Making the Office Matter: 5 Trends in Commercial Furniture You Should Follow
Find out how you can make use of the most interesting furniture trends in corporate office design to emphasize productivity and health safety.
A large part of company culture flows from the way the office space environment is established. Placing employees in an open concept office will influence their relationships with each other and the company differently. Likewise, the workplace can be enhanced for productivity by following these promising corporate office design trends.
Easy-to-Clean Furniture Materials
Some furniture materials can harbor bacteria and prove difficult to clean. This has always been troublesome, but it’s a real hazard today. Using microfiber furniture and other materials that are easy to disinfect is a key component of having a healthy, post-pandemic workplace environment. Consider bleachable and easy to sanitize finishes and materials to provide safer options for employees. Ensure that your office undergoes regular deep cleans with daily wipe-downs of high-traffic surfaces such as doorknobs, counters, and desk surfaces.
Comfort and Warmth
With many people working from the comfort of home, offices are stepping up the comfort they offer. Emphasizing warmer colors, natural light, and cozy spaces with comfortable furniture is becoming increasingly common in modern offices.
Sofas, ottomans, and other plush seating arrangements can help employees feel relaxed and comfortable, providing them with a different environment to inspire creative thought as well as the opportunity to socialize and take a break.
Plants-as-Decor
Incorporating greenery into an office helps make the space seem more open and visually interesting. Green decor has become increasingly common in recent years, and the trend has only continued to pick up steam. Many studies have shown that increased oxygen from certain plants such as aloe and ivy can help stimulate and enhance productivity as well.
Distinct Working Spaces
The open office is a step forward, but it’s not everything that employees need. They also need quiet, individual working spaces to accomplish deep work, free from distractions. On the other hand, they can also benefit from more communal spaces that are suited to group work, meetings, and collaboration. Equipping an open office with a mix of solo-working booths, work couches for teams, and other specialized furniture helps in this goal. Our Maars movable walls offer a great combination of flexibility and aesthetics to continually modify and enhance any open office.
Smart Offices
Smart office furniture has a great capacity to change the way that we work. For instance, using smart sensors to track time at different desks can help in building insights about where employees prefer to work. Employees can also program automatic reminders on sit-stand desks that help remind them to move around and change their posture, which helps avoid back pain and improve concentration. Additionally, there are technology solutions that help mitigate “noise pollution” by reducing the range of acoustic sounds in the office. This can be invaluable in settings such as call centers or open office plans where several people may be simultaneously speaking in the same space. The Maars Living Walls offer a wide range of acoustic finishes that help reduce sound while greatly enhancing the anesthetics of any office space.
At Working Spaces, we’re your culture architects. We don’t just sell furniture. We listen, create, and help companies develop unique, inspiring, original interiors that enhance company culture and inspire your team to be their best self every day.
Get in touch today to learn more about the potential for the latest furniture trends to revolutionize your workplace.