On Sep 8, 2009, at 2:43 PM, Alex Hillman wrote:
> A year and a half ago, we made the decision to try a new desk > arrangement: > > All of our desks are set up in clusters of 3 or 4. We asked all of > our full time members to pick new desks, but the suggestion was that > they kept every cluster mixed: at least one full time, or at least > one flexible desk. > > The reason for this arrangement was to decrease the chance of > someone sitting alone at a cluster of desks. That's a really poor > way to start off a day that's meant to be interactive and social. > > We saw immediate results, and have replicated that in our new office. Probably seen by most, but this is an interesting article from wired that supports the (evolving) attitude in desk arrangement in the workplace: http://www.wired.com/culture/design/magazine/17-04/pl_design - Eric Marden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://ericmarden.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
