Spaces for Innovation: The Design and Science of Inspiring Environments - Softcover

Groves, Kursty; Marlow, Oliver

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9491727974 ISBN 13: 9789491727979

Publisher: Frame Publishers, 2016

Synopsis

The conversation around the impact of the physical environment on workplace behaviour has grown over the past few years. This has been aided by the changing nature of the way we work and the increasing importance of creativity in many industries. This book explains the relationship between the physical design of working environments and levels of creativity and innovation. Based on the available evidence, Innovative Spaces identifies the physical characteristics of workspaces that are associated with high innovation potential and determine why they have an effect. A basic framework for the design of innovative environments, a ‘pattern language’ and a practical tool in this book, can be used in analysing ways to enhance physical space in the pursuit of innovation. The book is a pattern guide, providing context, examples, inspiration and direction to help you explore and understand your organisational challenges.

About this title

About the Authors

Kursty Groves Knight is an author and expert in creativity and space. She is a consultant to industry on innovation, capability and environments to support this and is author of I Wish I Worked There - A Look Inside the Most Creative Spaces in Business. She is an adjunct professor at IE University in Madrid, Spain where she teaches on the international graduate program Master in Work Space Design.

Oliver Marlow is an author and designer with expertise in space, cowork and collaboration. He is a pioneer of the coworking movement and an expert on the relationshop between space, collaboration and creativity. In 2013, he co-authored Codesigning Space.

Kursty Groves is a design and innovation consultant and workplace strategy advisor to industry on innovation, capability and environments. She is an author of I Wish I Worked There! and an internationally-recognized voice on topics surrounding work, people and change. Oliver Marlow is an author and designer with expertize in space, co-design and collaboration. He is a pioneer of the coworking movement and the creative director of Studio Tilt, a co-design practice enabling space to create experience, community and identity.

From the Back Cover

A research-based book about the relationship between the physical design of working environments and levels of creativity and innovation.

The conversation around the impact of the physical environment on workplace behavior has grown over the past few years. This has been aided by the changing nature of the way we work and the increasing importance of creativity in many industries. Spaces for Innovation explains the relationship between the physical design of working environments and levels of creativity and innovation.

Based on the available evidence, Spaces for Innovation identifies the physical characteristics of workspaces that are associated with high innovation potential and determine why they have an effect. A basic framework for the design of innovative environments, a 'pattern language' and a practical tool in this book, can be used in analysing ways to enhance physical space in the pursuit of innovation.

The book acts as a pattern guide, providing context, examples, inspiration and direction to help businesses explore and understand organisational challenges.

Edition details

• Publisher: Frame Publishers
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9491727974
• ISBN 13: 9789491727979
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288