For this year's Clerkenwell Design Week, BuzziSpace is showcasing a usable covered outdoor workspace called the BuzziShed. This structure houses a series of communal picnic benches, so that people in need of a spot to sit and churn out work have the opportunity to do so at the event. The steel frame is covered by Sunbrella's protective fabric and decking materials, so productivity is not interrupted by too much rain or shine.
As well as being a showpiece at the design festival, the structure and tables would provide flexible working solutions for modern offices that have the luxury of being able to access outdoor space. Now that work can happen from virtually anywhere thanks to mobile devices, smart structures like these are emerging to meet a range of fast-changing employee needs.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Flexible Outdoor Workspaces
- BuzziShed demonstrates the growing trend of flexible outdoor workspaces, providing an opportunity for disruptive innovation in outdoor office furniture and design.
- Weatherproof Workspaces
- The use of Sunbrella's protective fabric in the BuzziShed highlights a trend towards weatherproof outdoor workspaces, presenting disruptive innovation opportunities in weather-resistant materials and structural design.
- Outdoor Productivity
- The BuzziShed promotes outdoor productivity and wellness, reflecting a trend towards prioritizing employee wellbeing in the workplace and presenting disruptive innovation opportunities in outdoor office accessories and tools.
Where This Applies
- Furniture
- The flexible outdoor workspace trend presents disruptive innovation opportunities in outdoor office furniture, including ergonomic seating and tables that are easily moved and reconfigured.
- Architecture
- The trend towards weatherproof workspaces creates opportunities for disruptive innovation in structural design and building materials, specifically in relation to outdoor office spaces and pavilions.
- Technology
- The trend towards outdoor productivity and wellness opens up opportunities for disruptive innovation in outdoor office accessories, including technology like noise-cancelling headphones and solar-powered charging stations.
