Showing posts with label bookcases. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bookcases. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Top Selling Office Desk Styles

The world of office desks has never been more exciting. Innovative new products from top brands are revolutionizing the way we work. The top selling desk styles of 2013 provide excellent workplace benefits sure to increase your day-to-day efficiency while keeping your office on the cutting edge.

Corner Office Desks

Mayline Mira Series Corner Desk

One of the most common types of desks are those for the corner office. The top corner office desks save space by fitting conveniently into the corners of a room, so the room nearly always appears bigger. Additionally, by staying close to walls near electric outlets they are very easy to power without having unsightly wires and cables trailing across the floor. Desks designed face walls or windows such as the Mayline Mira Series Corner Desk often leave a lot of open space to allow plenty of room for any office chairs you might want.

Modern Office Desks

Mayline Napoli Series Office Desk

For a workplace that prides itself on a sense of sleek modern design and functionality, nothing says it more than a modern office desk. Todays modern office desks typically feature glass or metal accents to keep things up to date. They provide ample storage space often in the form of stylish cabinets, drawers or shelves, as well as plenty of desk space to work on. Most modern desks like the Mayline Napoli Series Desk seen above feature sharp angles and gorgeous chrome accents that speak volumes about the modern age and so will leave a lasting impression in any workplace!

Modular Workstations

Mayline Brighton Series Modular Desk

In the realm of efficiency, nothing beats a modular workstation. This nifty new desk style brings together all the parts of a single office into one and often combines multiple desks so that one unit can be used by many individuals. These desks actually save space so a workroom isn't crowded with a bunch of separate desks or office utilities such as bookcases or cabinets. Instead, by integrating desk space with these office necessities, everything is at arm's reach. Easy and very efficient to power, they always provide plentiful storage and instantly clean up a crowded space with style. So if you're looking for an easy way to do any of these tasks, or even all of them, modular workstations are always a brilliant start!

Cubicles

OFM Rize Workstation Set

Cubicles have always been great space savers, but unfortunately, they have a bad reputation of being somewhat unsightly. Not anymore! Todays modern cubicles still retain all the characteristics we know and love them for: versatility, easy to power, space efficient, individualized workspace, and able to add or remove units.  Just like the old days, they have the option to be assembled against walls, all together, in lines, islands, or in patterns, but now they've had a complete and total makeover and are perfect as training room furniture or in a traditional workroom! Cubicles have been totally redesigned to reflect the characteristics of most modern decor. Many of them feature wood or metal desks, stylish separators, and even color options! They provide ample desk space as well as small individual cabinets or shelves for storage so nothing is left to be desired!

Executive Office Desks


Mayline Series Executive Office Desk

Perhaps the most versatile of all desk styles is the executive desk. These desks can fit anywhere because they come in all sorts of designs and shapes. Modern executive desks have more categories than most game shows and are available with numerous options. You can choose from bow front desks for an elegant touch, straight front desks, traditional styles, U-shaped desks, or ones with a uniquely modern design. They can be  manufactured with a host of materials and are available wood, metal, or glass, sometimes even all three, and with even more options for finishes. Whether you want one that is small, tall, big, wide, or curvy, there are always stylish executive desks out there with exactly what you need!

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Thursday Tip #7- Editing a bookcase

Control your bookcase

If you're like me this is easier said than done.  I don't like a bookcase to look too edited, but grouping objects and books is a must.  I won't go so far as to suggest covering books with the same colour paper  or lining them up by colour as I've seen in some magazines.  

What works in his arrangement ?
  • the bookcase has been treated as an accent wall by painting the back a beautiful blue
  • sculptural objects are massed and are  the same colour - white- which shows against the blue
  • there's a range of objects including books, vases, photos and found objects
  • the books have been sorted by height
  • books are placed both horizontally and vertically
If you wanted to further edit this arrangement you could consider:
  • removing the photos; they are lost in the display
  • if you are arranging books horizontally, keep to that, don't start to stack vertically on top of the horizontal ones; stacking some horizontally and some vertically on the same shelf works
  • don't add a piece of sculpture on top of a books (see bowl) , this is sculptural enough to display alone and gets lost otherwise.
  • if you have an arrangement of vases, bottles etc.  don't add a picture behind it- it gets lost.
 From one extreme to the next...


 Quiet and unobtrusive, this bookcase provides a lovely backdrop for the two chairs grouped in front of it.  This is a room I would like to sit in .

 
HGTV

This is a whole other way of  organizing a bookcase.  While is is ordered, it has a very vibrant almost chaotic feel to it.  It has way too much visual energy for my taste, but there's someone who loves it. 

If you want more inspiration check out The Lennox,  a great blog that I follow.

Did you find a useful tip  in this post or do you have one to add?

Happy Shelving

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Curved Chair Combined With The Bookcase – Bookseat

Bookset is an another product that combine both the chair
and the bookcase. Its design is relatively simple but definitely
much more practical that any chair. The bookcase with several
bookshelves is blended in its curves. The chair is made of Canadian
birch plywood with a felt cushion in customizable colors. It’s perfect
response to the advent of multifunctional spaces in today’s urban
living.




The chair is a great solution for those who live in spaces where
space is at a premium but who really enjoy to read some books
occasionally.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Graffititek – French Bookshelf with Lighting

Graffititek bookshelf is a new design by French
designer Charles Kalpakian. It’s inspired
by Parisian Graffiti art and aims to offer new perspective
on the craft by reinterpreting it in a three-dimensional way.



There aren’t standard straight lines of traditional bookshelves
and all book titles will be in distort order if you put them there.


It also come with mounted light lamps which have the books looks.
Besides helping to choose book in the dark they also create
a very dramatic effect.