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The Open Plan Office: Pros, Cons and Solutions

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According to Wikipedia, “‘Open Plan’ is the generic term used in architectural and interior design for any floor plan which makes use of large, open spaces and minimizes the use of small, enclosed rooms such as private offices.” These designs have been all the rage in the office furniture industry in the last twenty years and this trend shows no sign of slowing down any time soon. Many businesses here in Pittsburgh and across the country are renovating former warehouses into fabulous and functional workspaces. As with most things, the good usually comes with a little bad. Because of this, we tend to see and even encourage a hybrid of the open plan where most personnel are in some sort of benching units and the managerial staff maintain private offices surrounded by four walls.

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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