It’s that time of the year again. Out with the old and in with the new! This year seems to be a positive year for many small businesses who are expanding quickly. A growing company needs new office furniture. Here are some pointers if you are in the market for new furniture.
A perfect example of how a company maintains an amazing work environment is none other than Google! They have a unique plan which aims at creating a work environment where their workers enjoy working there so much so, that they stay on longer after work on most days. Consequently the production and service levels are high and Google in general have very happy workers. Creating a similar model for your business makes a lot of sense for sustainable long term growth and longer worker retention, especially of you have a large staff turnover and need to make changes.
So what are the latest trends? Modern clean cut design with natural colours, using plants and natural textures seems to be the latest trend. Everything green and eco-friendly is a trend that will always be huge in the future, so thinking along those lines is definitely a positive step in any business.
The thing to remember are colour tones, depending on your type of business. If you have a surgery for instance, you will want to provide cool, soothing colours that relax your clients. Green and blue tones mixed with earthy pastel tones work well. A good example are most of the banks who use a lot of blue and green in their interior design.
On the other hand if you have a service orientated business with fast turnaround times, warm vibrant colours that have an energetic feel to it is exactly what you need. If you notice, places like McDonalds and Wimpy use yellow and red. They have a fast turnaround and do not want people to be in their shop for more than 15 minutes.
The questions you need to ask yourself. Firstly will a re-design and new furniture increase the state of happiness concerning your work-force? I recommend that you get your staff involved in the process. Find out what they would like changed and what additions in the office will increase long term satisfaction. Your staff are ultimately the people who have to enjoy the changes. The goal here is to increase workers’ productivity.
The company we highly recommend as one of South Africa’s leading business furniture company My Office Furniture. They understand a company’s needs and will advise you on what to upgrade and what the latest business trends are concerning design, colours and textures.
Hopefully this will give you some insight if you are planning to upgrade your office furniture in 2020!