[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” custom_padding_tablet=”0px||0px||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” width_tablet=”” width_phone=”90%” width_last_edited=”on|tablet” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”ccc28851-b191-4217-86e3-74bd506bb87a” text_orientation=”center” max_width=”800px” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
The workplaces of the future need to create conditions for sustainable people and a sustainable future. It also means that our new ways of working with teleworking and hybrid workplaces need innovative design.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” width_tablet=”” width_phone=”90%” width_last_edited=”on|tablet” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”ccc28851-b191-4217-86e3-74bd506bb87a” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n We need to dare to challenge the status quo.<\/strong><\/p>\n Recent developments in home working and hybrid workplaces have changed the conditions of our working environment. One example is the increasing sedentary nature of our daily lives, which has several negative consequences for our health. A trend that has been developing for a long time, and not only since the pandemic. For a sustainable future, we need to dare to challenge the status quo. We need to take responsibility to see how our interior design can help motivate healthier choices. Both in the short and long term.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Homework has affected the individual’s working environment<\/strong><\/p>\n In a study from 2021, the Swedish Work Environment Authority has studied how the increased homework during the pandemic has affected the individual’s work environment. It turns out that there are big differences in conditions. The survey shows that one of the risks clearly identified is that a lack of ergonomic conditions when working at home increases the risk of neck, shoulder and back injuries. There are also concerns about a future ‘burden debt’ that will manifest itself in the future due to more static posture, physical inactivity and poor lighting conditions. You can find the report here.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Create motivation for new habits<\/strong><\/p>\n So how can we, as workplace designers, use design and innovative furnishings to inspire and motivate more movement and variety both in the office and at home? One example is daring to think in new ways. Take, for example, the design of the traditional chair. Can a chair, whose function is to sit down, be designed to promote movement instead to reduce sedentariness?”<\/p>\n Another aspect is to consider how design and smart furnishings can motivate employees to switch more during the day between standing and sitting. Human beings are naturally programmed to save energy. But today, when we don’t move enough, comfort creates inertia traps that, in the long run, shorten our lifespan and are detrimental to our health. Through the design and layout of the physical space, let’s create motivation to get up and be more active. For a sustainable life with increased well-being and healthy employees.<\/p>\n