Sep 21, 2026 · 46 min · 13 segments
In this episode of *Design for Every Mind*, Rosie is joined by interior designer Ingrid Hustoft to explore how workplace design can better support different ways of thinking. Drawing on her…
Ingrid HustoftGuest
Rosie ElvinHost
Yeah, I think that it's all about flexibility and variety, isn't it? And not looking at hierarchies.
So if you get to a certain level, you might have an office on your... on your own and you don't have to share.
And all of those sort of traditional ideas of the office need to go out the window because like you say, it's about what kind of task can you be in that open plan space for or what kind of tasks... or experiences during the day do you need to be in a quieter space and I think yeah integrating it into the design in the first place is the best way to approach
things isn't it and I guess since the pandemic there's a lot more working at home which I imagine is similar in
yeah it's really changed how everyone works at least people who work in an office uh that's what we're talking about isn't it but um no yeah because when i started the where i work now i it was the right in the beginning of the pandemic or the in the heat of it i would say the end of 2020 and i yeah just started the at my new uh work and i had to go in and luckily i had the um the privilege to, to be allowed to be in the office because I had to learn the product and all the, all the furniture that we sell.
And so I was able to be there and we had a big space because it's a showroom for all the furnishes.
But since the pandemic, it's almost required that you can work from home if you want to.
And Um, it's really something that, um, uh, what was I going to say that, um, yeah, people require almost or expect that they could have a home office if, if that's the, um, prime working space.
exception that people are productive at home as well, or even more productive and it's harder to take breaks even.
I think it's all about, I think I share the same annoying feeling that the phone is quite disturbing at times.
So I need to put that in a different room, be very locked in because if no one else is there, it's easy just to check something and then it goes on.
So then it's really good and I can sort of flex when I do the different tasks.
If I need to read something or I need to really concentrate, usually in the start of a project to find out what are the challenges for the customer and clients.
different solutions and not having been disrupted by other colleagues who's tapping on my shoulder, asking for something.
So yeah, I can plan and do the different tasks at home and then I can go in the office and not be irritated or frustrated about being interrupted by someone walking by or having a conversation.
For me, that's really, really good as I'm challenged by some dyslexic challenges.
Yeah, I think that it's all about flexibility and variety, isn't it? And not looking at hierarchies.
So if you get to a certain level, you might have an office on your... on your own and you don't have to share.
And all of those sort of traditional ideas of the office need to go out the window because like you say, it's about what kind of task can you be in that open plan space for or what kind of tasks... or experiences during the day do you need to be in a quieter space and I think yeah integrating it into the design in the first place is the best way to approach
things isn't it and I guess since the pandemic there's a lot more working at home which I imagine is similar in
yeah it's really changed how everyone works at least people who work in an office uh that's what we're talking about isn't it but um no yeah because when i started the where i work now i it was the right in the beginning of the pandemic or the in the heat of it i would say the end of 2020 and i yeah just started the at my new uh work and i had to go in and luckily i had the um the privilege to, to be allowed to be in the office because I had to learn the product and all the, all the furniture that we sell.
And so I was able to be there and we had a big space because it's a showroom for all the furnishes.
But since the pandemic, it's almost required that you can work from home if you want to.
And Um, it's really something that, um, uh, what was I going to say that, um, yeah, people require almost or expect that they could have a home office if, if that's the, um, prime working space.
exception that people are productive at home as well, or even more productive and it's harder to take breaks even.
I think it's all about, I think I share the same annoying feeling that the phone is quite disturbing at times.
So I need to put that in a different room, be very locked in because if no one else is there, it's easy just to check something and then it goes on.
So then it's really good and I can sort of flex when I do the different tasks.
If I need to read something or I need to really concentrate, usually in the start of a project to find out what are the challenges for the customer and clients.
different solutions and not having been disrupted by other colleagues who's tapping on my shoulder, asking for something.
So yeah, I can plan and do the different tasks at home and then I can go in the office and not be irritated or frustrated about being interrupted by someone walking by or having a conversation.
For me, that's really, really good as I'm challenged by some dyslexic challenges.
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