One of the most important changes that the pandemic has brought in terms of Interior Design is that around space for work. The office as we have always conceived it it will no longer exist: the spaces will expand, the physical distance between one workstation and another will have to increase as well as the way of relating to colleagues.
But not only: smart working has reshuffled the cards on the table. Many professions can be carried out from home without the need to go to a common place, which has some disadvantages but also many advantages, such as saving time and stress when it comes to travel, greater possibility of organizing work, rhythms and spaces.
The companies have also acted accordingly, proposing new furnishing accessories designed to create the ideal location in the home. The home office of the future includes comfortable seating and multifunctional furniture that can be used both for work and not. In addition, chairs and desks will be designed to be used during office hours and then stored, so as to delimit and define the space between profession and private life.
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Furthermore, the insulating panels which in addition to visually limit the area from an acoustic point of view.
The largest problem related to smart working the division between operation and rest of space and time remains: the risk is that not having a moving routine leads to continuing to work beyond hours and that failure to detach from the place and work tools leads to never disconnecting the mind and to have fun. If such a situation passes from provisional to definitive, it must rethinking the concept of home and equipped corners.
And the office?
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If many realities choose to keep smart working, just as many will want to return their employees to the company offices. But these will have to be magazines with a view to hospitality. In fact, since many have appreciated home comfort making it a factor that encourages productivity, just as much comfort must be found in the office.
Spaces welcoming and comfortable for meetings and meetings, plants to make the environment more relaxing, better quality of the seats and brightness, more functional workstations, even with the stand up desk option to avoid the negative effects on the neck and back of the 8 hours at the PC will be essential . As well as greater attention to cleanliness, natural materials that are easy to maintain, technology that reduces surface contact in toilets and common areas
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