Open-Plan Offices: Good or Bad? As multi-billion dollar tech startups began popping up in Silicon Valley, it became en vogue to adopt some of their strategies. One of the most widely adopted concepts is the open office trend. However, shortly after companies instituted the open office floor layout, which consists of having everyone from every tier of the company in one spacious …

How to Upgrade Your Office Wall Decor Contemporary office wall decor has changed dramatically over time. As can be seen in stills and movies, offices used to have a sparse and utilitarian appearance. In terms of office art ideas, you were generally relegated to a few landscape paintings.However, as the years have passed, the office began accounting for more of our daily hours. …

It seems that every company is trying to adopt the architectural layout of an open office in 2020. However, a plethora of studies have come out against this concept, with many arguing that open offices don’t work.However, major tech companies such as Google and Facebook tout that these open offices are critical for open communication channels. With everyone in one collective ro …

You’re unlikely to walk into a major tech company and be met with rows of private offices or cubicles. Thanks to tech giants such as Facebook and Google, the corporate world has come to believe in the idea that to work in better harmony between different teams, the walls need to come down.However, a Harvard study on open-plan offices may show that they aren’t the best option fo …

The activity and noise of a busy office can be distracting. Office equipment, ringing phones, conversations among co-workers, the buzz of HVAC systems and more combine to create an overwhelming amount of noise that has a negative affect on our productivity, concentration, and health, not to mention employee morale and job satisfaction. In fact, excessive noise is one of the mos …