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Green Walls: The Hottest Design Trend 

"Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises." - Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Nature has been a source of inspiration to artists for millennia from the cave paintings of Lascaux to the exquisite nature studies of the Impressionists. Our understanding of why nature is so important to us has been enhanced by recent studies on biophilia. This is reflected in the growing trend to incorporate green walls in interior design. Green walls are becoming particularly popular in commercial and retail locations, including corporate offices, shops and restaurants all around Dubai, Abu Dhabi and elsewhere in the UAE. Their increasing popularity is not surprising given their many cumulative benefits, including:

• Increasing employee productivity: living green walls increase employee productivity by 15%
• Enhancing indoor air quality
• Improving occupants’ sense of health and well-being
• Reducing ambient noise
• Helping to control energy costs (heating & A/C)

There is another aspect to green walls that is more difficult to quantify but no less significant and that is their aesthetic quality. Vertical gardens make an indelible visual statement adding incredible beauty to meeting rooms, hallways, and reception areas. They can even be used in office layout as standalone walls or partitions. Corporate environments and high-end retail establishments often make substantial investments in art. Any touch of beauty, like a painting, sculpture or living wall, enhances the space in which it is displayed. The same impact can be achieved using greenery. The beauty dividend of green walls is achieved whether you are using a living green wall or a moss wall. Any spot of greenery is even more prized in highly urbanised areas like Dubai or Abu Dhabi. Bringing a garden indoors seems almost magical, like being able to recreate a little spot of Eden on earth.

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Exhibit in Dubai; Your personal guide to a hassle-free experience

With the likes of Expo 2020 fast approaching and a proven track record of exponential growth, opportunity in the Dubai market is thriving. This emirate offers an extensive range of venues with the benefit of year-round warm weather. From niche trade shows, to boutique hotels and exhibition halls, Dubai’s flourishing events and exhibitions industry is a prospering sector that is calling out to the European market.

1/ Get to know the country

Allow time to gain knowledge and understanding of the culture, its sensitivity and local laws. Their working week starts on Sunday and ends on Thursday meaning the communicative working week is cut to 4 days. Approximately 85% of Dubai’s population is expatriate, therefore dealing with different nationalities and languages will become routine. Checking the calendars of corporations such as Dubai World Trade Centre and Visit Dubai will give you a great insight into upcoming and annual events.

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2/ Plan a lot in advance to avoid extra costs

Dubai’s calendar is heavily centralized around its peak season due to daily heat highs of 45 degrees in its summer months, so consider this when looking to exhibit here. The season in Dubai begins in September and ends in May, subject to Ramadan. Consequently, all events and exhibitions take place during these months and keep it in mind that contractors will have many clients during the busy period.

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3/ Select the best contracting partner

This will be key to success! When selecting a partner, look to find one that has the same level of expected standards. Whether it be in the materials they use, their quality control or delivery success rate; understand the company to the fullest. Trust the contractor’s credentials and client testimonials, memberships to international trade associations such as ESSA (Event Supplier and Services Association) and ILEA (International Live Events Association) and check out their website and social media pages to know more about their behind the scene activities. Finally, meet face to face with a representative locally based in Europe and perhaps request for a visit to the company’s factory/workshop to get to know exactly who you are working with.

4/ Bonus! Find a contractor that provides 360-degree solutions

The journey is as important as the destination. Finding a trusted contractor is the cornerstone of preparing for an event. From building stands and managing exhibitors to addressing requests for furniture and setting up the décor – a successful contractor will effectively handle the micro and macro of your event. Subsequently, finding a reactive, organised and fully integrated contractor with client project managers who are highly competent in management and transparent communication will provide the ideal hassle-free experience from abroad.

Article originally published by Electra. Read more here https://www.electrasolutions.com/2018/03/exhibit-in-dubai-your-personal-guide-to-a-hassle-free-experience/

7 Values A Shared Workspace can Teach Freelancers and Employees Alike

It’s hard to ignore the shared workspace revolution that is happening all around us; coworking isn’t just something that happens at the front line of modern urban life. It’s happening everywhere – from cities that never sleep to small towns.

Coworking is here to stay. The reason is simple; it’s a win-win-win. Entrepreneurs can accelerate their business growth, freelancers can carve out the working life that they actually want, and companies can encourage their workers to flourish. Oh, and generally everyone gets more done, and you can save money. Win-win-win, right?

