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Technology shift sparks a rethinking of conventional office space.

With mobile devices invading the workplace and more workers telecommuting, many companies—and the design firms that serve them—are rapidly changing their thinking about conventional office space.

Cubicles are passé; flexible spaces that allow employees to log in, collaborate, and hit the road are all the rage. The goal is to support the mobile workforce, increase the opportunities to interact, and save money by using space more efficiently [Photo Gallery: Innovations in office design].

The Vancouver Olympics begin this Friday and will welcome some 2,500 athletes.

It’s true, they won’t be quite the design extravaganza that London 2012 will be–but there’s still going to be hundreds of millions of dollars in design on display, everywhere from the uniforms to the buildings to the branding. Fast Company provides a slideshow that gives an impression at the design elements you can expect to see flitting across your screen, in between shots of athletes.

DesignBoom listed some remarkable tube station designs from across the world.

It has collected nine outstanding examples. For example: Shanghai’s Bund Sightseeing tunnel, a 2,100-foot stretch of tunnel that connects The Bund–the city’s famous waterfront–with Pudong, it’s high-tech business district, which has sprung up from swampland in a mere 15 years.

Other master design works are the stations in Stockholm’s subway system, designed by Per Olof Ultvedt in 1975. There are literally hundreds of art installations, strewn throughout the city’ 100 stations. As DesignBoom points out, many take advantage of the natural rock faces found through the tunnels, which give the entire thing a primordial feel unparalleled in the world