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Office design: divider partitions

Posted on August 13, 2009 //

Nowadays the divider partition is one of the basic elements of office design. Invented as a tool to border and separate spaces, utilized for the routing of wires, the divider partition has evolved to cover function connected with environmental comfort, but also in aesthetic terms, through new figurative languages.

Office partitions – technical, glazed, modular or cusom-sized, accessorized, functioning as boiseries or mobile – represent the creative challenge for designers of office layout and for those who organize the different areas of office space: reception, group zones, teamwork areas, individual workspaces.

Divider partition becomes a protagonist, redesigning spaces thanks to dynamic, flexible structural characteristics that distinguish it from the substantially static design of the dividers of the past. It creates innovative, multifunctional, comfortable, sustainable spaces. Then, integration of soundproofing materials and climate control technologies make the divider a valid tool that contributes to achievement of improved environmental comfort.

How can I divide and isolate spaces?
We can choose between technical partitions that provides high performance and offers greater design freedom; light or mono-glass partitions that provides new technologies and combinations with differen materials; and mobile partitions composed of rather heavy modular elements.
Mobile partitions are a product without standard modular sizes, custom-made for spaces by selecting from a wide range of finishes, from melamine to laminate, wood to fabric.

Use them in hotels, convention centers but also into schools, universities, health care facilities, banks and offices.

Filed Under: Design //

Wellness in the office as well as at home

Posted on August 7, 2009 //

I recently read an interesting interview to Adriano Baldanzi, a designer specialized in design furnishings. About furnishing for the office and for the home, he said:

I’d like to talk about the ‘habitat’ without any distinctions. The office as a habitat destined for doing certain tasks, just like the kitchen and the bedroom (…). Manufacturers are aware that, even when it is shared, the workplace needs to be personalised, fitted with accessories and capable of conveying a sense of wellness to facilitate productivity.

We need to find in the places where we spend so many hours of our lives, a warm welcome, normality and freedom. So topics like comfort, wellness, colour and pattern tend to be borrowed from products designed for the home, so as to make workplaces more lively, inhabitable and comfortable.

Improving living conditions in the workplace is not difficult. We can simply choose from a wide range of ergonomic products offered on the market. It’s useful to talk about “ergonomic tools” to emphasize their advantages in terms of work rationalization, safety and wellbeing, for a more correct way of working.

Furnishings are not only a fundamental component for the functioning of a company, but also help to express its brand and its mission.
The workplace as well as the home should be designed paying more attention to emotional values; it must have a soul and a strong identity.

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