Gazette
Chair Mats and Floor Protection: Save the Carpet, Spare the Caster
The quiet economics of office chair mats: what wears out first, how to size a mat, and why standing desks need a different kind altogether.
Desk Screens: Privacy, Focus, and a Bit of Peace
The sightline maths behind screen heights, what acoustic classes actually mean, and which fixing fits which desk. Ben on desk screens, with numbers.
Storage Accessories: Dividers, Trays, and the Art of the Tidy Drawer
Extra shelves, roll-out filing frames, castors and handles: the office storage accessories that finish the inside of a cupboard, and the order to fit them in.
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.
Whiteboards and Noticeboards: Thinking Out Loud, on the Wall
Melamine, lacquered steel or glass, felt or cork, and the three sizes that actually get used. Emma sorts the wall that does the thinking.
Desk Power: Sockets and Modules Where You Need Them
In-desk power modules, pop-ups and clamp-on sockets: ending the daily crawl under the desk, one grommet at a time, with the watts and fuse ratings that matter.
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.
Monitor Arms: Reclaim Your Desk, Spare Your Neck
The cheapest ergonomic upgrade in the building is not the chair. It is the thing holding your screen, and most of us are still using the stand it came with.
Cable Management: The Unsung Hero of a Tidy Office
Trays, spines, grommets and ties: what each one is for, and a six step order of operations that gets a desk sorted in fifteen minutes.