Designing contemporary work environments requires experience, creative solutions, and a deep understanding of employee needs. smow accompanies companies on their journey to flexible and inspiring work environments that combine individual requirements, corporate culture, and future-proof solutions. To cover all phases of office planning for you we employ the smow Compass – our proven tool for structured, tailored, and future-proof interior design.
Every company is unique – that's why smow develops tailor-made spatial concepts that balance functionality, aesthetics, and flexibility. Our interdisciplinary team of workplace consultants, interior designers, and project managers ensures solutions that are precisely tailored to your company's requirements. We're not interested in selling furniture quickly, but in designing working and living environments – and building long-term relationships.
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What motivates an office redesign? Is the goal to optimise office space? Process improvement? Pressure to innovate? Recruitment? If your office planning involves more than just purchasing furniture or stylish new furnishings, you can plan with the smow Compass.
A design project often begins with a straightforward objective: A company wants a new office, wants to create good working conditions for its employees, and wants "beautiful" spaces. The consultation process concludes with an understanding of how the company wants to present itself in the future—and how this will be reflected in the spaces. In between lies a lot of work and a willingness to reflect on the company's identity.
Our specially developed tool, a compass for successful office interior design, filters out specific development potential and the best possible solution for every office design project. The smow Compass provides guidance for everyone involved in the furnishing project, clearly and in detail, showing the individual steps toward the ideal new work environment and mapping out each of our individual service phases.
The smow compass depicts the four phases that an interior design project goes through.
The Orientate phase is about determining where office space planning is headed. What contribution can a space make – and what contribution can the smow Compass make to this? What are the requirements and needs?
In an increasingly hybrid and digital working world, offices must offer clear added value: They should be more than just a workplace – a place for exchange, creativity, identification, and inspiration. We support the search for this answer and provide inspiration. You discover new working environments, learn about current trends, and develop a sense of how spaces can shape corporate culture and collaboration. What suits the organization – and what doesn't?
The central element of this phase is the needs analysis. This clarifies which tasks require concentrated work, where space for teamwork is necessary, and what future requirements are foreseeable. These insights form the basis for the development of a customised, functional spatial concept.
The "Create" phase brings the insights from the analysis into shape. Ideally, the workforce is actively involved here. Employees are part of the idea, its development, and its solution. They can contribute – for example, in determining where meeting or retreat spaces should be created – and thereby identify more strongly with the new work environment.
The goal is a well-thought-out, holistic spatial concept. Space and zone planning ensure clear structuring: communicative, creative, and focused areas are meaningfully divided and combined – for example, through multi-space concepts that flexibly enable different work modes. At the same time, people are the focus: ergonomics and well-being are fundamental design principles. Ergonomic furniture, optimised lighting conditions, and pleasant room acoustics promote not only the health but also the performance of employees.
The flexibility and scalability of the solution are also central: an office should be able to grow with the company and adapt to changing requirements at any time. Modularity in the furnishings and intelligent space solutions make this possible.
Once the plan is in place, it's implemented – efficiently, professionally, and with sensitivity. The Realise phase is where the power of the local networks that all smow stores have comes into play: regional carpentry shops, specialist companies, and partner companies are coordinated and reliably integrated.
We bring together construction companies and specialist trades, and we manage the delivery of furniture and the installation of technology. Thanks to our years of experience and professional communication, we can coordinate projects in such a way that no money or time is wasted.
Moving in marks the final phase – and also a new beginning. Spaces should not just function, but be lived in. The "Life" phase turns the new office into a home – for individual employees, teams, and entire organizations.
Especially after moving in it often becomes apparent where adjustments can still be made. smow actively supports companies during this phase. Modern working models are changing rapidly, companies today need to be flexible – and so do their spaces.
That's why continuous evaluation is an integral part of the smow compass: practical feedback, changing team structures, and new requirements are continuously incorporated into the further development of the office. This way, the working environment remains not only functional, but also future-proof and inspiring. smow supports companies over the long term and consistently continues the interior design process.