New (biggest and best ever) digital edition of Works magazine is now available to read free

The new issue of Works magazine sets out as always to highlight the ideas, projects, products and thinking that are shaping the way we live, think and work. Provocative, lively and wide-ranging, it’s our biggest issue yet, and we think the best. There’s plenty of new products to get your teeth into and while we are on that particular subject, we explore a new generation of showrooms in which big ideas matter as much as products. Our case studies span Munich, Portland, Harrogate and London, showing how occupiers are rethinking the office in very different ways, saunas and nap pods included.

Katie Treggiden talks with Jo Knight about what sustainable design should really mean. And we pay tribute to Gerry Taylor, one of the office world’s sharpest minds and most outspoken voices.

Elsewhere, we look at how data centres are eating up resources, and why materials are now one of the main sources of innovation and inspiration in the world of office design. On a related note, we set out details of our podcast series exploring the various facets of comfort with some of the world’s leading thinkers on the subject, in partnership with Shaw Contract.

Our round table this month, in partnership with Women in Office Design explores how cross-disciplinary work is one of the keys to success in delivering projects.

We question the world’s ongoing love–hate affair with Brutalism, and the enduring influence of Ancient Egypt. Nigel Oseland argues that we need to rediscover the lost art of relaxation, while Lydia Mudd considers what it really takes to grow new architecture talent.

We round up the best new workplaces, preview the Workspace Design Show in Amsterdam, and sit down for a pint with Grant Gibson and William Knight as they gear up for the new edition of Material Matters. We also highlight get togethers in other places and of course there is our Events diary to help you plan ahead.

And to cap it all off, we offer you a little bit of BS about BS.

As always, it’s a mix of the serious, the new, the surprising and the irreverent. Just how we like it and hope you do too.

Print editions are in the post soon.