From The Rock

Like a person or a home, an office has a soul, and it depends very much on how much heart and mind you put into its conception, design and execution. Office furniture is like clothing and just as clothing is more than a covering of the body, or a shield to the elements, furniture expresses the man who owns or runs the business. If you saw the film Godfather, you may remember that noirish office with its aura of awesome power. I particularly remember that rust colored chair from which life and death commandments are nonchalantly muttered. It was an office seasoned by years, charismatic as the man himself.

Let us suppose you are setting up an office and need to furnish it within a month. Functionality, comfort and aesthetics are the things you need to keep in mind. Furniture is costly, and you will reap what you sow for years or decades. Remember, true aesthetics does not show.

It is not just a question of money since the expression Stinking rich has some rationale behind it. More often than not, money is a badge of vulgarity. Furnishing an office needs intelligence, taste and human consideration.

It is not merely a matter of cost since you can think of many an office where money has been disastrously mis-spent, resulting in an office that is neither pleasing to the mind nor

The arrangement of the workstations is another important thing. Is it an open office or a closed office? Do you want the people to be interacting or do you want them to be mum and bent over their papers or keyboards all day long. This depends on the kind of work as well as your own work ethic. There is always a golden mean between people being huddled close or being separated like stars in a constellation.

Let us come to the actual furniture: the tables, the chairs, the drawers, the shelves and so on. To get it made or to buy ready made stuff? Tailor made garments are not necessarily superior. Big companies can afford the best designers and use state-of-the-art machines.

Custom made or ready made? Stitched clothing is not always superior since big companies are able to effect economies of scale and employ the most talented designers. Where office furniture is concerned the best idea would be to first form a mental picture of your office to be in as detailed a fashion as you can. In the vast range of choices available, you may, with due research, be able to find most of your needs in a way pleasing both to you and your pocket. Some things, specially the storage spaces, where the diversity of needs outstrips the range of the market, may have to be tailor made.

How about professional services? Well, really, indispensable! Nothing like an expert and a professional, but in office furniture as in other things, in the last analysis, you are your own doctor and your own lawyer!

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