NowyStyl_Reunion_A new office reality_EN

CONCENTRATION AREA SILENT ZONE Products used in the visualisation Furniture Hexa Formo Brainy (conceptual design) Chairs WithME Soft seating Play&Work F ocus is one of the four major functions an office space is supposed to guarantee. Remote work, with its constant buzz and deficit of silence, proved that not all employees have the space to work out of the office. Not everybody could find a place for individual work, with focus and silence. In the focus area, you will find spaces that accommodate solitary work. Apart from impeded contact with colleagues, blurred boundaries and destroyed work-life balance were also mentioned as major drawbacks by the participants of the survey organised by Nowy Styl. Remote work in a setting other than the office - e.g. from home - means you need to prepare a decent workstation where you can focus and enjoy uninterrupted work. Not all employees were ready for this. Young children, pets and other family members, not to mention several other factors that are the reasons why many respondents believe the office is still the best setting for focus work, rather than only a meeting place. On the other hand, our clients and designers claim that as you return to the office, you are greeted by noise, buzz and excessive stimuli. One of the companies had to purchase new noise-canceling headphones. Having returned to the office, the employees noted The company of other people can sometimes make it impossible for us to stay 100% focused because human beings are social by nature and cannot remain completely unaffected by the presence of others. On the other hand, the sheer awareness that your colleagues are there is motivating. How do you combine these two opposites? The solution is simple – let’s create a space where a few people can engage in individual work. How do you do it? With relevant furniture solutions! In the focus area, you will also find workbench spaces and high tables, which can be used for operational tasks, such as replying to e-mails or filling in documents. These tasks can also be done in the company of others, even if you don’t need their help in the process. “We noted that after we returned to the office, our employees find it hard to engage in solitary work in the open space. We need new furniture solutions - individual booths, focus rooms, where you feel isolated from the noise and external stimuli.” Monika Przybyło, Office Coordinator “Employees need places where they can focus on individual work in silence. This need is more important now, after the pandemic.” Facility Services Team, Sabre the phenomenon we referred to as “the deficit of silence.” This is also highlighted in the studies conducted by Rah- man et al. (2020) 12 , where 65% of respondents claim that being able to focus significantly affects their productivity. The deficit of silence is reflected in the increased demand for sound-absorbing solutions. . The noise and buzz around us make us feel distracted and unable to focus. And we’re not talking only about the noise at work. This is also true of the home office: children and other family members can also be a source of the noise. 65% of respondents claim that the ability to focus significantly affects their productivity. 12 Rahaman, M. S., Kudo, S., Rawling, T., Ren, Y., & Salim, F. D. (2020). Seating preference analysis for hybrid workplaces 29 28 Contents