A Futuristic Office Design To Combat Your Constant Distraction

Fluidly move from space to space, if people around you get too chatty. Need to have a focused business meeting? Take a screen-free stroll on the meandering walkway on the office perimeter.

Most of us hate open offices because of the inherent distractions, but it isn't necessarily that much easier to focus in a space of your own, thanks to email and kitten videos. So what would the ideal workspace look like?

One suggestion, from two Dublin-based design students, is a large room with flexible spaces for every task: Instead of sitting at the same desk all day long, you could move from place to place as needed.

Walk up to a workstation, and it would instantly recognize who you are and pull up your work on a large touch screen, unlocking the same way some cars can use the key in your pocket to unlock a door. If the person next to you was in the middle of a loud conversation, because your work so easily follows you around, you could just get up and walk to the other side of the office to better concentrate.

"The idea is that you could walk up and your body of work would appear at each workstation," explains recent National College of Art and Design graduate Stephen Quinn, who worked on the design with fellow student Pat D'Arcy. "You could pick a place that's quieter than another place in the workplace and begin working. The office caters for different working needs throughout the working day."

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