GUEST POST | THE HOME INSPIRED OFFICE 2018

Today we have a guest post from Flexiform, the office furniture design and manufacture company based here in Yorkshire, on one of the biggest trends within the office interiors industry, the home inspired office.

The home inspired Office 2018

One of the big trend predictions for office interiors 2018, is a home away from home set up with companies investing in furniture that their employees would lust after for their own homes. The concept is basically to create an office design that feels homey for employees and infuse aspects of the home within the workplace.

This Home style concept is a sign that companies are listening to employees wants and needs, as well as figuring out ways to make their time at work comfortable and enjoyable. This trend comes as a response to more and more workers opting for a work from home arrangements, many businesses have responded by designing office interiors that feel like a home away from home.

The boardroom

We have created a home inspired mood board which includes some of  key features from the trend for the office, the first visualised is to be for a board room featuring comfy chairs from connection, a wall hung house plant installation, pendant hung industrial style lights to go with alongside the Ferro range, the credenza  which can be used as a statement piece within the room or as a TV stand and the ferro meeting table. The marble wall mural will be complimented by the muted tones in atomic earth with accents of bermuda lime.

As more employees opt for work-from-home arrangements, businesses are responding by designing office spaces with a “home away from home” mentality, abandoning or reducing traditional office furniture, which as furniture design and manufacturers this is very exciting indeed. Last year we fully embraced this at Clerkenwell Design Week and created an adaption of our parq table the play parq which has been designed with an easily flappable top to reveal one side as a Subbuteo football table, transforming break out spaces in the office. Products like the play parq are being designed to encourage workers to want to gladly spend extra time and feel comfortable in their work space as less pressure in working environments inspires creativity.

The trend stems from the ever changing workplace of today and growing population of millenials within the workplace and the changing attitudes to comfort, the unconventional and hands on involvement, that coupled with the growing awareness as workplace wellness, makes for more exciting workplace interior designs.

Adaptations of this trend have seen offices include sofas, large armchairs, relaxation rooms, games areas, collaboration pods, hanging chairs, beanbags and pods for collaborative working.

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