Turn Your Open Office into a Productive Office

By implying space, you can minimise distraction, encourage personalisation, create boundaries and improve wayfinding.

How the Right Dual Monitor Setup Can Boost Productivity

There’s a reason why we’ve seen a 70 percent increase in dual monitor use since 2002, and multiple studies indicate that people who use two screens are more productive—as much as 43 percent more¹. But if you don’t get the ergonomic setup right, the productivity payoff is often reduced by back pain and eye strain. 

Herman Miller Week 2022

During our very successful Herman Miller Week, we engaged with key clients and design professionals around two rather topical subjects, ‘Designing A Better Tomorrow’ and ‘Reinvigorating Individual Work.’ Read how the MillerKnoll insights team explored and unpacked these ideas as the current way in which we work continues to evolve.

Finding a Solution for Acoustic Problems in Your Office

Acoustic solutions should be part of the design process of a space from the very beginning. When this isn’t the case, the good news is you still have a chance to improve the acoustics profoundly with the right solutions. This step-by-step guide will help you solve acoustic problems in your existing office space.

Purpose at Work

Purpose is one of six fundamental human needs that motivate us at work. Human beings want and need meaningful work, and organizations need purpose-filled employees to solve problems, innovate, and grow. Read how ongoing studies with Herman Miller’s Living Office create workplaces that improve communication and foster connection.

Sulaco: An Office to Everywhere Story

Sulaco – a fictitious organization created by MillerKnoll based on customers who are ready for a new era of work – embraces a robust distributive work model.

Acoustic Lighting: This Is How It Works

The designs are plenty, but so are the material options. The question is, how do these two elements impact acoustic performance? We’ll zoom in on that now, so you can better choose the right acoustic lighting solutions for your space.

Acoustic Panels – What, When, Where?

Acoustic panels, acoustic baffles, sound panels, and acoustic boards. The list of names continues. Call it whatever you prefer, but the acoustic performance is linked by the different principles of good acoustics: absorption, diffusion, and attenuation.

Masks Off

The staffing trickle back to the workplace is gaining momentum, and while it’s not exactly open floodgates, there has definitely been an increased interest in getting our office spaces geared up  for the return from the virtual to the physical office.

Noise Reduction: Why Happy & Healthy Workspaces Matter

We spend between 8 and 10 hours a day with our colleagues – more time than we actually spend with our family. Therefore, we should give people the opportunity to create the same environment they live and work in at home.

The Leesman Review 32: Tip of the Iceberg

The Leesman Review is a platform for thought-provoking content from both within and outside the world of workplace. Their latest edition looks at the importance of staying adaptable, agile, and taking the road less travelled.

State of the Global Workplace

What if the next global crisis is a mental health pandemic? Reflect back to 2020 to discover how employees around the world experienced life and work and why measuring employee mental health is critical to economic dynamism.

Everybody Deserves a Good Chair

With our ways of working being dominated by the computer, workers are spending 93% of their time sitting in an office chair. Researchers have been trying to find the solution as to what makes a good chair.

The Future of Work

Is the office dead? How can working from home work better? What’s the next normal? And how can workers thrive when it arrives? Herman Miller has gathered insights and information to answer these questions and more as we help organizations navigate change and support people everywhere work happens.

From Office to Everywhere

The challenges of 2020 have precipitated many questions about the purpose of the workplace. Why go into the office when you can avoid the commute and stay comfortable and productive at home? Why maintain corporate offices when you can instead support distributed work and save money on real estate? Even pre-pandemic, organizations were asking these questions—and COVID-19 has rapidly accelerated the conversation

Embracing a New Reality

As you explore the best way to help your employees return to the workplace—whether that’s in a traditional office, at home, or somewhere in between—we’re here to help. This article explores what we have learned from the pandemic, return-to-work solutions for both short and long-term strategies, as well as design considerations you’ll want to explore that allows people to stay connected and collaborative.