Office Design

Case:

Midland Company’s growth dictates an improved office layout.  The fun, casual company prides itself on a hardworking and team oriented environment, but their current layout does not communicate this pride.

Your assignment is to research and provide information on new furniture and office design trends for Midland's new office spaces.  

You must decide on the measurements for the following required items: 

• 16 L-shaped desks 
• 4 desks  
• 1 round table 
• 3 cabinets, 2-door
• 2 file cabinets 
• 5 bookcases

Step one:

Find a website with an article that discusses Office Design Trends. Write a brief summary (1 or 2 paragraphs) of the article and include the URL of the website. How might some of these trends work for a new office environment at Midland?

Step two:

Research the costs of furniture listed above and provide a table of individual and total costs.  You  must also include the size (measurements) of each piece of furniture.  Address how you determined the size (measurements) of the furniture and why you picked the items you did, in relation to the above discussion.   Use memo format.

Note:  Some students find using a Floor Planner tool useful for this assignment.  A free tool may be found at this url  http://www.exhibitcore.com/