Research & Knowledge
Measure What Matters
The Workplace is a Tool to Support Employees
Forward-thinking architects, designers, and corporate real estate professionals have begun to question office landscape metrics based primarily on cost per person/square foot. Instead, they are looking for insight into the people that make up an organization and how their space can be used as a strategic tool to support employees.
To gather meaningful data about effective space use at the leading edge of workplace design, Herman Miller initiated a research program that offers insight into emerging patterns of space allocation. These patterns point to a need for purposeful variety in workplace design.