Flooring Matters from Shaw Contract EMEA explores the impact of flooring on the spaces where we work, learn and relax.
Produced in conjunction with Workplace Insight, Season 1 sees us enter The Comfort Zone, exploring the importance of occupant comfort in commercial interior design.
With Professor Harriet Shortt, Head of Knowledge Exchange at Bath Spa University Comfort is more than temperature or ergonomics - it’s a sensory experience. Every surface we touch, pattern we see and texture we feel contributes to how we engage with the spaces around us. These micro-details shape our emotions, our focus and even our sense of belonging. As our understanding of workplace comfort evolves, it’s clear that good design is not just about functionality - it’s about creating spa...
3 Nov 2025
Episode 4: The Power of Touch
With Jo Knight, Independent Sustainability and Marketing Consultant and Co-Founder of The Sustainable Design Collective Comfort isn’t just what we see or hear - it’s what we feel. In an age of smart systems, sensory data and wellness-driven design, touch remains the most overlooked sense in the built environment. Yet it’s one of the most powerful. From the texture of materials to the warmth of a surface underfoot, touch shapes our memories, emotions and sense of connection to place. It affect...
22 Aug 2025
Episode 3: One Size Misfits All
With Kay Sargent, Senior Principal, Director of Thought Leadership, HOK Inclusion is no longer just about access. It’s about performance, connection, and unlocking the full potential of every individual. As our understanding of neurodiversity and sensory wellbeing deepens, it becomes clear that inclusive design isn’t a niche concern - it’s a catalyst for innovation, productivity and engagement. Inclusive design elevates the personal to the organisational, transforming difference into a design...
28 Jul 2025
Episode 2: The Art of Active Listening
With Dr Nigel Oseland, Founder, Workplace Unlimited Acoustic comfort isn’t just about mitigating problems and reducing noise. It is about the psychological impact of noise, proxemics, which sounds affect us most and least, the importance of visual privacy and our relationships with each other. Exploring with us is Doctor Nigel Oseland, a globally recognised authority on acoustic comfort, with a unique background as an environmental psychologist, workplace strategist, change manager, researche...
18 Jul 2025
Episode 1: Why Comfort Matters
With Neil Usher, Chief Workplace and Change Strategist, Sage Comfort is no longer just about the individual. It is aligned to business success by mechanisms we understand better than ever before. It can be linked to productivity, wellbeing, recruitment and retention and even sustainability. Comfort elevates the personal to the collective, a powerful driver for both individual and organisational growth. Joining us is Neil Usher, a globally recognised leader in property, workplace, facilities a...
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