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Happy Sustainability Day! In September, Office Furniture Center completed its largest project in company history, a 1.8mil square foot decommissioning of a major insurance company's headquarters in Northbrook, IL.  It was a 7 month project and covered 15 buildings and 62 floors.     In the end, the Office Furniture Center team removed over 33,000 furniture assets from the campus. ...

National Ergonomics Month - Benefits of a Height Adjustable Desk Adjustable workstations provide many health and ergonomic benefits. For example, some employees don’t have the flexibility to get away from their workstations every hour. Computer desks with adjustable heights allow users to adjust their body position more easily. As a result, stiff muscles and joints can be prevented. The ability...

Benefits of an Ergonomic Task Chair October is National Ergonomics Month. In honor of this we'd like to provide some insight onto the benefits of ergonomic task chairs.   1. They encourage correct posture   An ergonomically designed chair will prevent you from slouching. A slouching posture can also give you headaches, neck pain, back pain, and other discomforts.  ...

Creating Collaborative Culture Through Office Design   A company's culture is its only long-term competitive advantage. Throughout the lifecycle of an enduring business, team, product, and execution play key roles: rockstar executives will leave, network effects can fade, and new challengers emerge increasingly frequently.   How can you help your team live a vibrant culture once you've defined it? You...

5 Popular Cubicle Configurations Designed in 1964 as a way to empower people, the cubicle was the first of its kind. It was originally designed by Robert Propst, a designer for Herman Miller at the time. In an attempt to improve on the open-bullpen office he was familiar with, Propst studied how people worked. During his design of the "Action...