Designer Johan Kauppi works alongside Glimarkra of Sweden to create a collection of pavilions and dividers. The offerings help with dividing spaces and acoustics within open office concepts. The LimbusBarn & Fences project takes inspiration from winter landscapes in Swedish Lapland and the barn shelters within the snow. The designs are made to still keep office spaces open, but provide better noise control and flexibility of space. The pavilion is not completely closed off as the panels allow workers to see through it.
The pavilion's dividers can be set at any angle to increase or decrease privacy or moved around for customized space control. The partitions are made to resemble real fences and are versatile enough to create rooms, hallways, or temporary spaces.
Image Credit: Kauppi & Kauppi
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Office Acoustics Control
- There is an opportunity for disruptive innovation in creating office furniture and design pieces that help to control acoustics for better work efficiency.
- Flexible Office Spaces
- Innovations in creating pavilions and dividers that can be set at any angle and moved around for customized space control could be a gamechanger for open office concepts.
- Nature-inspired Design
- Creating office furniture with inspiration from the natural world, like the winter landscapes in Swedish Lapland could offer both aesthetically pleasing designs and functional features for office spaces.
Where This Applies
- Furniture Manufacturing
- Furniture manufacturers could create acoustic control dividers, pavilions and other customizable furniture pieces for office spaces to keep up with the demands of modern workplaces.
- Office Design and Architecture
- Office design and architecture firms could use inspiration from nature to create nature-inspired open office concepts that are visually appealing and functional.
- Commercial Real Estate
- Innovative pavilions and dividers could provide commercial real estate developers with flexible space solutions for tenants looking for customizable workspaces.
