In short
The episode argues that “the Office isn’t dead,” framing workplaces as environments that support wellbeing, authenticity, and human connection through thoughtful interior design and architecture.
Guest backgrounds
The speaker is an Australian designer/architect focused on workplace design, drawing on personal “pinch me” moments seeing London landmarks (St Paul’s, the Gherkin, the Shard, the O2).
Key claims
People thrive when they feel understood; good spaces create “pressure and release” via enclosures, natural light, greenery, and soft textures/materials; appreciating life as non-destination reduces personal pressure.
Notable examples
London skyline views; workplace design that helps people have conversations, come together, and feel they can be themselves.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOThe Journey of Understanding Workplace Design
0:00 to 1:18
Explore the importance of understanding design elements in creating meaningful spaces.
“I think for me it's understanding why, how that journey we've just been on has been allowed to happen and what's purposely been allowed for that.”
Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:00Jacinta Ashby:I think for me it's understanding why, how that journey we've just been on has been allowed to happen and what's purposely been allowed for that. So greenery, natural light, soft textures, materials, especially if you've got a vast space. How do you create enclosures and different elements of pressure and release in the actual interior architecture? because it's that journey and I think people really thrive when they're understood and I think what makes my heart really happy is coming from Australia there are so many different landmarks in my eyesight right now where I'm like pinch me moment like I cannot believe I'm here like you can see St Paul's you can see the gherkin you can see the shard you can see the O2 like for me I think it's also a really grounding moment it also reminds me like we are just specks of dust on a floating rock.
0:54Jacinta Ashby:If you look at that, there are like millions of people within this frame right now. When you think of life like that, when you see life like that, you take a lot of pressure off of yourself and you allow yourself to just exist and appreciate the world around you. The more you see life like that being a beautiful thing and being a beautiful experience rather than a destination, like I think that comes with a lot of peace. And likewise, when I'm designing workplaces or I'm in general designing places for people to exist anywhere yeah anywhere yeah the most important thing for me as a designer is that people feel something in that space yeah that people feel that they can be themselves be authentic have conversations come together it might be a sense of place it might be some a smell that brings them back to another point in time yeah but what's important is that people feel Thank you.
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“The most important thing for me as a designer is that people feel something in that space.”
What if the success of a workplace wasn’t measured by how it looked, but by how it made people feel?
🎧 Jacinta Ashby on next week's episode of Space by Stansons.
