Office furniture trends for 2020
Today, 80% of our time is spent at work. This is why the improvement of working conditions and the well-being of employees has become a key issue.
The choice of a design and ergonomic furniture, has its key importance in the company.
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The new trend in height-adjustable office furniture
Are you tired of sitting at your desk all day long?
Today, companies have developed a new concept of “sit/stand” offices. This system allows you to adjust the height of your desk so you can choose to sit or stand. From an ergonomic point of view, this desk will relieve your back and neck pains, etc., linked to your permanent sitting position. You are working on a very important article and your sitting position allows you to concentrate, but at the last minute your boss arrives and asks you to give him a briefing, so no need to go to the meeting room, you raise the height of your desk to be able to talk quietly with him on a high plane and tell him about your work. And yes, the sit/stand desk allows you to adapt to any situation!
A new furniture trend!
Discover the range of sit/stand desks that Nowystyl, Europe’s leading provider of workspace solutions, can offer you
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Home-oriented office furniture
Does your strict work environment generate stress and pressure? Today, according to some studies in companies, it turns out that workspaces with just a simple desk and a chair, block the productivity of employees… That’s why incorporating a little more“relaxation” and“habitat” into your office will help you feel more confident, more relaxed, and thus improve your work performance. It is important that an individual feels comfortable in his office, that is why companies set up furniture adapted to that: as offices in the form of sofa for example, or to set up various rooms, allowing the employee to recharge, to isolate himself, to relax, or to concentrate. A real trend for lovers of home-style office furniture!
Some furniture suppliers, such as
Myo
offer booths with more or less space, in order to have “isolated” meetings or to be alone to make a phone call. As mentioned in the article on height-adjustable desks, Nowystyl also offers home-style work furniture (modules, poufs, sofas, etc.)
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Home furniture, a new work space and new ways of thinking
An explosion in teleworking
Teleworking, a practice that was marginal in companies until a year ago, has been imposed on many employees since last March. For many, the transition was quick… In just a few hours, you had to choose where to confine yourself, alone or with your family, in your apartment or second home (for the lucky ones! ?) and consequently define your future workplace.
Today, as the Christmas decorations are being put up in the galleries and on the streets of the city, the announcement of a new lockdown has come. But this time, there is no question of doing things in a hurry and in a hurry.
We anticipate, we adapt to create a functional, design and ergonomic Home Office space, conducive to concentration and productivity.
The My Desk Office team helps you to design your home office space with a selection of quality products from our partner EPC here . It is a matter of responsibility of the companies to offer and allow its employees to work in good conditions with adapted furniture, and to offer you the best products at the right price.
The Home Office trend has therefore been adopted by almost all companies. This upheaval in corporate practices and policies is not always easy to implement for companies that must change and evolve their corporate culture. It is necessary to relearn how to manage and work in a flexible way.
This is why the home workspace is becoming one of the most important functional areas of the home.
Finding the perfect balance between comfort, functionality and aesthetics is the goal. Whether you have a dedicated room to set up your office or you live in a cramped space, we have solutions to suit your needs.
The French manufacturers compete with ingenuity and technology to create ergonomic individual offices for small apartments. The Omni Design brand offers the HOC modular desk/console in eco-responsible wood. A home office solution for small spaces.
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Banning of theopen space How to rethink office space in the age of the Covid-19 pandemic?
Originally, the open space is a German (not American!) concept born in the 1950s at the time of the development of the service sector. The initial idea was to create a space in which the office layout and furniture were mobile to put the human element back at the heart of the work process. This, with the aim of being able to quickly evolve the same workspace without constraint…
Without constraints, not quite! Originally, the open space starts a real reflection on what is a workspace, what and who it is for and how it should work. Today, however, it is controversial and threatened by the corona virus.
The main criticism of open spaces is that they are noisy, with the lack of soundproof partitions between offices being the main cause. They also point out the lack of privacy and the fact that they are under the constant surveillance of colleagues in a panoptic system. What are the consequences? A lack of employee productivity and therefore a loss of revenue for companies.
But, rest assured, if you have an open space, there are solutions for working efficiently, provided that companies have done everything possible to increase the inherent acoustic comfort. Marc Bertier, a doctor in sociology and an architect, adds that“the open space only works if there are closed spaces next to it: little bubbles for concentration and isolation“, in other words, areas dedicated to brainstorming and creativity.
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A rather … sporty way of working!
Work and burn calories at the same time!
This is one of the trends in office furniture. More and more companies are looking for a creative solution to give their employees enough movement. There are offices with treadmills for walking while working and offices with bicycles for cycling while working.
There are also other advantages of sporty offices, such as increased productivity, a better working environment, less absences due to illness, less psychological disorders and better physical condition.
With sporty offices employees and employers are happy. Perhaps in the future everyone will work by walking or cycling.
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Key points
It was observed in this article:
- Nowystyl’s height-adjustable desks for a new working comfort.
- The furniture changes and is oriented towards a more “cocooning” aspect and with a “Home Sweet Home” style.
- How companies have adapted to Covid.
- And finally, a new (very) sporty method at the office!
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