SPACE SOLUTIONS:
Reception and Waiting Areas
Reception spaces have been evolving for some time and probably will continue to as influences and the way we want to work change. It’s hard to land on how we feel about these spaces in a time when public spaces are fraught with feelings about post-pandemic protocol and how we use space together thoughtfully. Though they are sometimes the forgotten spaces, reception spaces and waiting areas are important spaces to harness and use more thoroughly. With more attention being directed to these areas in the past year, we have included a sampling of perspectives.
KFI Studios - Alden
Alden is a side table that accommodates diverse work styles and spaces. The thin steel work surface and base slices through the vertical column giving this pull-up table grace and simplicity.
KFI Studios - Tioga
The Tioga collection includes an arm and armless guest chair, arm and armless lounge chair, ottoman, barstool, and counter stool. The prominent design feature is the rear legs that flow uninterrupted into the back for a clean visual line.
KFI Studios - Tioga
The Tioga collection includes an arm and armless guest chair, arm and armless lounge chair, ottoman, barstool, and counter stool. The prominent design feature is the rear legs that flow uninterrupted into the back for a clean visual line.
Reception Desk Design: How Office Interiors Welcome With Wow
The aging idea of the lobby as a waiting room is being phased out in favor of a new understanding and perspective: the reception space as a focal point and gathering place. A more modern approach to reception areas incorporates elements from an open house plan, specifically the idea that everyone wants to hang out in the kitchen, where life is happening, in the heart of the space. In this piece, there are several examples of different reception spaces with explanations of the design elements that are incorporated. The tone of your reception area will set the tone for the impressions and interactions in your space.
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Offices to Go - Superior Laminate Desking
The Superior Laminate Desking series includes a variety of coordinating desks, workstations, tables, storage and accessories.
Magnuson Group - KASKAD
KASKAD is a family of planters that brings modularity, design and elegance to any space. Designed to stand alone or work together in combination, KASKAD serves as a flexible and highly adaptable planter solution.
Global - River™
River brings people together in a place where ideas, insight and inspiration can be shared. Interlocking capabilities, quality construction and high traffic design deliver an endless array of curvilinear and rectilinear configurations with three back height options – standard, high back and extended back.
Featured Brands: Offices to Go, Global, and Magnuson Group
Eye-Catching Office Entrances
Though this is a sampling of office trends, the content is engaging and relevant, providing a list of attributes that directly speak to what people want in a healthy and inspiring workplace. It’s a great checklist for looking at how we’re using our office spaces, what we want our spaces to include, and whether or not these spaces are doing what we want and need them to do. This is especially important in our reception spaces if we want to ensure the impression we’re making is lasting, positive, and engaging.
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Global - Drift™
Drift seating inspires people to come together with new ideas, new priorities and new ways of thinking. The series features lounge and side chairs in multiple back heights with wood or Polished Chrome bases.
Global - Laminate Occasional Tables
Ideal for reception areas, Global’s high-pressure Laminate Occasional Tables with adjustable plastic glides coordinate with all Global desks, conference tables and accessories.
Global - ML Park™
The ML Park series features a retro design with square metal legs that includes a lounge chair, a sofa in two widths and an ottoman. Each is available with loose or secured back cushions and an optional seamless seat to support the interior application.
Featured Brand: Global
Innovation at the Front Door
Reception spaces are being re-examined and reworked, and the way in which this is happening is varied. Some are embracing a more personal and homier atmosphere, whereas others have given up their under-utilized reception area to accommodate a more collaborative employee-centered space. This piece is short, and yet there are some very timely points to ponder and embody in our future design thinking and planning.
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Indiana Furniture - Plush
Plush Lounge seamlessly brings together the endurance needed for commercial spaces with the relaxed comforts of home, introducing a smart range of freestanding and modular seating components, along with coordinating tables, that provide the flexibility and comfort needed in today’s ever-changing environments.
Indiana Furniture - Britta
The Britta Collection showcases a mid-century Scandinavian aesthetic with an appealing contemporary feel. The guest, single lounge and settee all feature a wall-saver design.
Indiana Furniture - Square One
Square One is the clean, simple way to provide space division, functionality, and architectural design to any zone within the working environment, with individual building blocks that securely connect to one another and accessories like dry erase boards, barn doors, planter boxes, acrylic inserts, and tackable and acoustical panels.
Featured Brand: Indiana Furniture
Corporate Lobby Design
“The best lobby designs set the stage for an engaging spatial experience—one that communicates a brand’s personality, reinforces its message, and creates a lasting memory.” When is the last time you rated your lobby experience for its effectiveness, purpose, and how it is working for you? In this piece, five ways to elevate a lobby space are explored and explained. And though there is a point-of-sale moment, it is a meaningful place to start thinking about what your lobby is communicating about your brand and your beliefs.
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fluidconcepts - Treo Reception
fluidconcepts designs and manufactures design-driven and creative reception stations, offered in curved or straight configurations.
Lesro - Luxe
The Luxe collection of lounge seating and tables offers contemporary tuxedo style design with heavy-duty construction for high traffic environments. The collection features legs that are available in steel or wood and includes chairs with an optional power unit.
Magnuson Group - STAL
STAL is a family of painted steel hook strips that mount directly to the wall with a utility shelf above. Available in 1, 3, 4 or 5 hooks wide, STAL is offered in stainless steel with a clear coat finish or powder coated steel.
Featured Brand: fluidconcepts, Lesro, and Magnuson Group
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