The Shift That’s Changing Workplace Design Forever with Samantha Jinks

About this episode

Guy Stanley interviews Samantha Jinks about the evolution of workplace design towards more human and flexible environments.

✨ Subscribe to Show Notes for more from Space by Stansons at https://www.stansons.co.uk/space ✨ In this episode, Guy sits down with Samantha to explore how workplace design is evolving beyond productivity and into something more human, flexible, and experience-led. Samantha shares her perspective on what makes a workplace truly work for people today, drawing on her experience across different cities, cultures, and sectors. From living in Istanbul and working in retail architecture in Ohio to building her career in London, she reflects on how travel, adaptability, and cultural rituals have shaped the way she thinks about space, behaviour, and belonging. The conversation begins at a private members club in Shoreditch, which becomes a fitting backdrop for a discussion about the blurred boundaries between work, hospitality, leisure, and community. Samantha explains why spaces like this resonate so strongly right now: they offer multiple modes of use, from focused work and informal meetings to socialising, entertaining, and switching off. It is a live example of the kind of multifunctional environment many workplaces are now trying to create. A key theme throughout is belonging…

People in this episode

Host: Guy Stanley

Guest: Samantha Jinks

Topics covered

• workplace design
• human experience
• flexibility
• belonging
• multifunctional environments

Keywords

• workplace
• design
• experience-led
• community
• productivity
• belonging
• hospitality

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Istanbul, Ohio, London, Shoreditch

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