Melissa Marsh, Author at Work Design Magazine https://www.workdesign.com/author/melissa-marsh/ The Source For Next Work Environments Mon, 04 Nov 2024 14:42:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 https://www.workdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/wdm_avatar-100x100.png Melissa Marsh, Author at Work Design Magazine https://www.workdesign.com/author/melissa-marsh/ 32 32 Taking “Rest” Seriously: Extending Human-Centered Design to Restrooms https://www.workdesign.com/2024/10/restroom-design/ Wed, 30 Oct 2024 16:00:03 +0000 https://www.workdesign.com/?p=69106 Melissa Marsh challenges designers to put workplace restrooms at the forefront of designing for health and wellness.

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]]> The Vanishing Vacation: Overcoming Our Reluctance to Take a Break https://www.workdesign.com/2024/08/the-vanishing-vacation/ Thu, 22 Aug 2024 16:00:36 +0000 https://www.workdesign.com/?p=67542 Plastarc's Melissa Marsh highlights the benefits of decompressing away from work in ways that might offer a productive feeling. 

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]]> From Desks to Decks: Adapting Work to Outdoor Settings https://www.workdesign.com/2024/07/adapting-work-to-outdoor-settings/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 13:00:27 +0000 https://www.workdesign.com/?p=66806 Plastarc's Founder and Executive Director, Melissa Marsh, refreshes what it means to be working outside the office. 

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]]> Art At Work https://www.workdesign.com/2024/04/art-at-work/ https://www.workdesign.com/2024/04/art-at-work/#respond Tue, 09 Apr 2024 22:06:50 +0000 https://www.workdesign.com/?p=64570 Experts from PLASTARC and ArtLifting explain how inclusive art strategies foster a healthy workplace culture.

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]]> https://www.workdesign.com/2024/04/art-at-work/feed/ 0 2022 Workplace Trends: Technology for Workplace Safety Redirected to Enhance Employee Experience  https://www.workdesign.com/2022/01/2022-workplace-trends-technology-for-workplace-safety-redirected-to-enhance-employee-experience/ https://www.workdesign.com/2022/01/2022-workplace-trends-technology-for-workplace-safety-redirected-to-enhance-employee-experience/#respond Wed, 05 Jan 2022 18:27:13 +0000 https://www.workdesign.com/?p=55772 PLASTARC's Melissa Marsh shares how health and safety technologies used during the pandemic will be leveraged for optimizing employee experience.

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]]> https://www.workdesign.com/2022/01/2022-workplace-trends-technology-for-workplace-safety-redirected-to-enhance-employee-experience/feed/ 0 How to design for the variable future: a guide to designing with pods https://www.workdesign.com/2021/11/how-to-design-for-the-variable-future-a-guide-to-designing-with-pods/ https://www.workdesign.com/2021/11/how-to-design-for-the-variable-future-a-guide-to-designing-with-pods/#respond Thu, 04 Nov 2021 18:51:12 +0000 https://www.workdesign.com/?p=55252 Melissa Marsh & Elizabeth Hyde of PLASTARC share how to optimize your workplace by designing with pods.

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]]> https://www.workdesign.com/2021/11/how-to-design-for-the-variable-future-a-guide-to-designing-with-pods/feed/ 0 Stretching the Boundaries of Workplace: Why Your Portfolio Needs More Elastic https://www.workdesign.com/2021/03/stretching-the-boundaries-why-your-portfolio-strategy-needs-more-elastic/ https://www.workdesign.com/2021/03/stretching-the-boundaries-why-your-portfolio-strategy-needs-more-elastic/#respond Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:54:15 +0000 https://www.workdesign.com/?p=52133 PLASTARC's Melissa Marsh and Mike Sayre explore how the effects of COVID will shape portfolio strategy in the years to come.

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]]> https://www.workdesign.com/2021/03/stretching-the-boundaries-why-your-portfolio-strategy-needs-more-elastic/feed/ 0 Restrooms: At the Center of Public Health and User Experience https://www.workdesign.com/2020/11/restrooms-at-the-center-of-public-health-and-user-experience/ https://www.workdesign.com/2020/11/restrooms-at-the-center-of-public-health-and-user-experience/#respond Thu, 19 Nov 2020 15:13:30 +0000 https://www.workdesign.com/?p=51049 PLASTARC's Melissa Marsh and Mike Sayre explore how employers can move beyond thinking of office restrooms as necessities to add more value to the workplace experience.

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]]> https://www.workdesign.com/2020/11/restrooms-at-the-center-of-public-health-and-user-experience/feed/ 0 Turning the Office Inside Out: Working Outside https://www.workdesign.com/2020/07/turning-the-office-inside-out-working-outside/ https://www.workdesign.com/2020/07/turning-the-office-inside-out-working-outside/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2020 14:56:27 +0000 https://www.workdesign.com/?p=49659 Considering the challenges created by COVID-19, there is no better time than now to figure out how to start working outside.

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]]> https://www.workdesign.com/2020/07/turning-the-office-inside-out-working-outside/feed/ 1 Social Data Brings New Life to AI for Architecture https://www.workdesign.com/2020/03/social-data-brings-new-life-to-ai-for-architecture/ https://www.workdesign.com/2020/03/social-data-brings-new-life-to-ai-for-architecture/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2020 19:44:37 +0000 https://www.workdesign.com/?p=48443 This is the third installment in a multiyear conversation about the evolving role of data and technology in creating more people-centric design.

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