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The Covid-19 epidemic has revised much, including the existing way of doing work and operating offices, co-working spaces, etc. After a time of strict quarantine, employers faced a new challenge - to create a safe and hygienic work space. The change, especially one related to well-liked and very natural to us behaviors arising from human nature, may require specialized support. Global manufacturers of professional equipment for commercial and office spaces among them have thought of this, including Milliken.
Visualization of the Milliken mat in the reception area - "Social distancing".
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Minimizing risk
Although many forecasts predict that remote work will be an important part of business reality, office life - in some form - will also return. That's why the main motive for any employer's efforts today is to minimize the likelihood of spreading viruses in shared workspaces.
Among the recommendations made by specialists for creating a safe work space, we can find many guidelines - including maintaining a minimum distance of 2 meters, establishing one-way movement in the office, e.g. clockwise, as many hospitals have adopted during the current outbreak, higher standards for ventilation and maintaining access to fresh air, increasing hygiene standards, and many other protective procedures to guarantee employee safety. After years of creating a welcoming work environment, with an increased sense of belonging and relationship-building at its center, aimed at increasing engagement and company performance, will the necessary changes be implemented quickly and safely?
As the history of many changes shows, also in the area of so-called "workspace" it is worth using design, to learn new social behavior. Well-designed and properly incorporated elements of office space furnishings can facilitate compliance with guidelines related to physical distance and new standards in the work environment.
Milliken mat visualization - "2 meter zone"
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How to be separate but together?
One of the challenges of the new office reality is to limit the number of people in conference rooms and other common spaces such as corridors, reception area, dining room, elevator. How do you remind people to keep their distance? The best way is to put up appropriate signs, but not just those with information. Are we able to maintain a safe distance of 2 meters throughout the meeting? Maybe it would be easier if we kept our hands spread out, but then it would be difficult to work. Milliken, as one of the top manufacturers of floor coverings for use in office and public facilities, has been dedicated to finding solutions to improve the quality of everyday life since 1865.
Social Factor Collection - Drawn Together
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A classroom game with new rules
Milliken has created a unique, functional and highly practical series of mats and carpets to make it easier to remember and follow the new rules of office work in the COVID-19 era.
Milliken, pursuing its main mission, recognized that the new standards of hygiene and social interaction should, for our common good, become a permanent part of reality therefore created products that can be easily and usefully installed in any office, but also in a store, mall, bank, kindergarten or other property.
The new Social Factor collection consists of more than a dozen designs of mats and tiles illustrating the new rules for safe work and human contact in public places. It includes mats to help maintain a safe distance (2 meters) between employees, people in the office and visitors, etc.
Clerkenwell Life/The new Workplace from the Social Factor collection
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Show instead of tell
One of the biggest challenges of the new situation, is the need to raise hygiene standards. Despite the fact that everyone knows this, according to a WIN/Gallup International association survey conducted in 63 European countries, one in three Poles do not wash their hands with soap and water after using the toilet.
Each change of habits is a change at the level of behavior, but also beliefs, so it is worth using to implement it, all available tools to increase effectiveness. One of them could be the use of images in communication. And this is where Milliken came to the rescue. In the new collection you will find, among other things, a series reminding people to wash their hands and other hygiene standards important in the era of fighting the COVID-19 epidemic. All the new products have been created, as always at Milliken, in the spirit of sustainable development and with respect for environmental resources.
Visualization of the Milliken mat at the point of sale - "Social distancing"
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We have been working for more than 10 years to implement the most modern solutions in the area of commercial interior design in Poland. In design, the first place is always a person in a specific situation what our partners such as Knoll, Milliken, and Wilkhahn, who set trends in the interior design industry, know very well. We hope that the designed solutions will quickly become an attractive element of commercial space furnishings, helping to create a safe and comfortable operating environment in the era of COVID-19," says Marcin Zielinski, owner of AQINA, a company offering modern elements for the design of offices and other commercial interiors, from the best manufacturers from around the world.
And how do you like the new carpet designs created by Milliken? Which one would you like to install in your office?
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