From Me Space to We Space

We previously discussed how office furniture designs and corporate trends shape the way higher education furniture is produced and utilized. As a Cincinnati Kimball Select Dealer offering corporate, education, and healthcare furniture, we keep up on the current trends and relay that information to you, the client.

That being said, corporate trends are leaning towards adding more collaborative areas while allowing employees to be mobile – opposed to designating a space for each employee. This is known as going from “me space” to “we space”. Another trend on the rise in the office furniture industry is coworking. Coworking is made possible thanks to advances in technology that allow employees to work remotely. These space trends are changing the way office manufacturers design and produce their furniture.

Below you will find some of our furniture suggestions for creating that open, collaborative office plan for your employees.

1. Kore is a benching system designed by Kimball for working and living, no matter how workers are situated. It’s complete with elements for privacy, media integration, and solutions for learning and training.
2. National Office Furniture’s Mio embraces an evolving work culture by adapting to any application or style. This collaborative table has a variety or work surface shapes, sizes, and materials with the flexibility to integrate technology.
3. Villa is a Kimball modular lounge collection equipped to support a variety of individual or group activities with endless configurations and optional height shades and even built in technology.

To see some of the corporate office designs the OstermanCron team has completed with this open, collaborative look visit our website.