Your office has an enormous impact on the way you work and the productivity of your staff. The ideal office designed aesthetically can impact the creative process in terms of atmosphere, lighting, function, space and digitization. This means regardless if you work at home or in a large environment, the design if extremely important. Check out these factors of office interior design that impact a healthy productive and friendly office.

Lighting

Lighting is an important element in any office interior design.  It should be bright enough for work and warm enough to create a healthy atmosphere to help people be creative and think positive. Dark spaces can even cause depression and allow negativity to take hold in the thinking process.  Use of natural light bulbs or light therapy devices is ideal for the modern office. When you work from home, you should make more use of natural light during the day.

Chair and Table

If when sitting at your desk and you find that you always have to stretch or adjust the chairs and tables, it means these aren’t suitable for office work and can seriously impact health. Tables and workstations should be at comfortable levels for workers to be productive and remain healthy too. One should always be at least 24-36 inches away from a computer screen and a slightly reclined chair posture will reduce pressure on the spine.

Clutter

An office should never look clutter because it impedes the thinking process and is never good for the positivity of any space, be at home or office. Clutter doesn’t help in focus and productivity. Employees in an office should be encouraged to keep their workspaces clean and free from clutter. Clever use of spaces for storage and inbuilt cabinets will ensure that nothing remains on floors and on workstations.

Room Color

Room colors are important in any office and so is the design that needs to integrate those colors and patterns in a way that isn’t a visual horror.  An office should be designed in such a way that clients and employees will like being in a pleasant and warm atmosphere that is pleasing to the senses. Colors, in fact, can impact mood and what better way than to use positive colors that relaxes the mind in an office.

Noise Level

One big factor of an office interior design is the acoustics where walls and fitting should be designed not to echo or reflect sound too much. In this way, the quiet spaces help employees to concentrate and focus on work without distractions. Noise affects anyone

Air Quality

Air quality is important especially in humid or temperate climates where offices need to be enclosed for the purpose of air conditioning. Plants that detoxify the atmosphere, give off oxygen, and filter the air by improving air quality is advisable.  The advantage here is several indoor plants have such properties and these should be placed at strategic areas for an aesthetic look.

Spaces

When space is a constraint, then the creativity and experience of a good architect and interior designer come into play. Intelligent use of minimum space for maximum functionality and utility should also provide the appearance of being open and wide too. In this way, it won’t seem too cluttered. Storage facilities using verticals walls and below workstations is ideal in this regard.

Organization of People

An office should always be designed according to the hierarchy of personnel but at the same time not depriving employees apace facilities and functions that are necessary for working. In fact, studies show that when people sit with colleagues, they tend to be more productive.

Ideal Storage

Making external storage units and placing them in various areas of your office is not advisable as it will make furnishing look bulky, untidy and cluttered. Optimum use of concealed spaces for storage is best when you have a portable office.

Conference rooms should be fitted with digital facilities, and items like whiteboards should be integrated into wall designs to avoid the use of placing external whiteboards in the rooms and occupying space.

Refreshment

Refreshment facilities are necessary for any office interior design and this is why a small pantry is ideal for any office where employees are encouraged to use the office facilities for coffee breaks, lunch, meals etc. This saves time for both the company and the employee who may not have to go elsewhere for such amenities.