Everyone likes the idea of saving money, especially so on high-ticket items. However, there is probably a limit to what you would sacrifice to save a few bucks. Would you agree? Generally, things must fit the intended purpose to make practical sense. Example: you wouldn't buy a pair of shoes two sizes too big or small to save $50, would you? Would you hire a plumber to do your electrical work to save a few hundred dollars? Sometimes, what you must give up in exchange for the savings turns out not to be saving when it's the wrong fit.
Conversely, ready-made office reception desks operate under the premises of one-size-fits-all. They want you to believe that someone out there was smart enough to figure out your needs, no matter who you are, what size space you have, what you do, or your company personality.
Alice, an associate at a medical spa company in Northern California, was assigned the task of upgrading the image of her company’s reception area. One of the main things on their list of upgrades was a modern-style reception desk to add a bit of sparkle to the lobby. To Alice, at least at first, this was a simple task. All she had to do was search the internet for “modern reception desk,” find the style, color, and level of affordable pizzazz, and she was done.
"I need more than pizzazz".
As Alice started her search, she realized she had a la...
An office is not the same animal as a home. After all, thought is needed to convert an empty, baron space into a suitable place to do the work you need to do well. It is a place that you use to show the world what you've got for them. Given how many hours we spend in our offices, it should not be a revelation that office mentality can impact our thinking, lifestyle, and communication style. It can even be claimed that the design of our offices can contribute to how well people perform at their job, how they fair mentally and ultimately, physically.
Separately, the interior design of a modern office can offer a great chance to display our creativity, individuality, and personality of the company. Choosing the right modern furniture for your office is becoming more essential daily. Not only should it provide a place to work, meet your functional and practical needs, and be pleasing to look at, it should be made well.
When was the last time you were told you looked like someone else? Depending on the person in question, you were elated, insulted, or ambivalent. Bottom line, everyone likes looking attractive, being their own person, or being compared with someone thought to be tops in that field of comparison.
Compliments are not easy to come by, especially in an average environment. Those who care about the impression they make on others will go out of their way to ensure they look attractive in what they wear, applying makeup, haircuts, and personal health and hygiene.
Change has been something every one of us has experienced in many ways in the last few years. The pandemic has interrupted our lives in blockbuster proportions. The stock market growth and fall have left many in a tailspin. Lack of supply and great have left the country paying high prices for goods and services. Geo-political unrest has added its share of change pressure on the planet.
Companies large and small are reacting to change in different ways. Some companies are pulling back and reacting to what the environment dictates. Other compani...
If you are an online shopper planning to design a conference room, buckle your seatbelt, because you are in for a wild ride.
It’s true—online shopping has its perks. Most of all, it’s convenient. However, convenience alone is not always the best approach to designing optimal conference rooms for your company. In fact, what you gain in convenience, you lose in reassurance of getting the best quality, fit, function, and color(s). If you can’t see it or touch it before you buy it, that leaves a lot of unanswered questions.
The conundrum when looking for cool modern office furniture is that the price for the great-quality stuff is very high. Lower-priced furniture in the marketplace is priced right but looks so…well…average. There is a reason for that.
It is tempting to make a boring product or offer repetitive service, the reasons being, it’s easy to do, requires limited engagement, fits the needs of the masses, and gets limited criticism or pushback, no stress. If one can make everyone happy because expectations are lower, then no one is unhappy, and we are all good.
Some might argue that the purpose of modern office furniture is to simply to provide personnel with an optimal location and the appropriate tools to do their work. Conversely, in recent years, many have sought out office furniture that is reflective of a modern art form.
It’s tempting to be boring…make boring products…or occupy a boring space. Boring is devoid of criticism. It meets spec. It causes no friction or tension. Everyone knows what to expect, and if a product meets the comparative mindset, everyone is happy.
And if everyone is happy, no one is unhappy.
The issue is this: People who are satisfied with being boring are fixed on just one solution. They are not expanding. They aren’t looking to create better solutions. They don’t want to upset the apple cart.
