--- title: Milliken Europe Blog | Workplace design (3) description: Workplace design | Our blog is a hub for our latest news, updates, well-being and design insights and more, with content curated by our in-house design team and some of Europe's best interior designers and architects. Learn more. (3) --- [![Milliken Flooring Blog](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/5677727/Milliken_April2019%20Header%20Sitemap/Images/milliken-blog_logo.png)](https://europeblog.milliken.com/) [Find a Rep](https://floors.milliken.com/floors/en-gb/company/rep-locator) - [Home](https://www.milliken.com/en-gb/businesses/floor-covering) - [Products](https://fcproductcatalog.milliken.com/en-gb/search/collections?regionName=Europe&marketName=Contract&catalogName=Products®ionId=78&marketId=73&catalogId=17&sort=recent&totalResults=18) - [Contact Us](https://www.milliken.com/en-gb/businesses/floor-covering/contact-us/contact-us---stay-connected) ## [Five Ways Milliken and Biophilic Design Makes Workplaces Healthier and Happier](https://europeblog.milliken.com/five-ways-milliken-and-biophilic-design-makes-workplaces-healthier-happier) Apr 26, 2024 Posted by [Kate Collier](https://europeblog.milliken.com/author/kate-collier) posted in [Well-being](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/well-being), [Design Inspiration](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/design-inspiration), [Workplace design](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/workplace-design) **Reading Time: 4 mins ** **The b-word ‘biophilia’ has become the latest buzzword to enter the vocabulary of architects and designers alike as we’re slowly seeing the transformation of workspaces changing from grey to green with the introduction of plants, foliage and living walls.** [Read More »](https://europeblog.milliken.com/five-ways-milliken-and-biophilic-design-makes-workplaces-healthier-happier) ## [Designing spaces for real people.](https://europeblog.milliken.com/sustaining-people) Apr 26, 2024 Posted by [Sara Bean](https://europeblog.milliken.com/author/sara-bean) posted in [Well-being](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/well-being), [Workplace design](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/workplace-design) Reading time: 5 mins **Until recently if you were to describe a green office, it would most likely be the sustainable aspects of the structure. This might incorporate the building’s energy saving features such as lighting and heating, how it is designed to reuse and recycle waste and to reduce water consumption. An increasing body of evidence is now focusing on the wider benefits a sustainable workplace can have on the health and well-being of its occupants. Ways in which the work environment can sustain people as well as place.** [Read More »](https://europeblog.milliken.com/sustaining-people) ## [3 key indicators that building standards are shifting their focus to well-being](https://europeblog.milliken.com/why-building-standards-are-shifting-their-focus-to-wellbeing) Apr 26, 2024 Posted by [Mark Eltringham](https://europeblog.milliken.com/author/mark-eltringham) posted in [Well-being](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/well-being), [Workplace design](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/workplace-design) ****Reading Time: 3 minutes**** **​October 2018 saw the Manchester launch of a new report from the British Council for Offices (BCO) called [Wellness Matters: Health and Well-being in offices and what to do about it. It is one of the most recent indications that the foc](http://www.bco.org.uk/HealthWellbeing/WellnessMatters.aspx)us of property designers, owners, managers and occupiers is no longer solely on the environment and performance characteristics of the building, but also on its impact on the mental and physical well-being of the people that inhabit it. ** [Read More »](https://europeblog.milliken.com/why-building-standards-are-shifting-their-focus-to-wellbeing) [« Prev](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/workplace-design/page/2) [All posts](https://europeblog.milliken.com/all) ## Recommended for you ### View Blog By Topic - [Well-being (31)](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/well-being) - [Performance Benefits (24)](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/performance-benefits) - [Workplace design (23)](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/workplace-design) - [Design (21)](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/design) - [Design Inspiration (17)](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/design-inspiration) - [Sustainability (17)](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/sustainability) - [Neuro-inclusive Design (8)](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/neuro-inclusive-design) - [Company News (7)](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/company-news) - [Acoustics (6)](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/acoustics) - [Life in Colour (6)](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/life-in-colour) - [Meet The Makers (6)](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/meet-the-makers) - [Education (5)](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/education) - [Circularity (4)](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/circularity) - [biophilia (4)](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/biophilia) - [Clerkenwell Design Week (3)](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/clerkenwell-design-week) - [London Showroom (2)](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/london-showroom) - [Build to Rent (1)](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/build-to-rent) - [Innovation (1)](https://europeblog.milliken.com/tag/innovation) See all ![CRI +PLUS](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/5677727/Milliken_April2019%20Header%20Sitemap/Images/partner_icn3.gif) ![NSF](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/5677727/Milliken_April2019%20Header%20Sitemap/Images/partner_icn4.gif) ![Milliken](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/5677727/Milliken_April2019%20Header%20Sitemap/Images/partner_icn5.gif) Copyright © 2005 - 2015 Milliken & Company. 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