Creating a new office space
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So I'm moving and this time I will have my own small office space, and I'm looking to make it a bit special and nice.
been looking through pictures etc, but can't seem to find a good keyword for actual cool spaces and monitor setups etc.
So what would you do if you could spend around $15k on an office? leaving out computer and monitors.
size would be around 10m2.
been looking through pictures etc, but can't seem to find a good keyword for actual cool spaces and monitor setups etc.
So what would you do if you could spend around $15k on an office? leaving out computer and monitors.
size would be around 10m2.
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personally and if i had that office all to myself i'd get a little hi-fi setup. not something to annoy the neighbors with but enough to provide background noise without sounding tinny like PC speakers. in a shared office however that would be a no-go.
i'd also put an eames or similar kind of arm chair into a corner of the room, for productive... naps.
A shelf with large scale figures, like Kotobukiya stuff.
Shouji in front of some lights or in front of the window, makes nice ambient light.
Punching bag can be useful or a bar.
If you don't have access to a fridge outside that office space, get a fridge in there.
Do you need to spend the whole 15k because of some tax reasons? Otherwise I would consider to just spend less if you are not sure what to buy.
A big TV would be cool, but I will probably put the desks against the wall so that would have to be right in my face haha.
One idea was to have that giant Microsoft wacom screen connected so I could stand and paint, but I guess one is 10k +
Lighting yeah, hoping to find something nice in that category.
Was actually thinking of making a really green space first with plants and maybe an aquarium but figured I would kill everything in the first month.
https://www.pinterest.se/explore/gaming-desk/?lp=true
Something like this looks nice imo
http://i.imgur.com/E3q4S.jpg?1
Ah there are some cool stuff in there, thanks for gallery.
Another thing is I want to find the best and easiest way to set up my cintiq, I have an arm and all that but I find it a hassle to
use anyway, thinking about having a separate computer for my cintiq.
I'd rather have a dark room(as in few lights AND dark walls) with some backlighting behind the displays, a huge desk with lots of empty space, and maybe some dim lamps around the room that don't hit the displays. I agree about the sound system though, something that allows you to hear it evenly all around so you can keep it low and zone out. I have a hard time focusing for long periods, so I usually end up switching between YouTube/shows, music, and nothing while at work, but a separate TV or something out of your vision could be useful, especially for the breaks. I like the nap chair idea too.
Other then that I'm really looking into some cool lighting, would be nice to change color and mood with a remote etc.
But yeah it's like 5k so wouldn't want it to break in the first year, but if the living is big I might go for it.
Get a punching bag, seriously
spec wise I already have everything I could need and I'm not really into those disco pc boxes, but If I could get the computers leds to work with the rest of the rooms lighting then that would be cool
(Not trying to be a dick here, just genuinely curious/confused)
It's not that I have to spend that much, but that is how much I'm willing to spend, if I can fill up the office in a way I like for a cheaper price then even better. I have been cramped up in my living room with my wife for the last couple of years, so a bit excited and eager to get my own space and making it nice. So yeah no musts here, just wanted to hear what ideas fellow polycounters would have if they were in the same situation.
But then again, I too used to have a desk space with shelves loaded with artsy stuff ... until I realized after a while that it's just visual noise - not bad or particularly distracting, but just with no real benefit. A big wall of bookshelves is definitely good to have though, but that's only a couple 100s anyways ...
Well, if anything that's a comfortable situation to be in ! You could treat yourself to a Eames or a Barcelona chair ...
Haha yeah, the problem with japanese rentals is that you are not allowed to do any damage to the walls etc, so no paintings or posters for me.
