Decorating your office? Keep these tips in mind.
If you're designing or decorating your office space, take ergonomics into consideration. These quick tips can make your office can prosper - yielding higher productivity and lower incidence of worker injury.
Indeed, ergonomically-minded interior design produces workspaces that are not only easier to work in, but they also make your office a happier place!
Here's what you need to know:
- Usability: The design is useful to people with diverse abilities (i.e., walking, sitting, standing, running around the office delivering documents, etc. It has to be good for everyone using the office).
- Flexibility: The design accommodates a wide range of individual preferences and abilities. If one person likes to be in the center of activity, but another works better in a quiet space, this has to be taken in mind when you create your workspace.
- Simplicity: Use of the design is easy to understand, regardless of the user’s experience, knowledge, language skills, or current concentration level.
- Perceptibility: The design allows for everyone to perceive the space with ease - making it easy to use and navigate.
- Safety: The design is hazard-free and allows enough space for people to navigate through the workspace without accidents.
- Efficiency: The design can be used efficiently and comfortably.
- Accommodations: Provide appropriate size and space for approach, reach, manipulation, and use; regardless of the user’s body size, posture, or mobility.
Best of luck decorating, building or designing! Oh, and don't forget to check out Ask Ergo Works' online store for top-of-the-line office furniture for your new space!
Source: The Center for Universal Design
Photo: Andrew Taylor