Insight
Technology is driving a momentous paradigm shift, unlocking new connections, and unprecedented possibilities. Time and space are in flux, swept up in a whirlwind of digital opportunity. Our workplaces are lagging behind, and it’s time for them to catch up.
Idea
Unveiled at Milan Design Week, Elle Decor at Work welcomes visitors to an office fit for the future. They witness their own digital reflections in The Gate: a projection of pixelated particles, free to roam and combine with others. Entering the Virtual Room, they experience a VR meeting space, for anyone anywhere. The Hub is fuelled by collective creative energy, here visitors’ movement powers the digital devices they use.
Impact
More than eighty thousand people immerse themselves in Elle Decor’s new workspace at Milan Design Week. Over three thousand attend a press preview and opening party, with the innovative concept sparking conversation online at #elledecoratwork.
AKQA is a design and innovation company that employs over 6,500 professionals across 20 countries. Named Digital Agency Global Network of the Year in Campaign’s 2023 Global Agency of the Year Awards, AKQA was also awarded the Cannes Lions Grand Prix for Digital Craft in 2023, and the Grand Prix for Design in 2021. In 2023, AKQA was recognised as a winner in Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards. AKQA also won Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas in 2021, and 2022 and led Gartner’s research into global marketing agencies in 2021.