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Entries are open for the first Herman Miller Living Office Awards.

Herman Miller has announced the first Living Office Awards, which have been designed to raise awareness of the importance of good workspace design as a tool for companies to achieve their organisational goals. “We believe the workplace should increase engagement and productivity, creating a total experience of work that’s more natural, more desirable and more rewarding,” says Rob Keddie, Regional Director – Herman Miller Middle East and Africa.

Entries are invited for two honours: the ‘Commercial Business – Workspace Design Award’ and the ‘People’s Choice – Workspace Design Award’.

The panel of judges includes: Christian Vasquez, Director of the American Institute of Architects, Middle East; Esra Lemmens, Ambassador APID; Hani Asfour, Associate Dean at the Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation;
 Janet McAvinnie, CBIFM – The British Institute of Facilities Management;
 Kate Rube, Vice President, Market Solutions, The International Well Building Institute;
 Lucy Bolton, Assistant Professor in Business Psychology, Heriot-Watt University, Dubai Campus;
 and Chris Morley, Head of Design, Herman Miller Middle East and Africa.

Visit www.hmlivingoffice.com for more information and to submit entries. Entries close 5 March 2019.

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