Yeah been looking for a chair for quite some time now, even had a thread up some time ago, still not sure which one to go with, but kinda leaning to one of the Aeron chairs.
pinball machine would be awesome but would probably become a space issue hehe.
still looking into getting some customizable mood lighting though
man i am so in opposition to this, its completely weird to me
food and coffee machine IN the office? this stuff belongs into the kitchen, without extra water supply you will have to leave your room anyways to feed the machine. whats next a humming fridge? It's 10 m² after all
Also bright colors? Maybe if you just model, i made that mistake one, having a big bright orange wall inside the office, prepare for tinted textures. Anything that needs any sort of color related work will suffer when the surrounding tints your perception. With reflections on your screen and bouncelight in your room, damn. Also after a while you get sick of that color, i can guarantee you that. At least I did.
Just had to fill an entire office space for 14+ persons, was fun and a challenge and a crazy ton of work, but having had a couple of other offices before I learned a few things about what to have. Your examples are on top of the list of things not to have ever again hehe
Cable management i agree to, ergonomic furniture, yes. A standing desk is really nice to have (tho pricey), a good chair is the most crucial to me.
Natural light + good overall lighting is also important, before we only had a big 3x3m Skylight in the ceiling of a dome shaped 6m room. It can get pretty dark in there.
The biggest change to the last one here is biiiig windows and actual airflow, after sitting a few years in our nice and cozy dome i didn't expect I would enjoy something so simple, so much.
Now that we are closing in on finishing the last small bits of work on the office, I should take some pictures of the place.
Had grey checkers with some dark red in between once, but that the maximum I would do.
Tatami is just good if you have the spare space, you cannot really place any office furniture on it, but good for sleeping or just lying around. You can put not only dead ancestors memorial you can even put dead ancestors, don't forget the ice.
Jonas doesn't like them anyway as he said.
interesting read about the wall colors, since I live in Japan we are not really allowed to paint them on rentals anyway so they will probably be white, but you are probably right about that bright colors would be distracting, might skew your color vision a bit with a bright color in the background.
Standing desk would be great, but haven't found a big one here in japan, only really small ones.
And yeah the chair is the big one, still on the hunt.
Seems like you have some office creation experience so if possible it would be interesting to see how the one you are making looks.
Haven't given carpets much thought, but yeah that might do much to the feeling as well.
Yeah no tatami for me :P at least not until someone that needs a memorial thingy dies.
the entrance, notice that shoes stay outside
I need to replace that cable and proper bind it or go through the canals on top from somewhere else... oh well
very important
panorama from the kitchen, did i say its crisp?
panorama towards meeting room and kitchen on the other side
one working space close by the meetingroom
actual meetingroom, yeah we have to get rid of a couple of boxes still... i'd call it 95% done, some small things still have to be done on the entire office
Meetingroom from the other side, handmade table, also my first time, setting up a tv like this and doing the wiring for sound, making sure the table is connected to tv and whatnot
another super sharp image of one of the workspaces. on the left a 3d printed logo. damn i hate sanding this shit
another workspace, here we need to put some images on the wall still.
yeah as you can see. not much color, besides the actual art and some artbooks and the chairs we sit on. mostly whites and greys and black, countered with some natural wooden tones and shades of beige. We had places with much more colors before and it became a sore after a while. Also natural lighting and windows are the thing we really have in the last office. And well actual proper workspace ready artificial lighting.
A few bits are still missing as said, we want to install a projector by the sofa, need a screen as well. Some more images, a couple of statues. But this can wait, the most important stuff is done by now.
Finally moving on the 26th.
we looked into other options and paying 5times as much for such simple things like the 4x4 shelves is just a big no in my book ^^
good luck jonas! hope you show us what you did with the place
Nice pic's, nothing wrong with your photography skills, fonecam notwithstanding, also will be interesting too see what you finally come up with.
Cheers.
@neonsun: cant agree more, standing desks are definitely a great thing to have. I should use mine more often tho :X
Every single person (except receptionist) has a standing desk. There are about 3200 people here, 7 floors filled with standing desks!
It's insane how much they spend on office equip and supplies. But hey it's corporate headquarters for a global company.
My biggest gripe is the overhead lighting. Small price to pay tho, it's pretty cushy overall.