Shopping around for a new desk this new year? Maybe you should consider one of the latest trends in office furniture – standing desks. Standing desks are perceived as offering many benefits, and many businesses are already operating standing desks only in their offices worldwide. But just what are the benefits of standing desks?
How important can it be to arrange your desk for optimum productivity? The Huffington Post recently released an info-graphic that claims to be the ideal desk arrangement according to the interest of boosting productivity. In this post we will be dissecting this information and giving you some insight on the benefits.
Something we often ignore is the effects that our surroundings can have on our health, including at work. For the majority of us, we spend almost half of our lives at work so it is important to recognise where you can improve or benefit your health and your posture. Poor office chairs are one of the most common causes of bad backs and bad posture, with bad backs being one of the most common complaint from workers, usually causing many sick days. We’re exploring how much damage your office chair is doing to your physical health and how you can avoid causing yourself anymore strain.
Treadmill desks have been slowly making their name in offices worldwide. They are exactly as described, a desk that is attached to a treadmill, created in an attempt to encourage office employees working long hours to stay fit and healthy. But, are they practical? Are they revolutionary? And do they work? We’re exploring the future of the treadmill desk.
When choosing the right chairs for your office it’s important to understand how important it really is to get it right for your employees. Consider that on average your workforce are sitting in these chairs for up to 9 hours a day, which really puts into perspective how imperative it is to invest in chairs that sustain support to your employees for a long length of time. Choosing the right office chairs can be the difference between having a team fit for work or having a long list of sick callers with bad backs.
Not every office has a huge amount of space to fill, in fact your office may feel more like a cupboard than a work space. Luckily, office furniture manufacturers and designers recognise that offices come in all shapes and sizes, consequently creating space saving office furniture, that allow you to get the job done and utilise the space around you as efficiently as an office ten times your size.
Ergonomic office furniture has been revolutionary for the workplace and continues to offer innovative design and comfortable solutions to the basic office furniture of yesterday. However, there is always room for improvement and the ergonomic furniture industry are keen to adapt and develop on their already favourable furniture.
Following-on from the earlier parts in this series, with the budget in place, the scope of the project mapped-out and the works necessary to refurbish and re-purpose the various areas of the existing workplace undertaken, the final stage in the process is turn the spaces created into places of work. In this article we turn our attention to office furniture and decor and look at some of the considerations you will have to consider to ensure your new workspace is fit-for-purpose.
Modern offices are always on the look out for futuristic furniture that provides more purpose than it’s initial function. In 2018 we see office furniture designers pushing the boundaries to provide the next best piece of furniture that embodies everything the modern office requires and more.
We are spending more and more time in the office and at our desks, so it is no surprise that there has been a huge increase in people suffering from back problems, usually caused by bad posture.
