Design Language over the years

The evolving workplaces of today are influenced by the architecture, business environment, Science and technological developments and the cultural trends in society. I coin these the ABC'S of Workplace trends. A - Architecture B - Business C - Culture S - Science The changes have evolved by inventions such as the Elevator to the oil crisis during the gulf wars to the changes in Internet and PC technology. The corner surface which housed the huge computer monitors of the 90's and early 2000's have been replaced with the sleek and light flat screens of today. Multiple monitors required a lot of thought and space for traders, engineers or research scientists. Today we can mount multiple monitors on a single monitor arm which could mount to your desk or panel. Wireless technology and lap-tops with eight hour battery lives are making corporations rethink their workstation designs. Perhaps environmental consciousness is driving more and more businesses towards responsible use ...

The office was still an evolving concept in the early 60's where corporations were struggling with a common face for their offices. They typically hired local firms to design offices that were either plush or conservative based on the personality of the local manager. The typical office was created as a series of closed rooms occupied by managers or staff; a single room for a manager and a shared room for secretarial and administrative workers. The issues noticed within these kinds of office environments was that no room for growth within departments was built in. Which meant that if a new manager was added in purchasing, he could be located in a room that was on the other end of the office or literally on a different floor or building. The inefficiencies of working in these offices began from the low communication, duplication of tasks and lack of collaboration between people working within departments. The 1960's saw the rise of a new concept for office design by the Quickbor...

Structures and space have always been corner stones of man's endless creation of culture, religion, science and change. The concept of space has always been a physical model of mans inner beliefs and faith. Ancient schools of design followed sciences like Vaastu and Feng Shui to plan different spaces including towns, palaces, temples and residences. Almost all these ancient schools were focussed on the belief that the earth is the center of the solar system and that the focus is on the exterior form rather than the interior. A building denoted a message. for example the grand temples in Egypt and India showed the supremacy of the leaders and the size of the structures showed the overpowering superiority over the common smaller proportioned residences. Some of the key concepts used in different times are as follows: Ancient/ Medieval Concept - Earth Centric, Ptolemy Model •Exterior focus •Small interior space •Minimal light into interior •Space seen as finite Renaissance Concept ...