Gazette
Lighting and Layout: Desks That Don't Fight the Windows
Screen glare and backlit video calls are the same window seen from two sides. Sarah on planning desk runs around the light you already have.
Focus in the Darker Months: Light, Layout and Winter Office Productivity
The clocks go back on 25 October. Desk positions that chase daylight, task lighting that lights the work, and furniture that gets people moving at 3pm.
Sitting All Day? Your Chair Setup Checklist
Height, depth, tilt, arms, lumbar. Sarah's five adjustment office chair setup, in the order that works, with the reason behind each step.
The Visitor Journey: From Front Door to Meeting Room
Walk your office as a first-time visitor: where they wait, what they sit on, what they pass on the way. Office reception design as a route, one small decision at a time.
The Posture Reset: Five Desk Habits Worth Breaking
Perching, craning, hunching, dangling and the phone-shoulder pinch: five habits your body files complaints about, and the furniture change that fixes each one.
Colour in the Office: Beyond Fifty Shades of Grey Furniture
Accent seating, upholstery that zones a room and two-tone desks. Office colour schemes that work with one decision, made on purpose, and the restraint to stop there.
Lumbar Support: What It Is, Why It Matters, How to Spot the Real Thing
The curve in your lower back, the pad that should meet it, and the difference between adjustable lumbar support and a bump of foam with ambitions.
Visitor Chairs: Comfort for People Who Don't Stay All Day
Visitor chairs have a different job from task chairs: quick comfort, easy in and out, and fabric that forgives. How to choose one without paying for levers nobody will touch.
Acoustic Panels: The Polite Way to Quieten an Office
Open offices echo because sound has nowhere soft to land. Here is what acoustic panels actually do, and why a few in the right place beat a full refit.
Soft Seating: Where People Actually Want to Sit
Tub chairs, two-seaters and modular stools all look inviting in a photograph. Here is how to match office soft seating to what the space is actually for.
Ergonomics 101: Set Your Desk Height Before Your Chair
Elbows first, then the desk, then the chair, then your feet, and the screen last. A ten minute routine that needs no gadgets and usually no new furniture.
First Impressions: Reception Seating That Says the Right Things
Your reception talks before anyone at the desk does. Choosing visitor seating for comfort, cleanability, and the message it sends while people wait.