Volume 18, Issue 23 — December 8, 2022

rAVe Europe — Volume 18, Issue 23

8 December 2022 | Volume: 18 | Issue: 23

Did you miss it? “The Never-Heard-Before Sound of Earth’s Rumble”

Hello rAVe Europe readers! Enjoy this latest issue, where Mark Coxon writes about the trade-offs that come with building a flexible space. Since so many of us want to build flexible office spaces nowadays, what exactly needs to go into these spaces? If they have a million different possible uses, wouldn’t they have to stay pretty bare? Read more here.

In our other featured piece this time, James Kirby at Futuresource Consulting writes about the home content creation market. Of course, this market has gained traction since COVID-19, as many more people have had to make content from home. But as we are somewhat headed back into the office, will the market continue to rise?

Enjoy, everyone! And don’t forget: Mark your calendars for ISE 2023 — you can register with our code by clicking on the ad below for free show entry. See you in Barcelona!

— Steph Beckett

COLUMNS

+ The Flexibility vs. Performance Trade-off [Mark Coxon]

The word I hear the most from companies to describe the types of spaces they want to create is “flexible.” Because the types of meetings vary, and the amount of usage of the rooms themselves is still uncertain or sporadic, companies are looking to create reconfigurable spaces to facilitate several types of meetings of various types and sizes. On the surface, this strategy seems fairly sound.vFlexible spaces mean that businesses can create a few differently sized rooms and leverage those across departments, teams and tasks. However, flexibility comes at a cost.

+ Home Content Creation in Flux after Record Levels of Growth [James Kirby]

After an extremely successful year in 2020, the home content creation market has undergone a major transformation. Whilst demand is currently experiencing a slowdown, 2021 broke records in terms of market value. That’s according to a new content creator report from Futuresource Consulting, which combines in-depth industry interviews with a 16,000-respondent consumer survey.