Office

What makes a good office chair?

A good office chair needs to give stable support throughout the working day and work with the height of the desk, the tasks at hand and the person using it. Gainsborough Desk Chair is one example of a chair for a desk setting. For a broader selection, desk chairs is the right way in, while lounge chairs belong in receptions and informal meeting areas. Start from load, workflow and the people who use the space during the day.

How do you furnish a meeting room?

A meeting room should be planned from the dimensions of the table, the number of seats, sightlines and lighting rather than from decoration. A desk such as Maxwell Desk Dark is not a meeting table, but it shows the level of material that can recur in storage and work surfaces. For the whole, furniture and ceiling lights need to be assessed together. Start from load, workflow and the people who use the space during the day.

What should a reception say about the company?

A reception should make the business intelligible without feeling like an exhibition. Prioritise clear walkways, comfortable seating, good light and materials that withstand heavy use. Jio Piano Armchair, Jio Charles Armchair and Jarvis Armchair offer different forms for waiting and conversation areas. Start from load, workflow and the people who use the space during the day.

What lighting works in an office environment?

Office lighting needs to combine even general light with directed task light and softer light in meeting and reception areas. Clarkson Desk Lamp can provide local task light, while Charlton Table Lamp is better suited as supplementary light. Avoid solving the whole office with the same type of fitting just to create uniformity. Start from load, workflow and the people who use the space during the day.

Can Brittfurn help with an entire office?

Yes, Brittfurn can help you think through furniture, lighting, textiles and representative spaces for a company office. Start with a floor plan, photos and the functions that need to be solved. On the product pages you can visualise wallpaper and fabric when you are logged in, and then book a free consultation or visit the showroom at Sturegatan 20 in Stockholm.

The office must work for the business first

On this page the reader is a company, not someone furnishing a home office. That changes the decisions. A workstation needs to withstand repeated use, meeting rooms need to work for several people and the reception must handle both waiting and movement. So start with the functions and let materials and expression follow. Desks, desk chairs and office accessories are more useful ways in than a general style category.

For workstations, Gainsborough Desk Chair can be combined with desks of different scales. Maxwell Desk Dark, Desk Legacy II in Cigar Club and Desk Palazzo Medium show how material, storage and form can create different levels of formality. In an office, the dimensions should always be checked against the movement of the chair and the walkway behind the workstation.

Meeting rooms need better proportions rather than more decor

In meeting rooms, sightlines and distances matter more than the number of objects. Chairs should be able to be pulled out without blocking the walkway, and the lighting should give even light across the table without glare on screens. Clarkson Desk Lamp and Charlton Table Lamp are examples of local and supplementary light, while ceiling lights give a better overview for the general light.

Textiles can be used to dampen sound and make hard meeting rooms less echoey. Under fabrics you will find materials that can be used for curtains, upholstery and acoustically softer surfaces. Wallpaper can give identity to a feature wall or reception, but should not become a background that competes with people during video meetings. There, a calmer rhythm is often more useful than an extreme motif.

Reception and informal conversation areas

A reception needs to signal care without feeling fragile. Jio Piano Armchair, Jio Charles Armchair and Jarvis Armchair are seating pieces of different character for waiting and conversation areas. For larger groups, a sofa such as Wordsworth 3-Seater Chesterfield Sofa or Shakespeare 3-Seater Chesterfield Sofa can provide a more gathered seating zone. What matters is that the furniture suits the actual flow of the business.

Lighting for work and representation

Offices call for several levels of light. Workstations need directed light, meeting rooms even lighting, and the reception can use softer points of light. Vaughan Pisa Table Lamp, Vaughan Hardwick Table Lamp, Longacre Table Lamp Small and Ring Table Lamp Small fill different roles rather than being interchangeable. See also lighting for a broader perspective.

For a private home office, study is the better page; here the focus is on company environments. Brittfurn can help with the whole from the showroom at Sturegatan 20 in Stockholm. When wallpaper or fabric is involved, you can first visualise the options on the product page when you are logged in, and then book a free consultation with a floor plan, photos and requirements for workstations, meeting rooms and reception.

Create a clear hierarchy between work zones

A company office need not look the same everywhere. On the contrary, the environment becomes easier to understand when workstations, meeting rooms and reception share related materials but differ in their degree of formality. Work areas can be more restrained, while client-facing rooms gain greater visual weight through tables, art or lighting. The common denominator can be a wood species, a metal finish or a cohesive colour palette in the textiles.

Also plan for how the premises come across in digital meetings. Backgrounds should be considered without being distracting, and the light should fall so that faces are not left in shadow. In larger offices, different room types may also need different acoustic solutions. There, curtains, rugs and upholstered furniture can do functional work while helping the company keep its material palette together. For home offices and more private use, go instead to study.

For companies it is also wise to consider what should be possible to change without a major refit. Furniture that can be moved between conversation areas, supplementary lamps and textiles that can be swapped make the office more adaptable as teams and ways of working change. A stable foundation of tables, chairs and lighting gives greater freedom to adjust the expression later.

That makes for more sustainable planning over time.