Office Interior Design Checklist You Must Know

Employees in a company spend most of their time in the office itself. It is considered as their second home. Thus onus on the owner of the organization is to make the office space cozy and comfortable. Various aspects play a role in making the office feel like home but the foremost component of them is the interior design. 

Once you have shortlisted an office space, you should customize it as per your requirements. But the primary goals for most include:  

·         maximize productivity

·         provide an invigorating atmosphere for colleagues

·         leave a lasting impression on visitors

Every leading office interior designer in Bangalore keeps those goals in mind before starting a project.

Let's discuss a list of necessary points to consider prior to your workspace interior decoration.

To partition or not? – Open vs Closed seating

This is perhaps the trickiest question an interior expert face. Opinions always vary. Still we are going to mention different pros and cons.

Pros – Open spaces

1.       Ease in association, supposedly

2.       Higher seating capacity and flexibility due to lack of walls

3.       Easy to supervise employees

Cons – Open spaces

1.       Lowered productivity due to distraction caused by noise and interruptions by colleagues

2.       Increased anxiety due to lack of privacy

3.       Inefficient air conditioning due to large open spaces

On the other hand, Closed spaces help in offering the appropriate environment to focus but lead to loneliness.

Natural light

Ample natural light helps keep the office space healthy and improves the mood of visitors. Having large windows, translucent internal partitions and, if possible, high ceilings go a long way in transforming productivity and creativity. This openness brings everyone closer to the outside world and results in positive effects on the mental state.

The interior professionals should focus on keeping the size of windows and height of the ceiling right so that it will look great and satisfy the needs at large.

Greenery

Like natural light, certain plants inside help boost everyone's mood, shrink stress level and add life to spaces. It is indispensable to mention that plants help purify air. Greenery be it outside, inside or both helps in enhancing creativity. Keeping at least one plant on 2 desks, two large indoor plants outside each cabin and a few more in passageways and reception seems great.

Furniture Design

Provide for large but minimalist working desks and allow employees to customize their space. Research says that personalized spaces increases the feeling of ownership, makes the employee feel more comfortable at work and liable to stick with the company. It also increases overall well-being and productivity.

Provide for storage space too so that desks are tidy. Remember that tidy workspaces help in reducing stress and bolstering productivity.

Sitting for long hours at one place is not good for health and can be considered as bad as smoking. To avoid injuries, the designers must ensure that the furniture including chairs is ergonomic.

For many, it is not feasible to offer sitting and standing desks to all their employees. Hence, organizations should encourage them to take regular walks. This not only prevents injury but also helps to focus better and bond with others.

Acoustic Design – Balancing Sound & Silence

Noise at work results in stress, annoyance and even it can disturb your sleep at night whereas unnatural silence is disorienting. Thus design your work-space so that it can absorb sound by making use of acoustic ceiling/wall tiles, fabric. At the same time, professionals pitch for adding some white noise to fill the void.

Keeping partitions and big windows to take on sound is much needed. Acoustic ceiling and wall tiles are of great use in interior decoration. And to avoid transference between cabins, one can use rockwool in partitions.

According to various studies, playing music, as long as it’s not too loud or distracting, helps to be more productive. So Spotify and Google Play Music are mostly instrumental.

You need to know the do’s and don’ts of interior design before taking up any assignment into hand.