Important Office Design Trends Of Today’s Workplace Is your office in desperate need of an office space update? The layout and design of your new office space should be the main focus of your redesign. With a little bit of time invested, a well thought out office environment will ensure a happy and productive workforce. Plus, making sure your office space design Read More
Outdoor Break Rooms Help Employees Relax And Recharge Break rooms are an essential part of an office design and yet they are often under appreciated and underutilized. In office design, break rooms should be more than a place to eat your lunch or grab a cup of coffee. Just as the name suggests, break rooms should be a place where Read More
Standing or Seated Office Desks. Which Is Right For You? Choosing the right office furniture can be an overwhelming task for any facility manager. With so many choices in the market today, it’s hard to know what trend to choose. Every year there are new and innovative achievements in office design within the industry. One such innovation that continues to Read More
Decorate Your Office With Colors To Increase Productivity If your office walls are painted a dull, lifeless gray, it may match your disposition and efficiency at the office. Studies have shown that colors don’t just change our moods; they also profoundly impact our productivity, for better and for worse. That’s why it’s best to decorate your workplace with a vibrant Read More
Green Office Walls Make Workers More Productive You probably never think about the color of your office and how it affects your mood, profitability and productivity, but it does. What colors you choose for the office can have a dramatic effect on your employees, clients and other visitors. These effects are subliminal and instinctive, creating either a good or bad Read More
How Introverts Can Survive The Open Office Floor Plan Consider the modern office layout: the open floor plan featuring lots of common space flooded with natural light, clusters of collaborative office desks – all designed to encourage teamwork, boost productivity and (management hopes) improve the bottom line. That type of office layout looks great on the company’s website, and most likely the Read More
The Standing Room Only Workplace This is probably not the first you’ve heard of this but the ill effects of remaining seated for long periods of time is said to be bad for your health. It even has a name, sitting disease. More recently, health experts have gone so far as to suggest that offering ways for individuals to exercise Read More
A Lifespan Treadmill Desk Makes It Easy To Fit Exercise Into Your Day People are always complaining about how hard it is to fit exercise into your day (me included) and stay fit, especially during the winter months. Compared to other ways that you can spend time, exercise can be a chore. This is especially true when you’re talking about Read More
2016 Collaborative Office Design Trends In 2015, there were many opinions about the rise of open office designs. The key feature of the open office was collaboration and the best thing about a collaborative office design is how versatile it is. The 2016 collaborative office design trends will continue to foster an environment where teamwork is made easy. With mobile technology, Read More
Stop Sitting Disease with Focal Upright Leaning Seats Our bodies were not built to sit. They were built to stand, walk and move around. If you sit too much, it can lead to “sitting disease”. It’s a real condition and the research to support it is out there. Research finds that an increased rick of chronic disease and premature death is a Read More
Affordable Standing Desks and Treadmill Desks Let’s face it. No matter how much you love your work, if your office space setup isn’t making your job easier, then it’s making it harder. And, who needs that? In 2016, treat yourself to an office desk that not only aids in your productivity but your overall heath as well. If you are worried Read More
Now is the Best Time to Invest in Trendy New Office Furniture As we approach 2016, there’s no better time to invest in trendy new office furniture than right now. This is because manufacturers tend to raise prices at the beginning of the year. You may be afraid to purchase trendy office furniture in Houston because the workplace design is Read More
Locus Workstation by Focal Upright Your desk is killing you! Sound dramatic? It is. “Sitting disease” is considered an epidemic in our country. Between commuting, sitting all day at work and then sitting at home, there are some very tangible, adverse effects on a person’s health. Mounting evidence suggests that those who spend hours with little movement are at higher Read More
4 Reasons to Love Height Adjustable Desks A recent survey found that many of us spend up to 12 hours a day sitting looking at computers or watching television. If you throw in the seven hours we spend sleeping then that adds up to a remarkable 19 hours a day being sedentary. And we all know that being sedentary can Read More
Can Boomers and Gen X’ers Embrace the Open Office? We hear so much about the Millenials, but what about the Boomers and Gen X’ers? Is it fair to ask an established employee at your company to embrace the open office after spending a decade or two behind three walls? Imagine the assault of sites and sounds to someone thrust from a Read More
Coza Task Chair by Boss Design At this year’s 2015 NeoCon in Chicago – the largest commercial interiors show in North America – Boss Design won “Best of NeoCon Silver Award” for its revolutionary Coza Task Chair. Check out this NeoCon on-site interview with thenewcool.com: Commenting on this latest accolade, Founder and Chairman of The Boss Design Group, Brian Murray says: Read More
The Poppy Chair by Haworth The dividing line between work and home life is fading, and so too is the distinction between office furniture in Houston and residential furniture. Movable yet confortable, collaborative furniture has become a cornerstone to many contemporary office spaces today. These collaborative work areas are designed to be casual, flexible and adaptable to your particular work Read More
Chadwick Modular Collaborative Lounge Seating The Chadwick Modular Collaborative Lounge Seating can take on a multitude of forms. You can use one individual seat or join a few modules together to make a sofa. Multiple pieces linked together can create a large-scale seating solution for public space or hospitality seating. Units link together securely with simple connectors but can be Read More
Customizable Modular Bivi Workstations by Turnstone This year’s NeoCon showcased a large variety of vendors but they all seemed to focus on the same goal. The goal was to improve designs from the previous year with more focus on employee wellness and the importance of moving around at work. And just as we expected, sit-stand options were everywhere. One such vendor, was Turnstone by Steelcase. Read More
The Evolution of the Office Cubicle The common office cubicle has had a big impact on society; from influencing some of the great architects of the modern age, plus sparking debate and studies into the capacity that the average worker’s office environment actually plays. Its evolution has progressed over the years from old-school boring cubicles, into innovative productivity enhancing modern Read More
