Fall in Love With Your Office Decor
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and love is in the air. Before you go out and celebrate with a group of friends or a significant other this year, we thought we would give you tips on how to love another part of your life – your office interior! For many of us, our workplace is where we spend the majority of our time. Unfortunately, if our office decor doesn't capture our true self or personality, it can be difficult to enjoy working in that area for a long period of time. Here are some tips on how to fall in love with your office space, just in time for the upcoming holiday.
De-Clutter & Spring Clean
It may be chilly outside, but spring cleaning can be the best way to spruce up our space. When we get busy and the work piles on, it can be difficult to stay organized. Those stacks of papers aren’t going to help us appreciate the space around us at work. By eliminating office clutter, we can improve our ability to focus and be more productive. It also helps to de-clutter our computers and get all of our email and files organized - and in turn, clear our heads!
Personalize
Personalization is an important part of our overall happiness and love for our office surroundings. A great place to start is with photographs. Frame some pictures of your significant other, your kids, or even your lovable pet. While most people bring at least one photo with them into their workspace, including several can add to your workplace happiness. In addition to photos, do you have a favorite color to showcase in a stapler or other desk accessory? How about a lucky coffee mug? If your employer allows it, bring those things that will make you happy and create a feeling of comfort at work.
Observe & Change It Up
Take some time each day to notice your workspace. Is anything bothering you by its presence? It may be an over-bright computer monitor, an unpleasant odor, or a tangled phone cord in the corner. Whatever gets on your nerves, there is usually a way to solve the issue - ask for help to do so, if necessary. Sometimes all we need is to change things up a little in our environment, and we can begin a whole new day in a space we can love.
-Happy Valentine’s Day from EON Office. Look out for these all over Denver! If you spot one, snap a photo and upload it to your favorite social network with #StickyNoteLove
Project Photos: American Red Cross Century Center
In 2014, the American Red Cross celebrated 100 years of service in Colorado and Wyoming. Marking the occasion is the newly constructed Century Center, located at the regional Red Cross headquarters in Denver. The Century Center was designed to showcase the rich history of the Red Cross and its service throughout the region, while providing additional capacity for training and disaster response.
EON Environments was honored to provide furniture and related design for the Century Center, which you can view in our online portfolio here.
American Red Cross Century Center
In 2014, the American Red Cross celebrated 100 years of service in Colorado and Wyoming. Marking the occasion is the newly constructed Century Center, located at the regional Red Cross headquarters in Denver. The Century Center was designed to showcase the rich history of the Red Cross and its service throughout the region, while providing additional capacity for training and disaster response.
Collaborating with the Regional American Red Cross Facility Director and architecture firm Gensler, the EON Environments team helped create clean, modern gathering spaces to complement the history and memorabilia featured throughout the facility. The design includes several break out spaces with a variety of collaborative seating; a multi-functional training room; and polished meeting spaces with red accents, a warm splash of color that pays tribute to the Red Cross's mission.
5 Ergonomic Office Chairs to Support Good Posture
Sitting in your office chair for long periods of time can lead to high levels of discomfort, and even pain in areas like the lower back. For those of us working in an office setting, we may spend 40+ hours in our chair, and good ergonomic posture is critical. If we aren't sitting correctly in our chairs, it will strain our hands, shoulders, neck, hips, wrists, and even our eyes.
In addition to affecting our health, discomfort in an office chair affects our productivity. If our posture is correct and we feel comfortable, we will work smarter and be more alert and efficient in our jobs. To help you achieve better ergonomics and productivity, we've put together a list of 5 ergonomic office chairs that will improve your comfort and posture - just by sitting in them!
Global Aspen ™ 2850LM-3 (Leather)
Extended Back Multi-Tilter with headrest
Aspen's unique form-fitting back profile is the result of years of extensive design and testing to determine the optimum support for the widest possible range of users and body types.
- The back can also be easily and quickly adjusted in height to provide full contact with the lumbar.
- Aspen is a chair that not only 'fits' at the beginning of your work day, but also at the end of the work day when you need it most.
- Shown in Contract Leather (D541) with optional polished Aluminum (ALU) finish.
Dimensions: 25w x 24d x 45h
Global Loover ™ 2660-0
Extended High Back Synchro Tilter - with Back Angle Adjustment
Automatically the right tilt-tension for every user!
- Mesh Back is available in 10 standard mesh colors and 50 specialty colors.
- Loover is also available in fully upholstered fabric, vinyl and leather models.
- A live lumbar support is incorporated into the back design which is height adjustable via a concealed ratchet system.
