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Can you show me
the way to New Work?
– Just keep turning the pages! The way from the traditional office
to the New Work office has turned out to be the hottest challenge of
today. Traditional mindsets regarding organisation and leadership are a
thing of the past. Joining forces with the architect Martin Thörnblom,
an expert for innovative office concepts, we’ve booked a discovery trip
to New Work and composed the title story based on the valuable experiences
made on the journey.
This is followed by a declaration of love to that very special whatnot.
We are referring here to the little individual touches dreamed up by office
employees to try and fight the uniformity of their workplaces, also
in future. In that context, Wojciech Czaja diverts us with a fantastic
story about aesthetic horrors and emotional necessities.
Then up and away we go onto the newly planned sixteenth floor of the
Uniqa Tower on the Danube Canal in Vienna. A smart zoning concept
offers not only a breathtaking panoramic view but also an inspiring
inside perspective of the future of work.
Down on the ground floor again, we invite you to a walk in the woods
on half a square metre; we reveal to you the colour of the year 2023 and
bring the lighting management in your office to perfection.
Following this, we go on another journey, this time into the heart of
the Indian cornucopia. The office of a furniture manufacturer in Mumbai
pulls everything out of the horn of plenty and is unrivalled in opulence:
absolutely nothing can top this in quality and complexity. But if
you tend to be minimalist or ascetic, you’d better skip these pages.
On this note we say farewell and hope you enjoy the read!
Orientation on the way to the modern office ..................04
Creative spatial scenarios for New Work offices .............07
Office decoration: a declaration of love to the whatnot ...10
Reference story: Uniqa Tower Vienna ..............................12
Trendwatching: useful ideas for everyday office life .......15
Colours and trends in office design ................................16
Lighting management in the office ................................18
Offices from across the world: OFFICE @63, India ........20
What‘s on your desk, Simon Andreas Güntner? ..............23
Success factor community management ........................24
Showroom: circular economy ..........................................26
Laura and Markus Wiesner
Publisher: Wiesner-Hager Möbel GmbH, Linzer Strasse 22, A-4950 Altheim, T +43/(0)7723/460-0, altheim@wiesner-hager.com, www.wiesner-hager.com,
thinknewwork.com; concept/editor: Wiesner-Hager, mintmind Communication GmbH; layout: mintmind Communication GmbH, guest author:
Wojciech Czaja; typing and printing errors reserved; 05/2023.
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