Furniture/Furnishings: Aligning to Support Space Objectives
The furniture and furnishings in a space significantly affect user experience.
The furniture and furnishings in a space significantly affect user experience.
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Benden and his colleagues investigated how providing students with stand-biased desks (taller desks equipped with footrests for one foot while students stand and tall-ish stools) instead of conventional school desks influenced experiences at school.
Knight and Baer investigated the effect of people standing during meetings on group performance.
Research findings from Pitts, Wilson, and Hugenberg confirm that when chairs can be moved easily, more people are likely to be at what they consider comfortable distances from others.
Research consistently shows that our professional lives are improved if we can work in a variety of postures throughout the day.
Best plan: coordinate postures
Meagher and Marsh have learned that spaces that are actually the same size can seem spacious or cramped, depending on how furnishings in the rooms are arranged.
Researchers have learned that walking on a treadmill (instead of sitting in an office chair) while working can increase employee productivity.
Where seats are placed determines how comfortable we are in sitting in them--for more than one reason.