Size doesn’t matter. What does: acoustic privacy (set that cell phone to vibrate, please).
People like paper, and some locate it more easily if it’s stacked vertically.
Since so much work is digital, people crave a view of the outside, says one workplace journal editor.
But recent research suggests we don’t want to navigate through an ‘organic jungle.’ Plants, while pretty, decrease productivity.
Light, from above, feels like a hot, desert sun.
Work is more impersonal–does that e-mail address have a name?–so people need personal ‘shrines.’
Staring at flat monitors makes us covet visual complexity. Irregular desks help.
A BOSTI study shows that impromptu meeting areas are essential.
Some file. Others pile. Like Einstein.
Worst feeling: sticking to the chair. Go mesh.
More connected = less control. Power over anything–even a drawer–is everything.
