Office Furniture for Small Spaces
Less is more. As available space has become a key issue for businesses, the challenge becomes space planning and utilization. Instead of relocating their businesses, many companies prefer changing their office layouts to efficiently add more employees into the existing space. This demands that interior designers, architects and manufacturers offer alternative solutions to the changing needs of growing businesses.
How can we live big in small spaces? How can we decorate these small workplaces to make the most of them? When it comes to living in small spaces, and making the most efficient use of them, necessity drives innovation and creativity. From an interior design point of view, office furniture products can present problems as well as solutions. But adopting a human-based approach to interior office design, manufacturers and architects are offering ergonomically sound and versatile office furniture that adapts to trends in modern technology. While varied by purpose, new office furniture has one common goal: space saving. For instance movable walls are replacing fixed structures, and workstations are becoming smaller and more compact. As such, companies can seat twice as many employees in an open office by replacing traditional workstations with new ones that also provide a variety of storage options because smaller spaces require innovative means of storage to put needed materials close at hand while avoiding clutter at the same time.
Individual workstations need to be adaptable and adjustable to accommodate employees of all sizes and abilities. The worker should be able to create a comfortable working environment for him/herself by determining the optimal placement of panel-hung components, adjustable workstation surfaces, keyboard trays and stands, and tool rail tiles that allow for easy access to work tools. Other areas where a cohesive design is important are mobile pedestal files and tables that can be transported to other workstations and screens that can quickly and easily adapt to various needs for privacy, storage, and work staging. More examples include full wall storage shelves and personal movable or permanent storage towers because the principal idea is to maximize the workspace by layering storage and leveraging the vertical space. Adjustable panel-mounted task lights, fully adjustable and ergonomically designed office chairs with adjustable lower lumbar back support are additional important elements.
You don't have to think small to live small! You can still have big ideas for your small office: it is all about vision and harmony. Living with less space, however, does not mean downgrading or deprivation. In other words, your office space does not need to be cramped. Also, you don't have to sacrifice beauty, style and functionality to live small. You can combine style with function and efficiency, and your office can still be appealing, attractive, delightful, and artful. With space saving in mind, MAiSPACE offers optimum solutions to meet your businesses' ever changing needs.
M.D Kim, who heads up Installations and Project Management for MAiSPACE, summarizes the new trend in office design for compact working environments: "Sky high rents force businesses to cram more into less, because floor space per employee has shrunk to an average 200 square feet from 250 square feet 10 years ago. "That includes common areas such as meeting rooms and central storage," he adds. Thus, this new phenomenon called the incredible shrinking office calls for attractive yet functional workspaces.
"MAiSPACE is an acronym based on the furniture industry term Modular Architectural Interiors" adds Kim. "Since 1993 we have placed outstanding design at the forefront of our line, but never at the expense of quality construction or providing flexibility in delivering intelligence to the workspace."
With our modular office furniture products, you don't have to spend several hundred thousand dollars on renovations and tens of thousands more for wiring. What sets MAiSPACE apart is our approach to interior design that integrates plug-and-play voice, data and power cabling systems into the structural elements. This further facilitates installations and inevitable moves, adds and changes (MACs), and simplifies processes to the point where company staff, after a minimum of training, can handle MACs easily.
Making your workplace a healthy and productive environment is a key investment towards maintaining your long-term efficiency. MAiSPACE offers the best value among its competitors for high quality office furnishings at a remarkable consumer cost of only $15 per square foot. At price points 40% below its competition, MAiSPACE backs its quality with a lifetime performance guarantee and a guarantee against obsolescence.
