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A Custom Design for Your Custom Office

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Everybody has their own idea of a perfect, custom office. This is usually an office that best fits the needs of the company and its employees. The office is a place where companies can showcase their brand image. It can be an area of self-expression for employees. Most importantly, it’s a space that gives employees the opportunity to work to the best of their abilities. The ideal office can’t be duplicated. There isn’t a roadmap that helps companies build and design exactly what they need. The perfect office starts with an understanding – the knowledge of what the company needs. Without clear design goals and objectives, a company runs the risk of solely creating a workspace, rather than a beneficial working environment. There are elements of an office that can help employees be more productive, improve job satisfaction, and most importantly, promote employee wellness. However, the process of designing a custom office can be intimidating. There’s a lot that goes into building exactly...

Office Soundproofing for Sanity and Productivity

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For every design problem, there is a creative design solution. Take, for instance, the outdated and flawed hierarchical office layout where people had individual spaces and rarely interacted with one another. The solution: the open office. But, as we all know, the open office is fraught with its own design issues. One of the biggest is the intrusive sound level within the space . But what about soundproofing? The floor plan produces too many opportunities for noise with meetings, phone calls, music, and conversation. Those who need to hear you, like customers and colleagues, have difficulty doing so. The result: employee productivity goes down due to an inability to concentrate, and privacy goes out the window. The solution: reduce the sound so that it’s not so loud and disruptive. The way to do it can be attractive and creative thanks to good design. Acoustic Decisions To save money, most businesses move into already established buildings and need to manage noise pollution, unlik...

NeoCon 2024: Discover the Future of Modern Office Furniture and Design Trends

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NeoCon – the Mecca of modern office furniture – did not disappoint this year. Last month in Chicago at THE MART , people came together from all around the world to debut and explore new collections, trends, textiles, and more. NeoCon truly showcases the newest, most cutting-edge elements of office design . Vibrant coluors and engaging textures have found their own place in the office. New tech-enabled furniture is replacing outdated solutions. And as work styles and offices change, the designers adapt. NeoCon 2024 gave us answers to problems we didn’t even know we had. However, here are a few of the biggest emerging trends and what’s to come for the future of office design. Out with the Old Learn more about our modern office furniture collections The office environment and the impact it has on employees has been a focus of office design. Whether livening up a space or showcasing a company’s brand, the colors used in the office are just as important as the furniture we choose. Th...