We’ve commented here on our blog about some of the exciting new design ideas we’re seeing and using in office design today. Here’s a great article that talks about what’s driving some of the radical changes in office design. Read it here.
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The Decline of the Cubicle
(Fourth of a four part series on Office Furniture Trends for 2012)
During 2012, we’ll be designing more open offices than ever before, with fewer cubicles, and more common work areas.
Cubicles sales peaked in 2000, when they accounted for nearly 37 percent of all office furniture sales. That’s fallen to about 26 percent. Companies now prefer more open spaces that make it easier for employees to work together.
Workers used to spend most of their day at a desk or cubicle, report to a conference room for meetings, then tread a familiar path back to their workstation. Now, companies are setting up more gathering areas in “in between” spaces, where workers can hold informal conferences, chat with colleagues, or plop down with a laptop. Workers like the flexibility, and companies encourage the collaboration.
More and more employees aren’t even in the office most of the time. They may be outside sales people or they could be working from home. Why waste precious office space on people who are rarely actually in the office. Common work areas and tables provide these workers with what they need to be productive during those rare times they are physically in the building.
The equipment we use and the way we work keep evolving, and so must our office designs. 2012 promises to be a year when we will see many of these changes take place.
As usual, we here at Workspace Solutions will keep you up to date on our “What’s New” blog.
Saving Green on Going Green
(Third of a four part series on Office Furniture Trends for 2012)
Most of us like the idea of saving the world’s resources for future generations, but it hasn’t always been easy to put our money where our heart is. Happily, this is changing.
Office furniture stores like Workspace Solutions are now awash in green goods. Furniture made from recycled content, low VOC (volatile organic compound) paints that emit fewer greenhouse gases, organic fabrics and Energy Star business equipment that uses less electricity have become commonplace. The best news, they are price competitive with ordinary, non-green counterparts. Our top office furniture suppliers all feature green lines and products, and are introducing more every day.
Goodbye Brown and Gray Desks. Hello White?!?
Voi from Hon
Productivity is key for any piece of office furniture. White laminates provide a clean, blank work space that can spur creativity for the user.
It is refreshing and brings brightness. Previously shunned due to its strong reflective quality, white is becoming a popular option for the office. White is the sum of all colors and has no negative connotations. It can be used as both a main color and a contrast color. White creates room and size, brightens up and allows room to breath. It lends exclusivity and drama to spaces or objects. Black against a white background delineates and emphasizes form and design.
It may not be right for everyone, but more and more, white has become a color of choice in office design. What do you think? Are you ready for a white desk?
Collaborate with Allsteel’s new Involve
Cubicles divide office space into private spaces all with the same function. That’s great as long as everyone performs the same tasks and you never have the need for collaboration.
Involve, from Allsteel, was developed to support collaboration spontaneously at each individual workstation. This makes work areas far more productive and efficient. The collection incorporates soft seating to encourage spontaneous interaction, laminate storage options that support active work, and screens that define space and create varied separation. One unique solution supports all the ways work happens.
You can download the brochure by clicking here.
Workspace Solutions is your AllSteel dealer for Fort Wayne, South Bend and Indianapolis, providing you with 21st Century ideas for designing your office for maximum efficiency. To find out how you can use new ideas in office design, contact us today at Workspace Solutions.
The New Look of Office Design
It’s the new look of office design, with storage built across one side, and plenty of desk or table room on the other. It’s more efficient, ergonomic and works better with technology. Workspace Solutions has just added the new Keel line from Abco that is designed to fit today’s office styles. Check out Abco on our website here. Check out the Keel video:
Keel NeoCon 2011 from izzy+ on Vimeo.
Win a New Office Chair
Even if you don’t have an ugly chair, you can still win a brand new Office Star 829 Leather Seat Mesh Chair with a retail value of $950! All you have to do is send us a photo of your office chair to contest@workspacesolutons.com, and then, starting August 13, have your friends vote for your chair on our Facebook page. Here’s a hint. You don’t really need an ugly chair, just plenty of friends who will vote for your chair photo.
Check out the 411 on the chair you can win.
Office Star 829 Charcoal Leather Seat Mesh Chair in Black/Gunmetal
The SPACE® seating collection combines contemporary design with ergonomic engineering to enhance the décor and comfort of any office setting. Built to Office Star Products exacting contract furniture standards, this highly innovative, eye-catching collection is backed by Office Star’s industry leading limited lifetime warranty. And within the vast confines of SPACE®, you’ll find more than 100 models to choose from.
Features:
• Charcoal Breathable Mesh Seat and Back with Built-In Lumbar Support
• One Touch Pneumatic Seat Height Adjustment
• Deluxe 2-to-1 Synchro Tilt Control with 3-Position Lock , Anti-Kickback, Seat Slider and Tilt Tension Control
• Cantilever Arms
• Heavy Duty Chrome Base with Oversized Dual Wheel Carpet Casters
Ugly Chair Contest Underway
Turn that worn out office chair you’re sitting in now into a brand new one. Enter our Ugliest Office Chair Contest. Enter on our Facebook page, here.
Then, you’ll need to get your friends and co-workers to vote for your ugly chair to win. Send your ugly chair photo to contest@workspacesolutons.com.
An “Epic” Announcement
Coming this fall to Workspace Solutions, Epic, from National, is loaded with layered surfaces and storage and organization tools such as pull out trays ideal for project work and stackers. Sliding doors, modularity and compatibility with the Exhibit Wall Rail Solution and WaveWorks casegoods further highlight its private office and open space application. Its Epicenter wall powers multiple workstations as well as supports eye level storage units for added convenience.
Use That Wall!
Every building has walls and sometimes what to do with them may be a tough decision. Say hello to Exhibit™, the latest line from National Furniture, and now available at Workspace Solutions. It removes barriers and transforms the walls into purposeful design elements offering a variety of solutions for all workplace, collaborative and social environments. Exhibit’s efficient use of wall space and various inserts, such as slat walls and work tools, marker boards and tack boards, serve as an organizational coach, brainstormer or an impromptu art gallery. Exhibit lets the walls do the “heavy lifting” creating a lighter, airier aesthetic while providing easy access to electrical and data. Check out the video, then talk to us about putting your walls to work for you.
Exhibit Wall Rail Solution from National Office Furniture on Vimeo.