That’s all great, but one of the most important reasons why shared workspaces are emerging all over the place is the tangible benefits they offer. Because let’s face it, somewhere along the line, a lot of company offices forgot this key fact. We are people. We don’t all necessarily thrive sitting in the same fluorescent cubicle day after day.

Coworking enables people to thrive, not just survive, and one major reason for this is the fact that whether we realise it or not, a shared workspace teaches us values that the average corporate office simply doesn’t. No training manual, or (shudder) corporate teambuilding exercise can ever come close to the skills and values learned organically by simply living them.

1. Collaboration

Encountering different people from different professional backgrounds is always going to mean you’re exposed to more ideas and greater opportunities. Coworking brings you into contact with more opportunity for collaboration. Instead of rejecting a project because it requires a skill you don’t have, a shared workspace becomes a pool of talent where you can seek out your next collaboration.

Collaboration requires another important skill; communication. Without a doubt, a shared workspace enables you to naturally build up your communication skills. Talking to different people, however formal or informal the chat; whether you’re discussing your work, their work, the current political situation or that series you’re both binge-watching, all adds up to better communication skills. For more on the power of collaboration see our blog: More Than Just a Desk.

2. Openness

A shared workspace brings you into contact with more people, sure, but it also requires you to work on you. The temptation to hide away in a company office is very real and working from home is a series of pitfalls and temptations that often leads to very little work getting done (a ten-minute nap, you say?). Coworking means you bring your A-game. There is no-one curled up on their desk asleep and – hopefully – nobody is watching movie trailers in their pyjamas. Everyone is there because they want to be. Everyone is aspiring to be as productive as the example set by everyone else.

If you’re struggling in a shared workspace, solutions are everywhere. There is freedom to move to another place in the office, to shake it off or shake it up. There is an area where people can chat, a kitchen where you can refresh your cuppa, the friendly guy who you spoke to last Tuesday who knows all about the software that has just shut down on you three times in a row. Openness might seem like vulnerability, but once you embrace it, openness really means security, and that is great for your wellbeing. For more on coworking and wellbeing see these top tips.

3. Diversity

A modern shared workspace introduces you to diversity in every possible way. Sure, you’ll meet people from all over the place, but when we talk about diversity in a shared workspace, we can open the term right up. Shared working environments attract people from all stages of their working life. From the young entrepreneur with a flourishing startup to the experienced older business owner and from individual freelancers to team players. You’ll meet people who are at the top of their game, and those who are embarking on an entirely new career. Check out our piece on networking for more on this.

In no other place will you work alongside people who are in a completely different industry. Yesterday an architect, today a designer, tomorrow a writer. From each of these people, you will learn something new. That is the true value of diversity in a collaborative workspace.

Article originally published by Areaworks. Read more https://www.areaworks.com/7-values-shared-workspace-can-teach-freelancers-and-employees-alike/

Tips to Find the Best Exhibition Stand Company in Dubai

Exhibiting in Dubai: Why It’s An Excellent Choice For Any Company Wanting to Gain Visibility

The trade show and exhibition industry in Dubai is moving from strength to strength. It is one of the pillars of the UAE’s flourishing economy. Dubai is already one of the world’s top destinations for trade shows and Abu Dhabi is catching up. There are nearly 200 events planned in the UAE over the remainder of 2018 till end of 2019, the majority of which are blue-chip events. Participating in Dubai-based industry events is one of the best things a business can do to highlight its products and services and make new business connections. Dubai is a central economic hub, providing a gateway to markets in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Having a unique exhibition stand is essential to creating interest to attendees and increasing brand awareness and sales.

Reasons to Find The Best Exhibition Stand Company in Dubai

The high volume of events means that there are many exhibition companies providing exhibition design and construction services. A complete list of exhibition companies in Dubai would run into the dozens. Finding the best exhibition stand company to stylize and set up suitable high-quality stands for your clients, or for your business or brand can be a challenge, when there are so many providers to choose from.

Making a poor choice can have devastating consequences. You or your clients could be out a lot of money and you can lose prestige because of a poorly designed or executed stand. A low-quality stand will reflect badly on you and your clients. Here are some of the nightmare scenarios of dealing with an inferior exhibition stand design company:

Busted Budget: Cost overruns due to poor planning or hidden expenses and overheads

Design Disappointment: Failure to achieve the desired design vision or to adhere to brand guidelines

Atrocious Arrangement: Poor quality materials, shoddy construction

Unreliable Service: Low quality execution or set up; failure to abide by deadlines, or to provide needed support and assistance.

