Post-covid office furniture, has its design changed? In recent months, there is a lot of talk about hybrid work models and their impact on the design of workspaces. How do they affect office furniture?
The office world will probably have little to do with the space we used to know. To respond to the new business cultures – horizontal, flexible and based on trust – companies are redesigning their offices, betting on friendlier and much more flexible spaces, in line with the new reality of work.
In this rethinking office design, spaces for teamwork and interpersonal relationships will be key, which will be versatile, multi-purpose and unassigned, as will not be individual jobs, which become everyone’s and not everyone’s. a specific person.
The new work environments also include spaces where you can perform functions that are not performed efficiently at home. This is the case, for example, of concentration spaces or the most creative areas for Agile methodologies.
4 TRENDS IN THE DESIGN OF POST-COVID OFFICE FURNITURE
The question is: what office furniture do these spaces need? We can highlight 4 trends in the design of post-covid office furniture: flexibility / versatility, safety, ergonomics and technology.
If the environment is flexible, mobile and multipurpose, so should the post-covid office furniture to allow the transformation of the space, according to the different activities or projects that are going to be carried out at any given time or the number of people.
Forthink
This is, for example, Ofita’s Forthink line, designed to make the most innovative new ways of working a reality. With its versatile and mobile pieces, such as blackboards, bleachers or panels, this line presents the new office concept like no other.
ERGONOMIC AND SAFE, THIS IS POST-COVID OFFICE FURNITURE
Since the start of the pandemic, at all times, the priority has always been the protection of employees. For this reason, post-covid office furniture includes protection screens that guarantee separation between users.
Equally effective is the zero covid furniture, by Ofita, with surface treatments to avoid contagion by contact, or soundproof booths, such as Vetrospace.
Vetrospace
These booths are increasingly present in new offices, and not only for security, but because they allow the creation of different functional ecosystems within an open space (meetings, concentration …) and in this way each activity can be carried out with maximum efficiency.
Furniture is an essential element to be able to work comfortably regardless of where you are. After months of confinement, workers today more than ever demand ergonomic and comfortable furniture, which allows them to ensure a correct posture during all working hours.
The task chair has taken the first place in ergonomic demands, followed by the movable or elevating table that allows to alternate standing and sitting work.
Multilevel & Hara
Collaborative spaces are undoubtedly the protagonists in the new offices, especially the more informal areas. With warm and welcoming designs, each day closer to the world of home. In many of these areas, the sober tables of yesteryear are replaced by sofas, armchairs or beanbags, much friendlier and probably more productive by creating more humane environments that motivate people. In these spaces, we can count, for example, on the many possibilities offered by the Meet UP! Line.
Meet UP!
If today we can talk about hybrid work models and flexibility, it is thanks to the technology that allows us to communicate from anywhere. Therefore, technology is the fourth trend that defines post-covid office furniture. Like the Ofita iSurf tables with built-in technology for remote communications.
iSurf
Offices are changing like never before. Fortunately, “Ofita Innovation” and our ability to create unique and personalized products accompany us in this permanent transformation.
