Our weekly round up of workplace news from around the web.
- The push for nicer offices is less about impressive shows of wealth, says HR Brew, and more about practical design solutions for making the lives of employees easier.
- In order to envision—and realize—better futures, architecture students must understand the existing political, social, and economic systems, explains Architect Magazine.
- The Washington Post reports a four-day workweek pilot was so successful that most participating firms say they won’t go back.
- Office design matters more than ever. Forbes shares how UX design principles can help.
- Studio Alexander Fehre has reimagined the Bosch Engineering headquarters in Abstatt, Germany as an inspiring and playful space where ambition and imagination can become a reality. OnOffice gives us a tour.
- GeekWire shares how Amazon’s new back-to-office policy is welcome news to small businesses around the Seattle headquarters.