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Given the cost of real estate, few companies can afford to occupy more space than they really need. In fact, many companies are making do with smaller spaces than they would like. For those companies, the question is: how do you take small reception areas, conference rooms, and private executive workspaces and make them work functionally without having them appear small and crowded? Here are a few office design ideas that may help to open up your space.

Reception Area and Conference Room Built-Ins

Built-ins are a way to make small modern rece...

“Custom made” sounds expensive

There are certain words when you hear them, your mind without further thought clicks the expensive box. Words like elite, luxury and exclusive are just a few that make you hold tightly onto your wallet when you hear them. Among those words are the words “custom made.”

When you are thinking about a modern reception desk, however, that does not have to be the case. Here’s why…

Modern receptions desks don’t have to be expensive

90 Degree Office Concepts has created a business model that practically allows you to ...

Whether you are occupying office space in your own building or renting space from an outside source, your reception area is an important zone to consider—and it requires thought and planning. This part of your office is where your customers, vendors, and employees walk through first—and leave last. Selecting reception furniture that creates a pleasing, welcoming environment while supporting function and everyday use is instrumental in the creation of a workspace that suits your company’s needs.

1. Measure your space. Use a measuring tape or yar...

Years ago, modern reception area design was as foreign to business owners as speaking Swahili to the average American. However, in this day and age, more and more companies are starting to focus on how their businesses look up front—and the messages this area conveys. They are beginning to realize that the impression they make at first—and the impression visitors leave with—represents an important factor in their business success.

Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec described his experience of seeing people for the first time when they come into the ...

Your business is different in so many ways than the one next door, across town, or even in the next state. Your business reception area may be 200 square feet, while another is 2,000. Your reception area shape may be square and another rectangular, while still another is triangular with a radius back wall and bi-level on the opposite end. One business may have a need for a single user application, and another three, four or more. Your business may need customer face to face communication, and yet another total privacy. If that’s not enough, you still need to consider: job function, wheelchair access, user chair space, and user tools, just to start.

For these reasons and much more, finding the perfect size reception desk ready-made (for the person that really cares about their business details) is next to impossible.

Let’s assume for the moment you care about your business details, then, there are many things you need to evaluate to make sure you select the right size for your business because if you get it wrong, your business will pay in one way or another. Here’s an example of what I mean…

Love at first sight

Like Britany, love at first sight for your brand is generated mainly by an emotional attraction. In the beginning, (in most cases) that attraction is based upon something you see insofar as very little may be known up front about what the brand is about. Like dating, if the brand can impress the customer, there is a good chance the customer may stick around for more.

Usually, the reason one will stick around for more is if they have an amazing experience during that first encounter.

Brand attraction through DNA

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When interior designer, Michael Ingram got hired to transform his client’s small empty space into the modern office workplace the owners envisioned, congruent with a Key West lifestyle yet consistent with their upscale clientele, Michael began reaching out to find an office furniture company that could help him with his quest. That’s when Michael stumbled upon 90 Degree Office Concepts.

Michael had previously put together a floorplan that he felt would work best for his client’s needs, what he did not know at the time was the extent of design ...

When Southeast Frozen Foods planned to move their office division to a new facility in Miramar, they called on 90 Degree Office Concepts for advice about moving their existing furniture. Relocating offices is not what they do. However, being a past client, 90 Degree sent a representative to see what advice could be offered, and to see if there was a way they could be of service.

Modern office designs may be great, but what about the cost?

After meeting with the CFO and crunching the numbers, the rep from 90 Degree came up with an idea to help...

When East Orlando Dental Association went in search of a pair or reception desks for their Orlando Florida office, they did what most modern, respectable companies do; they went shopping online. The problem they found was common…if they found the right desk, it was too small, if they found the right size it was the wrong color, and if they were lucky enough to find everything they need, it’s too expensive or had to wait much too long to get delivery. Welcome to the world of online shopping.

Fortunately for them, they found 90 Degree Office Con...

Compliance Matters in Port Orange Florida, is a well-run payroll service that does employee leasing and keeps businesses up-to-date on compliance issues. Eileen is a master at what she does. Her company is efficient, extremely detailed, and very well-organized. Anyone would do well to apply their techniques.

When we first talked with Compliance Matters, Eileen called us after visiting our website. I recall her being very interested in a product she had seen online. For reasons I didn’t know at the time, she also wanted to come and visit our fa...