The Storage Story

Employees are increasingly making career decisions with work-life balance in mind. Alongside this end user trend, square footage per employee is continuing to shrink, and designers and client companies are working hard to build up amenity-rich workplaces to make up for shrinking square footage. Research studies and end user surveys support the idea that great amenities inspire employees to take ownership of their space, which translates to great productivity, engagement and job satisfaction. Sometimes these amenities come in the form of rooftop decks with snazzy views, delicious onsite dining options, or fun social elements like a bar or ping pong table. But there’s also room for smaller steps to amenity-rich spaces. For example, how about storage? Knoll’s Rockwell Unscripted collection, designed by the Rockwell Group and introduced this June at NeoCon, was conceived around the idea of spontaneity – tapping into “the things happening between the things you plan.” One …