Can Boomers and Gen X’ers Embrace the Open Office? We hear so much about the Millenials, but what about the Boomers and Gen X’ers? Is it fair to ask an established employee at your company to embrace the open office after spending a decade or two behind three walls? Imagine the assault of sites and sounds to someone thrust from a Read More
Office Furniture To Check Out At Neocon 2015 I am an office furniture geek and lover of all things office design. It’s Sunday night and I’m gearing up for Neocon 2015 tomorrow. I just downloaded the Neocon app and am busy researching all the stuff I want to see at the massive Merchandise Mart in Chicago tomorrow. Here’s my top Read More
Friant Celebrates 25 Years In The Furniture Industry! We’re all familiar with the story about Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniack building a computer in a garage, but what about other entrepreneurs like them that started with nothing more than a few thousand dollars and an idea? One such legend is a company called, Friant. Friant is a furniture manufacturing company Read More
Can Office Cubicles Be Collaborative? Collaborative, open office designs are increasing in popularity. If you’re one of many companies with office cubicles and without the budget to upgrade to an open office space all is not lost. There are several easy and affordable ways to make your office full of cubicles more collaborative. Check out these out: 1. Decrease office cubicle Read More
Office Cubicle or Open Space, Chronic Pain in the Office Does Not Discriminate Whether you work in an open office with a ping pong table and espresso bar or one with rows of office cubicles, chronic pain can find you. The cause of the chronic pain is not so much where you are working, but how. A recent article by Read More
Why Is Your Boss A Jerk? Could Be The Office Chair Office furniture in Houston that makes you feel more powerful may also make you behave more dishonestly. According to a study conducted by Andrew Yap, the bigger your office space, office furniture, even office chair, the more apt you are to be a sneaky, bold-faced liar. The study looked at Read More
Corporate Office of the Future is Very Green Two innovative designers received top honors by incorporating a high tech greenhouse within the corporate office. Their futuristic design could become reality and the grass would definitely be greener at this corporate office of 2025. In a recent blog, we discussed different ways to address employees’ number one complaint, sound privacy. It seems Read More
Open Office Versus Cubicles: Which Is More Disruptive? Open offices have gotten a bad rap over the last few years, especially for lack of privacy. While it is always a great idea to be flexible in your office design and create spaces for concentration and spaces for open collaboration, I have to ask, “Are open offices really that disruptive compared Read More
What’s Behind Office Furniture Industry Growth? More than economic factors, the WAY people are working is having a greater positive impact on furniture industry growth, according to a recent article at mibiz.com. A stronger economy and corporate profits along with available office space are the typical driving factors, however, industry experts recognize a change in how people conduct their work Read More
How To Set Up A Conference Room Does your company have an effective conference room? The company conference room is a powerful room that should inspire collaboration, a room that affords privacy for productive team meetings, and a room to complete projects, launch products and increase sales. Your conference room design, decor and functionality will influence how people view your company. Read More
What Does Your Company’s Office Furniture Style Say? When a client walks through your door, your office furniture and style speaks volumes before anyone even says “hello.” You are judged on the look and feel within the first five seconds of arrival. Are you ready to be judged? Does your style send the right message? Are you conveying all you want Read More
New Sound Absorbing Office Furniture Swedish Office Furniture Maker Glimakra has introduced a new line of office furniture that absorbs sound. It’s incredibly stylish and delivers the sound absorption so desperately needed in the new open office designs. Here’s the full article with more images. The new office furniture design team, Johan Kauppi and Bertil Harstrom unveiled their sound absorbing furniture at Read More
Veneer or Laminate Office Furniture When choosing office furniture in Houston, it’s important to select office furniture that will make a statement. A good first impression with clients and associates is the key to good business. Random mismatched furniture pieces just won’t do! Your office space should be professional and uniform. But with so many office furniture variants out there Read More
Office Budget Tips For The New Year With the new year comes a fresh, new office budget. If you’re like many, it holds both promises and challenges. Here are some tips to get the most from your 2015 office budget. 1. BUY USED INSTEAD OF NEW: Remanufactured cubicles and work stations save 30% to 70% and you’ll never know the Read More
The GLOBAL ACCORD chair is prominently featured in boardroom scenes of the new CBS hit drama, Madam Secretary. Tune in to CBS on Sundays at 8:30pm (check your local listings for changes) to catch the GLOBAL ACCORD in action!”
Top 2 Reasons Workstation Clusters Make Call Centers More Profitable Squeezing as many desks in the least amount of space possible is an outdated model for call center design. That tactic helped reduce real estate costs but it did not help with employee morale or productivity. Setting up a successful call center is now a science of design, layout, ergonomics Read More
How Colors Affect Your Business For many years, office spaces have used color schemes based around grays, tans and browns. These are safe and timeless colors, but if you’re looking to re-invigorate your space, consider adding colors that can inspire confidence, plus boost your staff’s creativity and productivity. Green is the color of money but is it the right color Read More
3 Ways to Increase Your Company’s Profitability There are two approaches to increasing profitability: Sell More or Spend Less. As an office furniture company, we’re not in business to tell you how to increase your sales, but we do a pretty good job of helping companies spend less. So, here are ideas to increase your company’s profitability by spending less. Read More
Go For the Gold with High Performance Office Furniture You’ve taken great care in recruiting a winning team of employees. You’ve invested heavily in training. You have an aggressive marketing program in place to help attract customers. But, there seems to be something missing because your employees just don’t seem to be performing up to their maximum potential and the Read More
5 Traits of a Quality Office Furniture Supplier There are many places you can buy office furniture in Houston if you know exactly what you need. But, navigating through literally thousands of variations of chairs, desks, tables, cubicles, cabinets and shelves can be a daunting task. Add to that the challenge of figuring out what will fit in your office Read More
