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Pedestals, your office's BBF ;)

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If you haven’t got the first clue about office furniture , you’d be excused for assuming BBF means ‘ Bestest-Best-Friend ‘. And you also most definitely need to read this piece from top to bottom. The rest of you who correctly guessed ‘ Box-Box-File ‘ can move on ( although we recommend you read in case you’ve forgotten some of the basics ).  In furniture, Pedestals are box-like frames containing drawers for storage purposes. They are generally placed below the worktop towards one corner, either freestanding or to provide support to the workstation. It’s that thing you either meticulously fill with stationary and paper-work, or, you dumb random stuff in only to be never found again.  Let’s have a look at some of the basic specs and options available with pedestals  SIZES - Slim & Regular  The size would depend on how you want to configure it, which we’ll look at next. The most common ones which are placed under the worktop to either your left or right are

Color me Productive

Colors are an explicit expression of personality and taste. Picking the right color is a tricky affair; besides individual tastes in color being subjective, it’s also important to pick a color that fits your company image and nature of work. It affects an outsider's perception of your business.  But moving beyond the aesthetic appeal of colors, it’s been proven that colors can have a subliminal effect on productivity and mood. A study has shown that colors may account for changes in an individual’s cognitive and psychomotor performances, though the extent of it is unknown.  We’ve narrowed down the major points you need to check off your list when picking colors for your office & office furniture :  How Color affects behavior & productivity World renowned psychologist Angela Wright developed a science backed theory named color affects system . According to her, individual perception of color may be subjective based on personality, but there are some unive

4 Design Mistakes Your Employees Will Resent You For

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You’ve heard the urban adage, ” the true test of a person’s patience is a bad internet connection.” We’d like to think this applies to furniture as well, in some form or the other. To be clear, we’re talking about design, offices furniture that, aren’t necessarily just bad in quality but are counterproductive to what they're meant to do. Like buying task chairs without castors - why would someone do that ?! While you won’t find someone throwing a laptop out the window ( worst case scenario ), you’ll definitely find some disgruntled employees struggling to focus on their work. Productivity takes a big hit, and facilities and HR departments will have their suggestion boxes overflowing with complaints. Below are some of the mistakes we’ve seen decision makers make over the years. Keep them in mind the next time you’re deciding what to buy: Assuming there are one size fits all solutions Never a good idea. It may make the decision process shorter and easier, but it’s a bad lo