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How to Redesign Your Office Space in A Coronavirus World
Together, we are learning how to live in a coronavirus world. Many employees have begun the process of returning to work in an office, and others will be soon. Joyce Contract Interiors understands the uncertainty and responsibility around creating a safe and adaptable...
How to redesign your office as employees return to work: Making it safer and healthier
Many of us are still working from home. However, most companies are beginning to think about the transition from remote work back into the office. While some employees may prefer a home set-up, a number of people are looking forward to returning to an office setting...
How to Work from Home: Handling the Switch to Remote Employment
The recent changes may have you making a rapid switch to working from home. At Joyce Contract Interiors, our designs are all about efficiency, aesthetics, and comfort. We strive to make your office space feel just like home. However, we can also help our customers and...
How the Work from Home Trend is Affecting your Office Design Needs
Is your company stuck in the work from home trend? More and more, it seems that employees are choosing to work from home. Since 2005, there has been a 173% increase in the number of individuals following the work from home trend. Today, up to 4.7 million employees are...
Culture in The Workspace: Designing an Office to Attract and Retain Top Talent
How Office Design Can Help Your Business Realize Its Core Values Company culture has become a rising concern in business in the last decade, taking a place beside traditional issues like strategy and operations in workplace priorities. A recent survey by Deloitte...
Break it Up: Inventive Ways to Divide Your Office Space
For decades, the open office reigned supreme, facilitating communication and promoting collegiality in workplaces around the world. Open offices tend to feel more comfortable and laid back than their cubicle equivalents, and proponents tout open dialogue and creative...
The Best of Both Worlds: Embracing Resimercial
Resimercial: What’s All the Fuss About? The concept of “resimercial” office space bridges the longstanding divide between “residential” and “commercial” – between comfort and efficiency, relaxation and productivity. More than just a workplace trend, the resimercial...
Why Standing and Height-Adjustable Desks Are Taking Over Modern Offices
When we think of the modern office, we don't typically associate it with physically demanding work. What's so stressful about sitting at a desk for eight hours a day? It turns out, more than you expect. Repetitive, prolonged periods of sitting have been shown to...
The Modern Office Bench
The Modern Office Bench The rise of open and flexible offices has led to a revolution in the types of furniture that populate the modern office. Gone are the days of row upon row of cubicles, with companies focusing instead on workspaces that meet their employees'...
Why Cubicles Are Making A Comeback
Once Maligned as a Symbol of 9 to 5 Drollery, Companies—and Employees—Are Rediscovering the Cubicle's Usefulness in a Flexible Workplace The cubicle used to be a staple of the modern workplace. Inexpensive, portable, and convenient, it was an ideal solution for...
The Rise of the Office Phone Booth
The contemporary trend of the open office, once touted as a breakthrough in fostering collaborative work, appears to have done more harm than good. Employees in open offices report feeling exposed and distracted, which has led to a loss of both productivity and...
How Office Design Can Attract and Retain Top Talent
A business' most important asset is its people. No matter what industry you're in, or what goods and services you purvey, your success lies in the hands of your best and brightest. You want the people with the right skill set, knowledge and work ethic to help grow...
5 Modern Design Trends to Watch for in 2019
Contemporary Offices Are Responding to Workplace Demands The modern office is constantly evolving. First the traditional office gave way to the open office. Then the open office gave way to more flexible and dynamic concepts. The needs of top talent are ever-changing,...
Office Design Case Study: Brooks Automation
How Brooks Automation, an equipment-manufacturing company, partnered with Joyce Contract Interiors to repurpose office space and create room for growth Brooks Automation was founded in 1978 and is based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. The company is a provider of...
Common Mistakes to Avoid When Buying Office Furniture
Six pitfalls that inexperiened buyers often overlook Whether you're refurnishing an existing office or outfitting a new one, office furniture can go a long way toward creating a productive and attractive office. A well-executed floor plan can help to facilitate...
How Much Are Noise Distractions Costing You?
Modern offices have a noise problem, and it's hurting businesses more than they know. Here's how to solve it. The workplace today looks a lot different than it did only ten or twenty years ago. Whereas the typical office was once characterized by cubical farms,...
When Is it Time to Refurnish Your Office?
As companies evolve, so should their workspaces. There comes a time for every business when it is necessary to bring the office back up to speed. As the saying goes, the only constant is change. This is especially true in the business world. It's a given that a...
Office Design Case Study: Horsepower Technologies
Learn how Horsepower Technologies, a dynamic equine medical tech startup, partnered with Joyce Contract Interiors to build their ideal office Horsepower Technologies Inc. (“HTI”) is a Massachusetts-based startup dedicated to disrupting the $100B+ equine industry. HTI...