Post-Pandemic Interior Design: Productivity in Truly Safe Places

From working from home to returning to the office, 2020 made many people pay closer attention to the relationship between the office and health, and re-examine safe distances in the workplace. Using the flexibility of furniture and the adaptability of space, Yihang created an "office safety pod" layout that lets people collaborate while maintaining safe social distance.

The German sociologist Max Weber once said: "Humans are by nature social animals; only within a collective can a person fully realize their value as a human being."

The sudden outbreak in 2020 cut off and weakened this "natural attribute" between people. As people return to the workplace, face-to-face socializing replaces instant messaging and online interaction — efficiency is being pushed forward, but health remains the top priority.

1. Create an "safety pod" that is both independent and open

Add individual distance within an open environment. Using the lines and heights of furniture, build open "work pods" and "lounge pods".

With the post-pandemic return, employees may be most concerned about their personal health, while many business owners care more about efficiency.

The slow rhythm of working from home clashes with the fast rhythm of office work in the city. How can companies upgrade their environment to concentrate their efforts and grow quickly in the post-pandemic era?

2. Create a warm and comfortable social area

Use diverse upholstered furniture to make the space more relaxed; a home-like style helps employees shift quickly into their working mode.

3. Create a flexible and smart meeting area

Add smart modules to reduce the risk of cross-region infection, so even global meetings are easy to handle.

In the future, all kinds of factors may keep influencing the spatial layout of office furniture. What Yihang is building are future-ready office space solutions — designed to solve the problems of today.

Yihang space solution description:

Staff area: 421.94 m²

Meeting room: 32 m²

Products applied: Huan Series, Lingpai workstations, Whale, Hua (Flower) Series sofas, U Series sofas, Park, and more

Spatial expression: A sense of security, tidiness, tranquility, and comfort. Partition furniture is added so that every spot can become an office "safety pod"; the flexibility of furniture combines into individual "pods". Finding a "less crowded" place to work within limited office space and rejecting crowded clustering is the most direct mission of the "office safety pod".

Functions demonstrated: flexible combinations, partitioning, mobility, and a home-like feel.

If you are also seeking an office upgrade for the new normal, contact us for a free design.

Complete the shift from open plan to "safety pods", planting multiple possibilities within a single space. This is a change for "safety" — and a change oriented toward the future.