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An Inventory of Creative Spaces: Innovative Organizations and their Workspace

Part of: Collaborative Design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2019

Katja Thoring ,
Roland M. Mueller ,
Petra Badke-Schaub  and
Pieter Desmet
Katja Thoring*
Affiliation:
TU Delft, The Netherlands; Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany;
Roland M. Mueller
Affiliation:
Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany
Petra Badke-Schaub
Affiliation:
TU Delft, The Netherlands;
Pieter Desmet
Affiliation:
TU Delft, The Netherlands;
*
Contact: Thoring, Katja, TU Delft, Industrial Design Engineering The Netherlands, [email protected]

Abstract

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Creative workspaces are becoming popular in many organizations. They are believed to support innovation efforts and creativity among employees. This paper presents spatial evidences of creative work environments from real-life organizations, based on an exploratory multi-case study in 18 institutions. The found workspaces were mapped and categorized according to the qualities they might provide for affecting creativity. The resulting inventory of creative spaces contributes to the emerging interest on creative workspace design by presenting inspiring best-practice examples. The shown examples provide the readers with a better understanding how a creative space could be designed in order to provide an environment for an innovative organisation. Related literature was added to explain the possible impact of specific spatial configurations.

Keywords

Workspaces for designInnovationDesign managementCase studyDesign practice
Type
Article
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Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , July 2019 , pp. 39 - 48
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