IT management so cords aren't snaking everywhere and devices that have plugs within easy reach for charging. The top priorities are a good ergonomic desk chair, good task lighting, good ambient lighting, enough usable desk space for sorting and spreading, easy access to storage so you can easily put away and find what you're looking for, art on the walls and color.
Creating these spaces is not difficult, but they do need to be planned carefully so there is no wasted space.
Ideally there is a view out a window, natural light, a comfortable chair, and no boxes or files to trip over. Why is it technology needs are always lagging behind, even though we rely on them even more now?īut a well designed office should be almost like a cockpit with everything you need within easy reach. There isn't adequate space for wall hung screens or monitors when that may be much more useful, and cords are snaking everywhere around the room. Or grand book shelves and display space, when increasingly books are kept on electronic devices. Executives may have sofas and arm chairs they don't use, rather than a smaller table and chairs that their team might actually sit at so they have space for their tablet or lap top. The starting point is often a "look" as opposed to the needs of the people who will work in those offices. A premium is put on the amount of physical space, elaborate art and the coolest design trends, and not always on how well thought out and efficient they are, or whether they are designed to support us in our daily work. There is a lot of waste in most corporate office environments. I don't understand the need for a large house unless you have a large family or maintain your office or business there, and my philosophy on offices is the same. In addition to which, she has created a whole series on why bigger is not better, it's just bigger. Sarah Susanka is an architect and writer and she has created a philosophy about homes called, The Not So Big House, which has always been an inspiration to me.
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