The workplace is all too often a place where magnolia walls and grey furnishings abound – but shouldn’t your environment inspire rather than drag you down?
Big industry innovators, like Google, and small boutique businesses alike have started to say goodbye to the shackles of desk dividers, boring walls and framed pictures of cogs with “teamwork” straplines. The design of your office is about more than making your workplace look nice, it’s about the fundamentals of the way your teams work and using the space you have to inspire creativity, efficiency and even mobility in today’s increasingly wireless culture.
So where do you start?
Look at your company – Its values, its ethos, its future and its heritage. It is all too simple to pick out the colour of your logo and paint a feature wall; instead consider the wealth of elements that could really help motivate employees.
Good use of your space is key to ensuring productivity and motivation but it’s important to understand that different teams require different working conditions to operate effectively. For example, telesales personnel who work to targets may benefit from being in closer contact with each other than R&D staff, who require quiet for concentration.
However, it may not be the right approach to close teams into individual offices where they feel shut off from the overall atmosphere of the workplace.
The Hannah Barnes approach
At Hannah Barnes Designs we’ve worked with businesses large and small to give work environments the redesign they need to inject passion, motivation, team mentality and bespoke company ethos into the heart of the workplace.
We work with you to ensure your new design reflects where your business is now and where you want to take it. For example, we can consider the likelihood your company will grow in the not-too-distant-future and ensure your design caters for the inclusion of extra bodies and desks.
The way your business operates is central to our approach. For example, if your organisation includes home or mobile employees we can work with you to design hotdesks, allowing your staff to comfortably work from home or office with ease and flexibility.
Ensuring your business operates fluently and efficiently, while simultaneously looking great is our mission. Get in touch today to tell us about your business and your ideas and together we can create something special.