Insights on lab and R&D design
Practical guidance for people planning laboratories and the workplaces around them.

How Can Lab Design Alleviate Technological Challenges in the Lab?
Technology is evolving fast. Here is how lab design keeps pace, so new tools become an addition rather than a disruption.
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How Is It Different to Design Workplaces for Science Professionals?
Researchers move between lab work, analysis, collaboration and reflection. Here is how to design the spaces around the lab for all of it.
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How Is Technology Viewed in Indian Labs?
Why do many labs still rely on manual methods when digital tools exist? The answer has more to do with people than technology.
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How Many Design Revisions Are Too Many?
There is no standard number. The better question is when, why and how a design should change.
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Designing Labs for 24x7 Operations
Experiments run around the clock, but most labs are designed for daytime. Here is how to design for the night shift too.
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Planning a New Lab? 5 Things You Must Consider for Your Facility
Automation, adaptability, safety, data and people: five things to plan from day one when you build a new laboratory.
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Manual Processes vs Digital Systems in Labs
Every hour spent on manual upkeep is an hour taken from discovery. Here is how digital systems, and the right infrastructure, give it back.
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Mental and Intellectual Impact of Technology in Research Labs
Technology has made labs faster and safer. Here is how it affects the people using it, and how design keeps the balance.
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Multifunctional Office Design: How to Maximise Workspace Utility
People work in different ways. Here is how zones, modular furniture, smart storage and wellbeing spaces create an office for all of them.
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