Poor Communication: service provider who fails to inform clients about milestones, fails to provide updates on project stages and neglects to get necessary approvals

Article was originally published by Electra. Read more here https://www.electrasolutions.com/2018/11/find-the-best-exhibition-stand-dubai/

What are the Challenges of Having Living Green Walls?

Living green walls offer a wide range of benefits to businesses. From livening up the office space to cleaning the surrounding air, lowering energy costs, improving staff morale and reducing absenteeism, to name but a few. Interest in living walls in Dubai and Abu Dhabi haves steadily increased in popularity. Due to the region’s hot climate, these additions to a building are often preferred for their cooling effect as well.

Along with the perks, there are challenges in having living green walls. Sure, they look and smell great and drastically increase visual appeal for your business. But they are alive – and need to stay that way, so that they continue to provide their benefits. In order to keep your green walls thriving, use the best landscapers in Dubai to plan, install, and maintain the structure. Let’s take a look at the challenges of having living green walls.

In this article, we’ll cover the following:

Plants need to create nutrients from strong light sources. This is how they grow and thrive, and stay healthy throughout the year.

Correctly monitored irrigation is going to play a huge role in the success of your living green wall. Without proper water amounts, plants can die very quickly.

Proper nutrition and sunlight are imperative to a plant’s health. Otherwise, they may suffer from extreme heat and lack of nutrients.

Lighting

Plants need to create nutrients from strong light sources to survive. Plants absorb the light and convert it into nutrients. The challenge lies in ensuring the right amount. When plants aren’t getting enough light, photosynthesis can’t occur at a healthy level. LED lighting should be applied to indoor plant walls that don’t receive natural sunlight.

Professional landscapers will work with your business to design panelling or a structural frame to attach to walls which allow for adequate lighting. Both sunlight and artificial light can play a role in this process, depending on whether your wall is indoors or outdoors.

Article originally published by Planters. Read more here https://www.planters.ae/blog/challenges-of-having-living-green-walls

14 Indoor Artificial Plants: Fit Greenery Onto Your Office Desk

The use of artificial plants, both at home and at the office, has been gaining traction over the last few years. This can be attributed to the numerous studies done by researchers and other stakeholders. According to a study led by Marlon Nieuwenhuis from the School of Psychology, you can simply enhance your employees' productivity and quality of life by investing in landscaping the office with some green plants. By introducing green plants, whether artificial or natural, you can increase productivity by up to 15%. Today, artificial office plants are a newer and more cost-effective trend that has swept over the UAE. Professional landscaping companies in the UAE are creating artificial plants that can fit on office desks and offer numerous benefits to organisations. Here are a couple of artificial plants that you can place on your desk.

14 artificial office plants that can be put on your desk

Like natural plants, there are thousands or even hundred of thousands of different artificial plant varieties around the world. With that being said, all of these plants have different characteristics and offer various benefits to their environment. But what are some of the suitable artificial office plants that you can place on your desk?

Article was originally published by Planters Artificial. Read more here https://bit.ly/2LSi7Z5

The Coworking Boom is Reshaping the London Office Market

The rapid growth of the flexible office and coworking markets over the last five years is evident, with more than 4 million sq. ft. of space leased to flexible office providers in Central London, according to a new report from Hubble in partnership with JLL.

Although WeWork often dominates the headlines, the London market remains highly fragmented, with more than 150 providers offering some form of flex or coworking space in more than 650 separate locations.

At the end of 2018, flexible offices had a 6.3 per cent share of the Central London market (14.7 million sq. ft.) and this figure is set to keep growing. By 2023, flexible offices are projected to grow to an 11 per cent share of overall office stock in London.

The report analyses areas which have seen the highest demand, and in turn increases in prices, and where tenants can secure cheaper space. Temple has seen the greatest increase in cost per desk (69 per cent) between 2017 to 2018. The regeneration of Victoria has been reflected in desk price with an increase of 30 per cent, closely followed by Hoxton (25 per cent) and Marylebone (25 per cent).

Article was originally published by Nao Group. Read more https://www.naogroup.com/the-coworking-boom-is-reshaping-the-london-office-market/

5 Common Coworking Misconceptions

We get a lot of assumptions made about coworking. It’s fine, we get it. For a lot of people, working in a shared space is very different from how they have worked in the past, and that leads to this idea that it’s somehow for ‘other people’. Despite the explosion in recent years of different ways to work and different environments to work within, all kinds of coworking misconceptions have built up around shared workspaces.

