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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.

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.

Sarah21 October 2026

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.

Sarah14 October 2026

Coffee and Side Tables: The Supporting Cast of Soft Seating

Office coffee tables get chosen last and used most. Heights that work with a sofa, tops that survive rings, and the reception cluster that just works.

Emma13 October 2026

Modular Seating: Build the Breakout You Actually Need

Modular office seating is bought as one object and used as one object, which wastes the point of it. Plan by module, corner and power unit instead.

Marcus12 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

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.

Sarah30 September 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

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.

Sarah17 September 2026

Modular Seating Layouts, Built in 3D Before You Buy

Our Mawsley, Harlestone and Brixworth pages now have a layout builder. Put the units together in 3D, check the size, and add the whole sofa to your basket.

Marcus14 September 2026

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.

Ben11 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