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Savings by design

Economic uncertainties can spur companies to consider ways of cutting costs and improving productivity. While quick fixes can bring short-term results, more fundamental long-term solutions can be found in a well-designed workspace. In this article we show a few of the many ways workplaces can help to realise the potential for lower overheads, more effective operation, greater productivity, and enhanced efficiency.

Lighting: How it matters

Common perception has it that a brighter office is a more effective office. The truth of the matter is not necessarily so simple – and affects everything from productivity to sustainability to the well-being of staff

Workspace as strategic recruitment platform

UK-based Symbian is the world market leader in smartphone operating system (OS) development and licensing. To tap into China’s pool of software engineering talent, the company chose Beijing as the home of its fourth global R&D centre.

Savings in the workplace

Economic uncertainties can spur companies to consider ways of cutting costs and improving productivity. While quick fixes can bring short-term results, however, more fundamental long-term solutions can be found in a well-designed workspace.

Locally focussed ‘Savings in the workplace’ case studies are available for Hong Kong, China, USA, and UK

The business case for sustainable workspace design

Sustainably designed workplaces need no longer be exotic, expensive, or inherently compromised: today, going green can have a positive effect on everything to productivity to the bottom line.

The red ribbon

A curving red ribbon in Global Sources’ office literally connects the space’s utilities and amenities while providing a solid expression of the firm’s products.

A passion-driven life

When most little girls were playing with dolls, Moira Moser played with blocks. Perhaps it was this distinctive interest that drove the founder and chairman of M Moser Associates to embark on a journey that led to the revolution of today’s workplace environment.

Driving change in the workplace

The success of any change in the workplace depends as much on how it is managed as on its substance. Early dialogue sessions with workplace specialists are essential to generate crucial early buy-in and reduce staff resistance-associated risk.

Setting-up across the pond

Increased deregulation of UK financial markets has seen many companies setting-up in London. In this article, we examine ways in which financial companies which do not have the necessary London resources can streamline the pin-pointing and fitting out of new premises in and around the UK capital.

Where the world offsets risks

When Lloyd’s of London planned its entry into the rapidly expanding China market, they commissioned M Moser Associates to create a workspace that would evoke its centuries-old reputation for integrity and innovation.

A better place to work

25 approaches to a positive work environment

Designing from the Inside out

M Moser designed Big Dutchman’s Asian headquarters ‘from the inside out’, achieving time and cost savings and fostering a strong corporate image in the process.

An open invitation

Scottish Re Limited’s new City of London office impresses visitors with a visual statement of the reinsurer’s business acumen, while at the same time making the firm’s international staff feel perfectly at home away from home.

Sharpening the competitive edge in today's 'talent wars'

There was a time when the more tempting the salary and benefits package, the more staff employers had to choose from. In the 21st century, however, attracting (and retaining) talent has everything to do with an office’s intangible ‘added value’.

Verve Centre

For this extensive renovation of Nokia’s Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore, M Moser transformed an unwieldy series of spaces into a volume whose very architecture encourages the spontaneous face-to-face contact that is the best stimulus for productivity.

The focal connection

Consolidating four offices into one offered a great opportunity for National Australia Bank subsidiary MLC to adopt a more open way of working.

The great indoors

BP asked M Moser to create an environmentally progressive office that would interpret its ‘Blue Chalk’ corporate workplace strategy in a uniquely Singaporean context. The result had management and staff seeing green…

Just-in-time offices

For Maersk’s new offices in Shanghai, M Moser solved three major logistical challenges: co-location from two buildings into one; conversion of the new premises from retail to office use; and an end-result that reflected the client’s own high standards of business.

Diversity drives success

This award-winning M Moser design for OMD shows how the right office setting can help transform individual efforts into organisational achievements.

A ribbon runs through it

A curved wall winds through the award-winning offices of Keppel Energy in Singapore. This distinctive feature links functions, stimulates interaction, and lends an appropriate jolt of energy to day-to-day business.

Fit for purpose

As the leading specialist in secure messaging services for the financial industry, it came naturally that SWIFT would approach another specialist – M Moser Associates – to create an optimal design for their latest office.

Flexibility Adds Value

This sophisticated interior by M Moser helped The British Council in Hong Kong align its space allocation strategy with cultural and business activities – resulting in an improved financial performance with not sacrifice in quality of service or image appeal.

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Office Design Supports Business Vision

“People aren’t speaking with each other enough – let’s change that”. It is a simple observation that speaks volumes about how fluid communications are a competitive edge in today’s business environment.

Expanded from an article by M Moser in

Clean Lines, Sharp Pencil

Resourceful design is good design. That’s the premise behind the Shanghai office of global professional services organisation Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (DTT) in the Bund Centre, right at the heart of Shanghai.

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Think Tank

When M Moser Associates were commissioned by Dentsu, Young and Rubicam (DYR) to create the company’s new office in Shanghai, the result was a work of startling inspiration..

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