Gazette
Breakout Tables: Where the Good Ideas Actually Happen
Tables for the spaces between meetings: standard or poseur height, round for conversation, bases that leave the edge clear, and castors for rooms that change.
Meeting Room Chairs: Comfort That Keeps Meetings Shorter
Chairs for the meeting room that suit an hour or two without inviting a third: usage ratings, seat and arm heights against your table, stacking and castors.
Heavy Duty and 24 Hour Chairs: Built for Proper Shifts
Control rooms, call centres and shared seats need chairs rated for round the clock use and higher weights. What the 24 hour rating covers, and when you do not need one.
Straight and Rectangular Desks: The Sensible Default, Done Well
The straight desk is the office's white t-shirt. Ben on widths, depths, the three leg styles and whether you need a modesty panel.
The £200 Desk and the £2,000 Desk: What Actually Changes
Board thickness, frame, cable management, motors and guarantee years: an honest tour of what more money buys in a desk, and where the curve flattens.
Canteen and Dining Chairs: Hard Wearing Seats for the Hungriest Room
Wipe-clean finishes, stacking frames and seat heights that match the table: how Marcus picks canteen chairs that survive lunch rush after lunch rush.
Modular Seating: Build the Breakout You Actually Need
Modular office seating is bought as one object and used as one object, which wastes the point of it. Plan by module, corner and power unit instead.
Desk Screens: Privacy, Focus, and a Bit of Peace
The sightline maths behind screen heights, what acoustic classes actually mean, and which fixing fits which desk. Ben on desk screens, with numbers.
Office Safes: What Belongs in One (and What Really Doesn't)
Cash ratings, fire ratings and why they are not the same number. Emma on sizing an office safe, what to keep out of it, and bolting it down properly.
Training Room Tables: Flip Tops, Castors and Quick Change Rooms
Rows on Tuesday, interviews on Wednesday. Marcus on castors, flip tops and the shapes that make a training room change in minutes rather than lunchtimes.
Poseur Tables and Bar Stools: Standing Height Socialising
Poseur tables get used more than sofas, as long as the stools are the right height. The seat-to-top sum, footrests, and which of ours pairs with which.
Key Cabinets and Cash Boxes: Small Security, Big Peace of Mind
Sizing a key cabinet by hook count, choosing between key, code, combination and NetCode locks, and the three things a cash box needs.