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Benching and Desking Desk and Task Chairs Office Furniture Private Office Seating Showroom West Elm Work Pittsburgh
February 1, 2017

Workspaces are for People…

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West Elm Workspace – Mid-Century Private Office

Workspaces are for people.  They should be personal.  When West Elm, a Williams-Sonoma, Inc. branch, wanted to furnish their offices in New York, they searched the contract furniture community for something that would speak to their corporate culture.  They couldn’t find it.  And West Elm Workspace was born.  Showrooms are popping up all over the country, including ours in Pittsburgh, supplying business professionals with the same style options and functionality they desire for their homes.  Jim Brett, West Elm’s President, says “As a lifestyle brand rooted in home, we’re uniquely attuned to what people want in their daily lives.  That knowledge gives us a powerful lens on how to make work environments more personal and meaningful.”

Started in Brooklyn, NY in 2002, West Elm focuses on supplying its customer base with modern design, affordability and community.  West Elm offers items to furnish and style your home from comfortable and affordable furniture to decorating accessories, and everything in between.  And now, West Elm Workspace with Inscape is doing the same for office spaces.

Benching for open office plans has become very popular in the contract furniture industry in the last few years, but the private office cannot be ignored.  Executives and managers are searching for options that not only fit their work needs, but give them the opportunity to express their personal styles through their work spaces.  West Elm Workspace has choices that will speak to each person’s tastes, including Modern, Industrial, Mid-Century, Truss, Spindle, and Beam.  Of course, extra surfaces and storage solutions can be added to desks to increase functionality.

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Benching and Desking Collaborative Showroom Sit-to-Stand West Elm Work Pittsburgh
November 4, 2016

Benching, The Way We Work Now

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Tired of being surrounded by three or four cubicle walls?  Need a little more interaction with your co-workers?  Well, wait no further.  Benching is here and it is here to stay.  Many companies, large and small, are moving away from cubicles that isolate employees and toward integrating work systems with open plans that promote collaboration, communication and idea sharing.  Save the four walls for management who require privacy in their day to day activities.  Those employees in the trenches just may need to be social with a line of sight to others they work with, not to mention a little natural light that you can’t get when you spend your whole day in a box with no windows.

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Benching and Desking Office Furniture Sit-to-Stand Workstations
October 18, 2016

Sit or Stand? That is the Question.

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There has been a lot of buzz in the office furniture industry lately.  Major furniture and ergonomic accessory manufacturers are developing new products that give office professionals the opportunity to stand while they work.  One study conducted in 2011 called “Reducing Occupational Sitting Time and Improving Worker Health: The Take-a-Stand Project” by Nicholas P. Pronk, PhD and his associates, reduced time spent sitting by 66 minutes per day and concluded that the project “reduced upper back and neck pain by 54%, and improved mood states”.  Even more fascinating is that these benefits were all completely eliminated within two weeks of the project end.

Other benefits touted by some include:

  • Regularly flexed muscles support healthy functions and chemical production.
  • Decreased chances of developing diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and blood clots.
  • Burning of more calories.
  • Increased focus and alertness.

A lot of options are now available for those who want to reap these benefits.  You can add a base to an existing top, purchase a table that includes a sit/stand base, or install a unit that attaches to an existing desk allowing the monitor and keyboard to rise while the desk stays in place.  Most popular now is incorporating multi-unit benching systems that have a sit-to-stand option designed and built into all stations.  Anderson Interiors has options from Inscape, West Elm Workspace, ESI Ergonomic Solutions, Workrite Ergonimics, Symmetry Office and Humanscale.

Call 412-828-7420 to learn the best way for you and your co-workers to stand while you work!  And the answer to the question is – Sit AND Stand!

 

 

 

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Benching and Desking Showroom West Elm Work Pittsburgh
August 15, 2016

West Elm Workspace with Inscape – Pittsburgh Showroom – Grand Opening, September 15, 2016

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Anderson Interiors, your Pittsburgh contract interior environments provider, is opening a showroom in Pittsburgh that exclusively features West Elm Workspace with Inscape, a celebrated collection of stylized office furnishings designed by West Elm and produced exclusively with Inscape.  Combining West Elm’s residential style with contract performance, each piece is designed for today’s diverse work profile, creating a comfortable, inviting atmosphere with the workers’ wellness in mind.  The 2800 sq. ft. space, located at 1133 Penn Avenue downtown, features a wide range of West Elm Workspace products, including a select number of the award-winning benching systems:  Modern, Mid-Century, Industrial, Spindle, Beam and Truss.

John Heller, Anderson’s VP of Sales and Team Leader for the new showroom explains, “West Elm Workspace with Inscape has created a collection of furnishings for a new generation of workers with dedicated spaces for quiet concentration, personal retreat, and equally important, soft seating and meeting areas designed for break-out sessions and creative collaboration. The goal is to give businesses personal control over their environments while promoting innovativeness and teamwork.  Work has changed and we are so very excited to bring this personalization and flexibility to the new generation of Pittsburgh workers.  It’s time to humanize the office.”

West Elm Workspace with Inscape currently features a product line of 100+ designs that blend work life experiences.  The product offering provides design solutions for the modern workplace – from open-plan lofts to private offices – and helps create spaces that balance concentration, collaboration, creativity and community.

The West Elm Pittsburgh Showroom is open by appointment daily to the trade and public, between 8:00 am and 4:30 pm.  For more information, please phone 412-213-5330 or follow us on instagram at westelmworkpgh.

 

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