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When it comes to the design of an office it’s is not about just giving employees a desk and a chair. It is widely accepted that the physical environment in workplaces influences the wellbeing and productivity of office staff. There are numerous factors to think about in office design in order to get the best out of employees. 

Working Environments Furniture have a few suggestions to make for a more productive working environment. 

1. Pay attention to colours
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WE worked with Pure in helping them find some suitable meeting pods for their open plan office. After looking at the options they selected the Meeting pod from The Meeting Pod Company with standard dark grey foam on the upper interior and grey on the seats. The standard white exterior was used.

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With companies constantly looking to maximise the use of their Real Estate one area that is often ignored is the outdoor space. With meeting rooms, video conference suites and even classrooms in high demand, but with available space at a minimum, one solution is to use a modular meeting pod system that can be used outdoors.

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WE had a request for a particularly fast track project, and we were happy to help! The requirement was for 100 no. desks, chairs and pedestals that were needed in a very short time frame, including delivery and installation to Birmingham. The products also needed to be similar in style to their existing office, but we had to keep a very close eye on the budget.

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This year Working Environments Furniture has started working With Knoll, the manufacturer with some truly iconic products. Their portfolio includes designers such as Florence Knoll, Harry Bertoia, Barber Osgerby, Ludwig Mies van Der Rohe and Eero Saarinen to name but a few.

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Seed pods have been developed by Safe Innovations Ltd, originally to create private space in public service environments where there's often tension between the need for privacy, pressure on space and limited budgets. The pods provide private spaces where professionals and patients meet for mindfulness, counselling, health screening and other purposes....Read more

As a continuation on our series for meeting spaces WE are looking at the ranges and options for meeting bays that are proving popular at the moment. For definition purposes meeting bays are separate areas for meeting spaces that have at least two "walls" of some description but are not completely enclosed spaces (such as with meeting pods...Read more

Orgatec 2016 was very busy this year, with many new products as well as improvements on some old favourites,  and as ever I left feeling that I should have allowed more time to explore all it had to offer!  

The parts that I did see were imaginative and thought provoking and I am pleased to say, provided us with additional answers to some of the projects WE are currently working on.

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Acoustic pods and meeting pods are some of our most popular products at the moment. The room in a room concept has been developed for facilities managers looking to:

• increase flexibility of their workspace
• reduce impact of build work and costly office downtime 
• take out the requirement for project planning, building
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Keeping offices as flexible as possible whilst investment and development costs are minimised is a growing trend amongst WE’s clients (OR many businesses). Fortunately, manufacturers are responding with an increased range of cost effective products allowing companies to do just that.  Whilst many clients are working with WE to refurbish existing meeting spaces with new meeting room furniture, or adjust how...Read more