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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.