So, let’s debunk some of the coworking myths we hear the most.

Coworking Misconception 1

“Coworking is only for freelancers and start-ups.”

A look around any shared workspace will throw up all kinds of people, doing all kinds of jobs in all kinds of situations. There will be freelancers and startups – mainly because shared workspaces are the most affordable and accessible way to reap all the benefits of a modern working environment without any of the complications. There will also be employees from all types of businesses, from a small local company to a vast global empire – because ‘floating’ employees tend to be happier, spend less time commuting and cost less than those in a central office. There may be groups of people from the same company, or an entire company running its day to day operation from a shared workspace – because they have a ready source of collaborative professionals and are keeping their overheads down and productivity up.

Article was originally published by Areaworks. Read more https://www.areaworks.com/5-common-coworking-misconceptions/

Turning your Vision into Reality through Event Rentals

GCC economies, led by the UAE, are diversifying and attracting new investments. The events market is one of the most dynamic and fast-moving in the region. Brands must compete for the attention of sophisticated locals and stylish visitors. Every marketing and promotional event planner is striving to take their efforts to the next level. Using event rentals can be an important resource helping you transform your vision into reality.

Delivering Creative Events to Inspire & Engage Customers

Events are now more than ever an essential part of any effective business development toolkit. And because of the increasing digitalisation, the way that companies approach branding and marketing has dramatically changed.

With experiential marketing, brands can create unforgettable experiences and allow companies and customers to interact online as well as in real life. They create events that engage all the senses: sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste. By using temporary structures and top-quality furnishings and accessories, you can achieve just that and create that distinctive atmosphere for your event.

How Event Rentals Can Positively Impact Your Brand Experience

Event staging is one of the most critical dimensions of successful events. If you want to represent a brand, or highlight a company’s product/service, event styling is crucial in creating the proper atmosphere. Well-appointed furniture, fittings, and other design elements like plants, wall hangings, and lighting, all contribute to generating a positive impression on your customers.

Article was originally published by Electra. Read it full here https://bit.ly/2YdXmZF

Why is Vertical Gardening Important?

What happens when you would really love a garden but your city apartment didn’t come with an extra acre for a garden? For most people, this would be the end of their dream. At Planters, we design plush gardens in the smallest of spaces through a modern technique called vertical gardening. If you have ever, for a second, thought that your space wasn’t large enough, here is how the addition of a living vertical garden in Dubai and Abu Dhabi can make your dreams come true. For those who haven’t joined the growing bandwagon yet, here are a couple of reasons to contact us.

Ideal for Indoor Spaces

Many people believe that their only option in an indoor space is to add a couple of potted plants throughout the space. While potted plants can work, they are limited in size. Furthermore, they either take up valuable workspace or the floor space, limiting some of your other design choices or impacting your ability to do certain duties.

Living green walls can provide a large amount of greenery without having to sacrifice any work surfaces or floor space. This can be ideal when you are already dealing with a small space and want to experience the benefits that a green scenery offers.

Article was originally published by Planters. Read it full here https://bit.ly/2JVGQYY

Making the Most of Artificial Green Walls Indoors and Outdoors

With all the recent advances in artificial plant and green wall technology, the possibilities of installing a green wall design are indeed endless. The wide range and variety of artificial greenery available today have seen the design of green walls become an art form in itself. As companies like Planters Artificial become more specialised in this new way of utilising all manner of spaces within a business, the design possibilities continue to grow.

Different regions have experienced their own trends in artificial green wall designs. Some have chosen to go with a more detail-oriented approach, while others like the artificial plant wall Dubai is known for installing, are somewhat more creative. The large-scale coverage of many of the designs that artificial plant walls suppliers Abu Dhabi and Dubai-wide are using, serve as great statement pieces as well as functional décor. Businesses throughout the UAE are turning to industry leaders like Planters Artificial in order to have the latest products and techniques make their artificial green wall design stand out from the rest.

The world has recognised the many benefits attached to using artificial plant walls instead of the real alternative. It has been long since artificial greenery is seen as simply a low maintenance and money saving alternative to having actual plants as part of your décor. Now it would seem that the focus is slowly shifting away from seeing these as the best attributes of the artificial plant wall Abu Dhabi landscapers are now fitting. This shift is moving in favour of viewing the design possibilities as amongst the best reasons to go artificial when it comes to office green walls.

Article was originally published by Planters Artificial. Read it full here https://bit.ly/2ye8eMk.