The trend of material chosen is no longer wood, because the modern design concept uses environmentally friendly material. Wood not only reminds us of tree felling in forests but it can also be costly. Today, using fine materials is avoided to reduce costs. Besides, using fabricated materials easily gives a modern appearance to the furniture and interior design.
Of course, wherever you work you certainly need a comfortable interior design to make you more productive. This means such an interior design has an atmosphere that boosts work performance. The kind of atmosphere indeed very much depends on the type of work, your tastes and requirements.
The office of a bank is quite different from that of a publishing office, and a consultant’s office will not look similar to a production house office and so on. It has to be taken into consideration that the scope of management activities covers not only office-related activities but also other aspects such as the employees, the cost of running the office, procedures, office-related methods and so forth, all of which are accommodated in the space and design concept of the office.
What is important to remember is that the office design must be healthy, comfortable, neat and attractive so that employees feel at home to do their various tasks over an eight-hour or more workday. (Burhan Abe)
The Jakarta Post, October 27, 2010
