What’s On the Inside Counts – How Meeting Space Design Impacts Creativity
It’s no secret great design can elicit powerful feelings. Think about your last soothing spa visit or tantalizing dinner out. Interior spaces affect the way meeting attendees think and feel. An insightful Fast Company article explored the offices of Facebook, IDEO and Virgin America, companies known for creativity and innovation, and discovered that an inspiring workplace fosters learning and sparks imagination. At IDEO’s offices, employees’ personal creative projects are displayed for all to see. Facebook has an artist-in-residency program. Virgin America employees select the music that greets passengers at their gate. A recent Exeter University study supports the case for creative environments at work, finding that people who work in spaces decorated with art or plants are 17% more productive than those whose surroundings lack creative objects.![](/sites/default/files/migrated_attachments/Dolce-Hotels-and-Resorts-300x300-e1500469452587.png)