Gazette
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.
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 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.
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.
Back to the Office in September: A Checklist That Isn't Dreadful
Chairs that sink, desks that wobble, screens that have given up. A short office refresh checklist to work through before the busy season, most of it free.
Standing Desk Myths: What the Research Actually Says
Standing all day was never the goal. An honest look at the calorie claims, the smoking comparison, and why the height you sit at matters less than how often you change it.
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.
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.
Sit Stand Desks: The Hype, the Health, and the Honest Bit in the Middle
What standing desks actually do for you, what they definitely do not, and the four hardware details that decide whether you keep using one.