Thursday, June 27, 2013

Why a Designer for Your Office Expansion Matters


                                                               (image from interiordesign.net)


Your company is a well-known branding/marketing firm currently working diligently to find the right commercial space for your new spatial requirements.  The company will be hiring an additional 30 employees in the next six months to support the marketing department expansion. 

These new hires will mean new requirements in space like possible team rooms, new workstations and lots and lots of whiteboards for brainstorming.  The space will need to be functional, flexible and innovative to promote individual and team-work productivity.  This is where choosing the right designer comes in as an important factor to make this process as smooth as possible.

The designer will initially sit down to speak with key decision makers of your company.  The designer will ask questions about functionality of space to understand what the requirements for your new space will need to be.  This programming piece will include how many workstations versus private offices will be needed and  how many conference rooms and break/common areas will be required. Then the designer will come up with rough floor plans of how many people can fit in the space. 

The designer will reach out to furniture vendors making sure the right workstations are chosen. Also, the designer will use their skills and expertise to blend with your company’s logo and company’s colors in the material selection process.  All these elements combined will ensure that your new office space includes comfort, functionality and inspiration allowing for you and your employees to work with increasing productivity.