NINO – flexible office system

NINO is a dynamic and flexible office system developed during a 2 year research.

NINO proposes a new approach to the workstation which aims to enable chance encounters, communication and possibly collaborations.

In depth practice-based research highlighted the need for tools and conditions capable of supporting mobile, flexible and social dynamics within the work environment.

Since the digital revolution the work environment has gone through big changes: new work dynamics and new workers typologies have appeared. Consequently the products we use at work on a daily basis have become more mobile and flexible. But what about our workstations? Why have they remained static and rigid?

Nowadays most workers spend 60% of their working day away from the desk and all the tools we daily use at work (laptops, mobile phone, cloud computing etc) do not require anymore static and fixed positions. But companies still allocate a huge expense to buy and install workstations that are occupied only a few hours per day. NINO office system introduces a new mobile and multifunctional solution which allows companies to provide fewer workstations used as working hubs in a more suitable way for the contemporary worker.

The project provides a furniture system that is as flexible, dynamic and social as the products we daily use at work and takes over the outdated work environment structure imposed by rigid and static workstations.

NINO is composed of a stand and a set of satellite objects which the user can assemble as required.

NINO moves, NINO morphs. NINO does not prescribe ergonomic positions but gives to the user a chance to discover.

NINO does not belong to anyone. Every worker is free to use the system by placing the tools he needs, encouraging this way new encounters.

NINO can be easily set up to create a formal, informal, social or private scenario according to the user’s needs.

NINO is a dynamic and flexible office system developed during a 2 year research.

NINO proposes a new approach to the workstation which aims to enable chance encounters, communication and possibly collaborations.

In depth practice-based research highlighted the need for tools and conditions capable of supporting mobile, flexible and social dynamics within the work environment.

Since the digital revolution the work environment has gone through big changes: new work dynamics and new workers typologies have appeared. Consequently the products we use at work on a daily basis have become more mobile and flexible. But what about our workstations? Why have they remained static and rigid?

Nowadays most workers spend 60% of their working day away from the desk and all the tools we daily use at work (laptops, mobile phone, cloud computing etc) do not require anymore static and fixed positions. But companies still allocate a huge expense to buy and install workstations that are occupied only a few hours per day. NINO office system introduces a new mobile and multifunctional solution which allows companies to provide fewer workstations used as working hubs in a more suitable way for the contemporary worker.

The project provides a furniture system that is as flexible, dynamic and social as the products we daily use at work and takes over the outdated work environment structure imposed by rigid and static workstations.

NINO is composed of a stand and a set of satellite objects which the user can assemble as required.

NINO moves, NINO morphs. NINO does not prescribe ergonomic positions but gives to the user a chance to discover.

NINO does not belong to anyone. Every worker is free to use the system by placing the tools he needs, encouraging this way new encounters.

NINO can be easily set up to create a formal, informal, social or private scenario according to the user’s needs.

Office Desk Design – Converted Car

Office furniture can sometimes be bland and boring, especially the humble office desk. But despite this the office desk is a very important, often integral, part of a working person’s life – after all the majority of your time is spent on it. This cool desk converted from a mini car allows for the expression of individual style, class and creativity. If you’re willing to spend circa $5000 USD this desk could be yours, though it clearly needs a particular type of office space as it may be too “progressive” for some institutions!

Kuubo – Office Desk

The typical office desk is usually characterised as a simple and formal piece of office furniture. Kuubo takes an innovative approach to the humble office desk, it was created by the Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa for the Swiss furniture manufacturer Vitra. The desk aims to be stylish and functional by providing elegantly hidden extra storage space, something many offices are in dire need of.

Fukasawa has designed a versatile work surface that gives users different  options that go against this trend by reducing everything to the bare essentials. It can be considered a team centre, functioning as a temporary workstation, conference and meeting table, a manager’s desk with space for clients etc..

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Elegant Office Design – The Volna Office Desk

The Volna office desk by Nüvist is possibly one of the most beautiful pieces of office furniture I’ve seen for a while. The striking design is both elegant and stylish, however I wonder how functional it would be as one’s daily  desk for work. Nevertheless this is definitely one office desk that I’d want!

It was very important to  create soft and serene experience in the tangible and the visual sense for this type of table design. The new technologies  and the modern materials were the main ingredients for the creation and these provide us to design an unbroken continious form. In this way, Volna Table has met both the functionality and a unique elegance look and it has been shaped  like a wave and features an incessant flow.

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Gym Class Office Desk

It’s rare to see a clean gym floor ridden of sneaker marks, but the Origin Workstation by Mirato avoids these pesky streaks. This is because the design firm Mirato constructed this office desk with a twist to bring back the days of the gym class.

The office desk is made from a 100% reclaimed gym floor. The floors are even given a polished look, after receiving a ton of abuse from sneakers running scraping the surface daily, for that authentic feel. At 4x 10 this is a great size that can easily fit four people without feeling crowded. Mirato also promises that a wiring containment can be configured into the table, which means tangled cables will not be an issue for users of the Origin Workstation.

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