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March 21, 2012
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Organization. There are five areas of organization: Office supplies, the office space, electronic information, time management and papers and files. In an ordered environment resources are used productively, and there’s less space for confusion, misunderstanding and frustration.
Comfort. A decent table and comfortable chair should be a must. Adequate lighting, fresh air, and a good heating…
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March 21, 2012
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Ask your average person to consider where in their day-to-day life do they interact most with objects of design and many will answer, “furniture”, at least here in Los Angeles. Blocks and blocks of interior design and high concept modern furniture stores line the many shopping districts found in the Greater Los Angeles area. Together with clothes and cars, furniture is perhaps the area of…
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March 21, 2012
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Organizing entails more than a neat desk, and lots of containers with color coded stickers. You might be familiar with the feeling of frustration when all your efforts to organize only serve to confuse you further.
In her book, “Organizing From the Inside Out” Julie Morgenstern introduces a novel organizing tactic which she calls ‘her #1 secret weapon’. It’s more than a tactic…
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March 21, 2012
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There’s a lot to say about office chairs but the real question is, what does your chair says about you? With the unique ABChairs from designer Roeland Otten, your chairs can quite literally say whatever you’d like them to. Otten has designed a set of 26 chairs shaped like each letter of the Alphabet. The chairs are made from lacquered MDF, and are available upon request, in limited…
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March 21, 2012
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Since their appearance in 1968, cubicles have made an indelible impression on American corporate culture. They appear over and over in pop culture as the prime character in office humor, and the prime suspect of office soullessness. Though millions of people spend their time in cubicles every day, and do or do not share the Dilbert experience, and millions more have never stepped foot in a…
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March 21, 2012
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What was office life like in 1975? 1975! Since I was negative ten years old in 1975 my imagining of life in that time is pretty limited. It mostly consists of Mad Men scenes and a list of befores that gets mighty long before you hit 1990. before internet, before e-mail, before Microsoft, before laptops, before computers. 1975 was before smartphones, before cell phones, before cordless phones -…
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March 21, 2012
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Walking into an open workspace is like walking into a sea of words. Pronouns and exclamations and sentence fragments roll around you and over you and some of them foam up right at your ears. Much of the sound settles into a background roar, until there is a sudden splash of words that sprays all over your consciousness. As poetic as that sounds, this can create a serious problem, or…
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March 21, 2012
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The only thing better than shopping is getting a bargain, and this economy has introduced that little secret to many more Americans.
Kris Gutierrez with Fox News filmed a piece on how used furniture stores are thriving in the current economy. According to his numbers, furniture consignment sales have increased %13 in the last two years; retail sales have dropped 7.5% during the sam…
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March 21, 2012
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This word itself has enough potential for a blog post. In my mind I keep seeing an image of the cross between a ‘burro’ the Spanish word for a donkey, and ‘bur!’ the Hebrew word for ignoramus, or fool. Together, they create a very ‘bur’ like ‘burro’. Plus, the little dots over the u has had me twisting my tongue and lips into all sorts of kissy shapes all afternoon in an effort…
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March 21, 2012
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Introducing the Daytona Office Chair! Exclusively from CubeKing, our very own Daytona office chairhas arrived! We have taken our years of experience and knowledge of office furniture production and applied it to the development and production of our very own office chair.
The Daytona chair is made using the finest materials and designed to be both ergonomic, stylish and…
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March 21, 2012
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Buying an office desk doesn’t have to be a big deal. You scan the space you’ll be working in, think about how much space you need while you work, and then pick a desk that fits those two criteria. To make it even easier, we’ve gathered a list of just three things you should keep in mind when making the purchase. These tips apply whether you’re buying a home office desk, a work desk, or…
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March 21, 2012
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There are a number of factors that contribute to a product’s green ranking. If you’re in the market for a new office chair, and you want to decrease the muddy footprints across planet Home, here are the things you should take into consideration:
Lifetime
Even if a chair is made of %100 recycled water bottles, it might not be eco-friendly. That’s because if it falls apart after thr…
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