Designed by MCM, Peldon Rose, Gensler, M Moser Associates
London, 16 January 2026 – Workspace Design Show (25–26 February 2026, Business Design Centre, London) returns with a powerful series of immersive installations that bring the show’s 2026 theme, Connected Realities, to life. Designed by leading architecture and workplace design studios, these installations explore how physical environments, digital systems, material innovation and human experience are becoming increasingly interconnected in the modern workplace.
Together, the installations form a journey across the show floor, inviting visitors to pause, interact, reflect and reimagine how workplaces are designed, experienced and sustained.
The Circular Hub by MCM & Future Works
Designed by MCM in partnership with Future Works, innovation venture of The Furniture Practice, the Circular Hub is a dedicated space exploring circularity across a range of product typologies. Materials are traced from raw to refined, with natural and synthetic options displayed side by side to reveal different circular pathways. The space features material and product contributions from Nested Living, Materials Assemble, Tate, Vitra and Planteria.
A programme of hands-on challenges invites participants to dismantle and rebuild a piece of furniture, putting adaptability, repair and reuse into practice. The stand itself functions as a live prototype, demonstrating a minimal, near zero-waste exhibition approach rooted in learning, experimentation and reuse.
Insights Lounge: Exhale by Peldon Rose
Peldon Rose presents Exhale: a pavilion for deep listening. Attention softens, breath slows, and ideas settle. Between talks, a twenty-minute exhale unfolds, an architectural weather shift shaped by scent and light, renewing the atmosphere and re-tuning the space. This is the new home for Sustainability Talks & Occupiers Forum.
Merge: The M Moser lounge
Merge invites visitors to explore the evolving relationship between craft and technology. It’s split into two journeys, one designed and one to discover. The installation shows how integrated workplace technology supports flexibility and real-time responsiveness. Suppliers include Camira, Viccarbe, Osol, Planteria and Steelcase.
Through intuitive digital interfaces, people can personalise elements such as lighting and colour, actively transforming the space around them. This interaction softens the boundary between user and environment, showing how future workplaces are shaped not only for people, but also by them.
Workspace Design Talks Lounge designed by Gensler and Area
Inspired by this year’s theme “Connected Realities,” the stage design moves between physical and digital realms. Transporting visitors into a new dimension, cosmic colours fade into gentle gradients, forming a calm yet mysterious space. At the centre, a circular stage brings the focus back to people, suggesting that in our shifting worlds, human connection remains our true ground.
“These installations are not visual statements alone. They are experiences designed to provoke conversation, reflection and interaction,” says Esha Bark-Jones, Show Director, Workspace Design Show. “Connected Realities is about how workplaces are evolving in real time, and these installations allow visitors to experience that evolution first-hand.”
Following the installations, visitors can explore the wider exhibition featuring hundreds of workplace products from international and UK brands, alongside four dedicated talks stages Workspace Design Talks, Sustainability Talks, Occupiers Forum and the FIS Conference, delivering a comprehensive conference programme across the two days. With over 120 speakers, the programme brings together leading architects, designers, occupiers and workplace strategists to discuss the ideas, challenges and opportunities shaping the future of work.
Register now to attend the exhibition and explore these installations in-person: workspaceshow.co.uk
