VFD Group
When designing an office space for VFD Group, we prioritize the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of everyone who will use the space. Understanding that interior design is not just about aesthetics but also about functionality, we adopt a human-centered approach that addresses how we live and work today.
We create innovative solutions that promote health, safety, and overall welfare by embracing biophilia as a guiding principle. Biophilia, the innate human connection to nature, plays a vital role in our design philosophy. By incorporating natural elements and sustainable materials, we design spaces that enhance well-being, foster creativity, and encourage productivity.
By weaving biophilic design into the office space, we create a balanced, harmonious environment that supports VFD Group’s mission and values. Our designs go beyond traditional office interiors, focusing on aspects such as building materials, finishes, furniture, and casework. Each element is carefully selected to promote comfort, functionality, and a sense of connection to the natural world.
Ultimately, our goal is to craft a space where VFD Group’s employees can thrive, collaborate, and feel inspired while working in an environment that reflects their identity and vision.
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Design in Details
In design, we bring characteristics of the natural world into built spaces, such as water, greenery, and natural light, or elements like wood and stone. Encouraging the use of natural systems and processes in design allows for exposure to nature, and in turn, these design approaches improve health and wellbeing. There are a number of possible benefits, including reduced heart rate variability and pulse rates, decreased blood pressure, and increased activity in our nervous systems, to name a few.
Over time, our connections to the natural world diverged in parallel with technological developments. Advances in the 19th and 20th centuries fundamentally changed how people interact with nature. Sheltered from the elements, we spent more and more time indoors. Today, the majority of people spend almost 80-90% of their time indoors, moving between their homes and workplaces. As interior designers embrace biophilia.
[30m2]
bedroom
[22m2]
bathroom
[28m2]
workspace
[15m2]
kitchen area
Summary
Establishing multi-sensory experiences, we can design interiors that resonate across ages and demographics. These rooms and spaces connects us to nature as a proven way to inspire us, boost our productivity, and create greater well-being. Beyond these benefits, by reducing stress and enhancing creativity, we can also expedite healing. In our increasingly urbanized cities, biophilia advocates a more humanistic approach to design. The result is biophilic interiors that celebrate how we live, work and learn with nature. The term translates to ‘the love of living things’ in ancient Greek (philia = the love of / inclination towards), and was used by German-born American psychoanalyst Erich Fromm in The Anatomy of Human Destru ctiveness (1973).