Ideas, trends and practical guidance for a better workspace. From open plan layouts and small office design to biophilic offices and sustainable materials.
An office can look beautiful and still be difficult to work in. Office acoustics play an important role in how comfortable and productive a workplace feels. The furniture may fit,…
When an office moves to shared desks, the desk pedestal is often one of the first things to go. What happens to its contents gets less attention. Notebooks and spare…
How many meeting rooms an office needs depends on the number of separate meetings happening at the same time, how many people attend and which conversations need privacy. Employee numbers…
Hiring an office designer is a significant decision. Most businesses only do it once every few years, so there is often little to compare against. The stakes are real. The…
The hidden cost of a poorly designed office is never one big number. It is a slow leak of small ones. You pay rent on space nobody can use properly.…
Cheap office furniture can look like an easy place to save money. If you are furnishing 10, 20 or 50 workstations, even £100 less per chair quickly adds up. But…
An office that can grow with your business is rarer than it should be. Most offices suit the company that exists on the day of the fit-out. Eighteen months later,…
Every consultation we run starts with questions. After enough of them, you notice the same beliefs coming up again and again. Some are half-right, while others were true fifteen years…
Office design is one of the few investments whose return is difficult to see on a spreadsheet. As a result, many businesses treat it as a cost to minimise rather…
Good office layout tips for small teams start with a simple truth. Designing an office for a small team is a different challenge from designing one for a large organisation.…
Knowing how to make a small office feel bigger starts with one insight. There is a difference between a small office and an office that feels small. The first is…
Every office has one. The person who keeps a cardigan on the back of their chair in August. The one who props the window open in February. The quiet standoff…
