolution on employees. It aims to anticipate what the future holds and how designers may respond accordingly. The paper focuses on a research project which examined the responses of office users to various aspects of interior environment. Conclusions refer to the value of end-user research in establishing significant environmental factors and highlights the need for designers to respond to privacy, storage and appearance of furniture in workplaces.

Keywords

design research

evaluation

human factors

research methods

user behaviour

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