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Gazette

Office furniture, minus the homework. Buying guides, honest product talk, and notes from behind the scenes at Deskwell, written by the people who actually do the job. Some of it will save you a bad purchase. Some of it is Ben talking about the website again.

What We Look For in a Supplier (So You Don't Have To)

Guarantees by part, weight ratings in writing, spare parts you can buy and a lead time the supplier will stand behind. The checklist every range passes before it goes on our shop.

Chris15 October 2026

Biophilia Without the Jargon: Plants, Light, and Furniture That Helps

Daylight, a few plants and furniture that does not fight them. Chris on what biophilic office design actually means, minus the consultancy.

Chris8 October 2026

Why We Plan Spaces Free of Charge (and Why That Isn't a Trick)

Office space planning is free with every Deskwell project, one desk or a whole floor. What the service includes, why we offer it, and where the catch would be if there were one.

Chris1 October 2026

Office Pods and Privacy Booths: A Quiet Room Without the Building Work

What a privacy booth is and is not, what it costs against a built room, the power and screen questions, and where on the floor to put one.

Chris24 September 2026

From First Click to Long After Delivery: Our Aftercare Promise

Buying is the start, not the end. Our promise on questions, spares and support for as long as you own the furniture, and why we think that is simply how it should work.

Chris15 September 2026

Zoning an Open Plan Office Without Building Walls

Screens, storage runs, soft seating, planting and acoustics: five ways to carve an open plan floor into zones without calling a builder.

Chris7 September 2026

Our online office furniture shop is live, by the numbers

The shop is open. Here is exactly what sits behind it: 440 listings, 20,366 variations, 676 technical sheets and 383,765 individual specification lines.

Chris1 September 2026

"Which One Should I Get?" How We Answer the Only Question That Matters

The question every buyer asks, and the way we answer it: what suits the person using it, at a price that is the same for every business, even when that means the cheaper chair.

Chris27 August 2026

Hybrid Working: What the Office Is For Now

If people are in two or three days a week, the office has a different job. Here is how to plan for collaboration and quiet on the same floor.

Chris20 August 2026

Breakout Spaces: Why the Kettle Corner Earns Its Keep

The business case for a proper breakout space: the meetings it prevents, the lunch breaks it rescues, and furniture rated for the hours it will actually do.

Chris13 August 2026

One Price for All: Why We Don't Do "Call for Pricing"

The industry habit of sizing up the caller before quoting, why we refuse to play, and what one honest price costs us on a forty desk order.

Chris7 August 2026

The Small Office Layout: Making 20 Square Metres Work Hard

Four people, one room, and a decision needed by Friday. Walkways before desks, why 600mm deep beats 800mm, and the corner you should refuse to fill.

Chris31 July 2026