Gazette
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.
Ergonomic Chairs vs Task Chairs: Where the Money Goes
What the ergonomic badge should mean before a chair earns the extra money, and where a plain task chair does the same job for a third of the price.
"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.
The Canteen Refresh: Cafe Tables That Survive Lunch
The canteen takes more punishment than any other room in the building. What to buy so it still looks good in year three: wipe-clean tops, stacking chairs and tables that fold away.
Meeting Tables: Sizes, Shapes, and Seating Maths
How many people genuinely fit round each meeting table size? The elbow maths, the shapes, and the tape measure trick that stops you buying a table the room cannot hold.
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.
Staff Lockers: Giving Everyone a Spot of Their Own
Hybrid working made staff lockers interesting again. What to check on sizing, locks and placement before you order a bank of them.
Cantilever Chairs: The Meeting Room Workhorse
The cantilever frame has no back legs, no casters and nothing much to break, which is why it still fills most meeting rooms. Here is what to check before you order a dozen.
The Office Storage Audit: Cupboards, Shelves, and Where Paper Goes to Hide
A fifteen minute audit that tells you what storage you actually need, then the honest differences between a cupboard and a shelf, and tambour against hinged doors.
Bench Desks: The Case for Sitting Together
Why bench desking took over: cost per seat, one run of cabling, and extension kits that let a team grow without replacing the furniture. Plus where it goes wrong.
Executive Chairs: Comfort, Presence, and the Leather Question
Padding depth, recline, and the three different things sold as leather. Plus the point at which a plain mesh chair is the better buy, even in a smart office.
Mesh Office Chairs: Breathable, Light, and Occasionally Misunderstood
What mesh backs genuinely do well, why the complaints are usually about the frame rather than the mesh, and how to pick one that survives full days.