- Side activated sliding seat depth adjustment is standard on Multi-Tilters and Synchro-Tilters.
- G5 lockable armcaps are height, depth and width adjustable to suit user preference.
- Five legged, injection molded, fiberglass reinforced, Nylon "Governor" base. Available in polished Aluminum Finish
- Loover is equipped with Global's high quality Soft Descent (TM) pneumatic lift which slowly and gently lowers the seat height of the chair making it easy to obtain the exact seat height desired.
- Shown in Urban, Gravel Road (UR21) and Match, Grey (MT30).
Dimensions: 25.5w x 25d x 45.5h
Global Vion 6331-0
HB Synchro-Tilter w/Upholstered Back
Vion - the creation of world renowned designer Zooey Chu.
- Vion offers a clean transitional design, exceptional comfort adjustments and tremendous value.
- Vion is a comprehensive seating series offering a family of models to address multiple applications: task/management/conference/guest/heavy duty 24-7/drafting stools.
- Series offers Mid and High Back models with mesh or upholstered backs.
- Five different control mechanism options to suit all price points and ergonomic requirements. Synchro - Tilter w/ Back Angle Adjustment, Weight Sensing Synchro - Tilter, Multi-Tiler, Tilter and Task.
- Mesh back models are standard in Black (MS69) mesh.
- Two featured arm options include height and width adjusting arms with sliding arm caps, and a stylish fixed urethane arm (C) for conference/management environments.
- Four legged guest chairs can stack up to 5 high on the floor and 8 high on the dolly. Caster models do not stack.
- Optional adjustable lumbar pad is available (excluding Guest chairs).
- Shown in Allante White (A48E).
Dimensions: 25.5w x 24d x 41.5h
Allseating Inertia 79440-NA-F-OBLK
All Seating Zip Upholstered Task
Breathable, flexible and lightweight, Inertia® Conference Plus+ perfectly adapts to conference environments.
- Features a square, modern shape, and a thin profile.
- The Plus+ chair is perfectly suited for board room applications and is 2" taller and wider than the Highback model.
- Provides maximum comfort, support and a sleek design.
- Fully upholstered seat and back with nylon base and 65mm casters
Dimensions: 28w x 28d x 20.75h
Allseating Zip 92040-NA-F-OBLK
All Seating Zip Upholstered Task
Typically found chained to its desk, Zip® Task tirelessly provides the support needed to stay productive all day long.
- Available in Black Standard Nylon Base
- The sleek and trendy Zip series suits stylish boardroom and office settings.
- Bright aluminum finish details and a seemingly endless array of comfort and easy adjustability.
- Upholstered seat and back, high profile aluminum base, sturdy construction built to last.
Contact EON today to learn more about ergonomic furniture to support your health and productivity.
5 Amazing Apps for Workplace Efficiency
Sure you like your sticky notes, but if you love your smartphone more you may want to download these applications. Here are 5 amazing workplace efficiency apps to boost your efficiency at work.
App #1: Evernote
Evernote allows you to write every kind of note imaginable, from short reminder lists to lengthy research projects. It is incredibly organized and allows you to access all of your important files on any of your devices. With this cloud-based filing system, any sticky note you can think of can be saved and accessed at any time!
App #2: HipChat
Are you frequently interrupted with email at work? HipChat allows you to communicate with your colleagues in private chats, or mass communicate with everyone at the office all at once. No more need to go back and forth with multiple emails. This application is ideal for communicating via many short conversations.
App #3: Relax App
Stress can get to anyone at work, and the Relax App does exactly what its name suggests: it helps you relax! With this app, you can listen to relaxing and enjoyable music, and view colorful images to put you into a calmer state of mind. Next time your work papers stack up, give this Relax App a try.
App #4: DocuSign
DocuSign provides a hassle-free way to collect a signature for important documents. It allows you to put your electronic signature on multiple documents at once, and automatically send them back to who needs them. Take the security worry out of having to scan or fax confidential documents.
App #5: Expensify
This app is made for everyone who hates doing expense reports. Expensify offers a pain-free way to capture all those pesky receipts, effectively track your time and mileage, and fill out an expense report in seconds.
The best part of these smartphone workplace efficiency apps? They are all free!
If you find this article useful, discover more about maximizing your work productivity with our Sticky Notes Blogs.
Allseating Cookie Contest
EON Environments' entry in the Allseating Gingerbread Cookie Decorating contest is in! Last year we won 2nd place for our office furniture-inspired cookie, and this year our interior design team again put their creative efforts into this colorful display of EON and Colorado pride.
Vote for us by "Liking" our photo on Allseating's Facebook page HERE.
