Flexible furniture: Tips for office space design
When is a desk not just a desk? Furniture is not what it used to be. It’s far smarter. A single item may serve several functions, making your space far more efficient and aesthetically interesting. Items are more mobile and (forgive the term) morphable than ever before. New furniture is a tremendous way to make a space more practical for the multitude of circumstances that arises in your business every day (i.e. formal meetings, casual brainstorming, independent work, quiet collaboration, etc).
Moral of the story: if you’ve been feeling squeezed out of your present space, you may not need to move. You might just need a fresh look at how to use that space better.
A couple of tips:
- • When you’re ordering furniture or working with a designer, ask for furniture with moveable components. But…make sure you maintain some control with non-moving anchor elements
- • Consider workspaces that provide options for easy changes in how your team works together day-to-day (i.e. can independent workspaces be easily changed into comfy meeting spaces?)
