Putting solutions to the test.
Putting solutions to the test.
Putting solutions to the test.

User experience lab

User experience lab

An immersive Experience Lab that invites employees to test, compare and evaluate in real time.
An immersive Experience Lab that invites employees to test, compare and evaluate in real time.
Acoustic meeting pod
Acoustic meeting pod

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User experience lab
User experience lab
User experience lab

Project Type

User experience.

Released

Released

Feb 2, 2026

Feb 2, 2026

Technology

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Timeframe

Timeframe

3 months

3 months

Rather than rely on assumptions, trends, or supplier pitches to inform investment, we gave end users the opportunity to test usefulness, ease of use and aesthetics.

An immersive Experience Lab that invites employees to test, compare and evaluate in real time.

Toy dispenser on a ship
Toy dispenser on a ship

Brief

Design and deliver a highly immersive work setting experience lab.

That Works® was tasked with designing and delivering a fully interactive Experience Lab that transformed workplace strategy into a live testing environment. Each setting was intentionally designed with varying furniture, layouts, acoustic treatments, lighting conditions, and technology integrations to test how users responded across multiple variables.

Design and deliver a highly immersive work setting experience lab.

That Works® was tasked with designing and delivering a fully interactive Experience Lab that transformed workplace strategy into a live testing environment. Each setting was intentionally designed with varying furniture, layouts, acoustic treatments, lighting conditions, and technology integrations to test how users responded across multiple variables.

Reflective chair near window
Reflective chair near window

Challenge

Important, high-stake decisions need an experiential, evidence-based approach.

The organisation was preparing for a major workplace transformation. Leadership wanted confidence that future workplace decisions would reflect genuine employee needs, not outdated workplace assumptions.

Important, high-stake decisions need an experiential, evidence-based approach.

The organisation was preparing for a major workplace transformation. Leadership wanted confidence that future workplace decisions would reflect genuine employee needs, not outdated workplace assumptions.

Solution

Design the lab around real work behaviours to gather richer insights into how space and technology is actually used.

Employees were invited to explore a curated series of alternative workplace settings, including: Focus and quiet work zones, collaborative team areas, hybrid meeting settings, agile project areas, individual workstations, ergonomic furniture solutions.

Ergonomic desk near window
Ergonomic desk near window
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CLose up of acoustic meeting pod
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Close up of focus pod
Acoustic meeting pod
Acoustic meeting pod
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Results

Better design decisions.

The Experience Lab directly shaped future workplace decisions, increased employee engagement with transformation process, and provided stronger alignment between workplace design and employee needs.

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People

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User insights

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User insights

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Credits

A hands-on, real-time problem solving partnership between That Works and our client to imagine, design and build the Experience Lab in record time.

Dr Megan Divett

Strategy Lead

Dr Megan Divett

Strategy Lead

Kailan Birkett

Client Advocate

Kailan Birkett

Client Advocate

Dr Megan Divett

Strategy Lead

Kailan Birkett

Client Advocate

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