Clear open spaces help to increase employee morale and productivity.
Just like people follow trends for clothes and fashion, there are office furniture trends to keep an eye out for.
The key difference between furniture trends and fashion trends, however, is that furniture trends help improve office morale, can attract employees, and can be essential to your day-to-day operations! Let’s take a look at the office trends of 2015 and beyond.
Office Furniture Trends: Mobility
One of the key office trends of 2015 is mobility. Companies don’t want to deal with the hassle of buying a new office building every time they add new employees, so office furniture trends focus on mobility. Instead of rigid desk assignments or 1,000-pound file cabinets that you need a tow truck to move, office furniture is portable and less fixed than ever before. Instead of a bunch of cubicles lining the office, current furniture trends are focusing on creating more open spaces for employees to collaborate. Everything from beanbag chairs to large open tables are considered work stations now, and more and more employers are creating these spaces to attract millennial employees.
Office Furniture Trends: Open Communication
The portability of workspaces and less defined workstations are part of creating more open communication. Steve Jobs would actually design the Apple campus to encourage chance encounters. Younger employees like to be social and collaborate, and many employers are finding that this helps productivity rather than hinder it as previously believed.
Office Furniture Trends: Scaling Back
Instead of creating massive conference rooms that hold 80 people but only need to sit 10, office furniture trends are focusing on creating more efficient space. Conference rooms are really seeing a makeover. Instead of just focusing on cramming as many people into the room as possible, office trends are focusing on improving acoustics, making the conference room soundproof and providing enough outlets for smart phones, laptops and tablets.
American Design Associates, Inc.
American Design Associates, Inc. is a Contract Furniture Dealer and Design Firm located in Towson, Maryland. We proudly consider ourselves a “Dream Team” comprised of experienced project managers, interior designers, service technicians and an outstanding customer support team. We service clients throughout the Mid-Atlantic region including Maryland, DC, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and beyond. We have the resources and the know how to provide the best solution for all of your business needs.
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