Community Settings

Explore ways that the workplace can encourage people to interact with their extended networks while supporting the range of work that happens at the community level.

Forum

These large, flexible Community settings are ideal for learning, information-sharing and networking. When they're not hosting community-level events, forums provide another space where employees can sit down to think or socialise.

Two people sitting in a brightly lit, open floorplan community setting featuring Herman Miller Fuld Nesting chairs, yellow NaughtOne Pippin chairs, and Herman Miller OE1 Agile Walls and Storage Trolleys.

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Herman Miller Fuld Nesting Chairs provide comfort, support and high-density storage.

NaughtOne Pippin Chairs offer a secondary seating option along the perimeter.

Herman Miller OE1 Agile Walls can be reconfigured to add a sense of boundary.

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Strategies behind this setting

A laptop and book sitting on a black and white table that features white Herman Miller Fuld Nesting chairs dark blue seats next to a Herman Miller OE1 storage trolley

For Wellbeing

Choices about adjacencies, furnishings and tools consider the fit for the range of people who will use this space. Seating options accommodate a broad range of people without special accommodation to help convey a sense of belonging.

A communal seating area - furnished with yellow NaughtOne Pippin chairs and a Herman Miller OE1 Storage Trolley - used to encourage face-to-face interaction

For Connection

Bring people together to encourage face-to-face interaction, which helps build trust and community. A range of seating options and ample circulation space support activities from formal presentations to informal exchanges.

A forum space furnished with Herman Miller OE1 Agile Walls and Fuld Nesting Chairs used to adapt spaces to help support flexibility in a community setting

For Change

Help your organisation embrace change through flexible, multi-use, interconnected spaces that adapt to support people where and when they work. The streamlined kit of parts is intuitive and easy to rearrange.

Café

These inviting community settings support gathering or hosting, often around food and drink. They accommodate a range of people with seating and tables at different heights.

A brightly lit community setting featuring four people utilising a variety of colourful seating options including the HAY Uchiwa Lounge Chair, Muuto Base Tables and Muuto Still Cafe Tables

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HAY Uchiwa Lounge Chair, one of many high back Seating solutions available across the MillerKnoll Ancillary offering, can create semi-private spaces in open areas.

Muuto Base Table provide space for people to meet up, touch down or work side by side.

Muuto Still Café Tables can be used separately or pushed together.

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Strategies behind this setting

A group of yellow HAY Uchiwa Lounge Chairs in front of large floor-to-ceiling windows used in a community café setting to reduce social isolation and enhance belonging

For Wellbeing

Help people feel connected to their organisation and its purpose by providing space to reduce social isolation and enhance belonging. The mix of open vistas and hideaways meets a range of needs while encouraging connection.

Yellow bar-height stools arranged at a Muuto Base Table used to encourage connection in a community café setting

For Connection

Weak ties—people who do not interact often—help us access new ideas or opportunities for innovation. Seating that supports a range of postures, configured for small groups or individuals, welcome people from diverse backgrounds.

Two black and white Muuto Still Cafe tables featuring Knoll Bertoia chairs used to facilitate flexibility in a café setting

For Change

Flexible, multiuse, interconnected spaces can adapt to support people where and when they work. The furnishings allow quick adjustments by people in the moment, or more extensive reconfigurations with support from facilities teams.

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