Think Outside The Cube

slideshow 1 slideshow 2 slideshow 3 slideshow 4 slideshow 5

San Diego Office Design

SanDiego Office Design is proud to announce being chosen as FINALIST in the prestigeous BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2012.

 

At San Diego Office Design we craft office spaces that speak about you, your company, and your company's brand. 

If you are working in an office without a strong message about your companies culture, brand and mission statement- then you need us! 

We specialize in working in occupied office spaces that need color, design, functionality, and a healthy happy work environment for employees.  We utilize environmental psychology, strong marketing and branding techniques and innovative interior design techniques to build your office spaces- whether it's for 3 people or 300.

Move-in and move-out services

Whether you are moving into class A office space or downsizing your offices to accomodate our tighter economic times, San Diego Office Design can help make your move as seamless as stressless as possible.

Project oursourcing includes;

  • space planning for your new offices
  • dismantling services
  • purchasing & co-ordinated delivery for necessary new furnishings
  • shipping, storage, and installation services
  • color co-ordination, artwork selection, and complete re-branding 
  • work-ready move-in from day one

Blending Smart Design With Environmental Psychology

Environmental psychology is the practice of making sure employees and visitors to the office feel appreciated, important, happy and healthy while in the space. Why is environmental psychology important in an office? According to a recent North American Survey, nearly 50% of workers rank their work environment as the most critical element of job satisfaction. In fact, they ranked environment above praise and recognition, compensation and benefits, job security, and promotions.

What's the ROI?

Your employees will thrive, and so will your business. We know how to build a high quality office environment, that generates a competitive advantage in the workplace.  

What San Diego Office Design does best:

  • Crafts strong company identities
  • Is your companies culture, creativity, and individuality evident throughout your office space? When visitors arrive at your office does the space communicate your vision, message, and level of success in the market-place?
  • Assists you in retention of valuable staff members
    Give your team pride of ownership in their business, and create a workspace that makes them feel valued & appreciated. Reduce employee sick time, workplace stress, and costly healthcare reimbursements.
  • Improves overall efficiency & productivity
    Proper placement of departments, equipment, and team spaces to create a logical flow of communication and work spaces throughout the office helps everyone work smarter.
  • Green for the environment, and ‘green’ for your pocket
    A greener workplace can mean a lighter ecological footprint, a healthier and more productive place to work, and good news for the bottom line.
  • We create dynamic work environments.  We spend time getting to know you, and what motivates and inspires you, so that your work space is a true reflection of your personality and style, not ours.

When San Diego Office Design re-purposes your space, a smart change is on the horizon! 

At San Diego Office Design, we utilize environmental psychology design principles to make your office space a pleasant and productive physical environment. The following are some ideas that we bring to the table when working with clients.

Use color to improve your work space. If you are employed in a conservative business like banking or legal firms, it's better to consider a neutral color such as a shade of white, light green, or beige. When painting office walls, try to decide on a color or shade that displays the character of your company. Whichever color you choose, remember to use high-quality paint that will last for a number of years, as repainting a place of work is definitely a disruptive activity. We at San Diego Office Design believe that if your company is commonly staffed by more artistic types like artists or designers, you should opt for walls with a bit more visual flavor.

At San Diego Office Design, we believe that desks need to fit your daily activities. An inappropriate keyboard height can bring about hand, back, neck, and shoulder overload. Monitors should be arranged so that the top line of type is between eye level and 15 degrees below eye level. Correct settings can avert spinal ailments.

Warm up the walls with artwork. Incorporating attractively framed pictures or artwork to your walls will warm up the room. Unfilled wall space can give a business office a dull or boring feel, and that energy can impact the mood of your workers.

At San Diego Office Design, we believe in using chairs that are comfortable, and that suit the way you work. Staff members should acquaint themselves with their chairs' functionality so they can align the chairs for optimum comfort. Be sure that your office chairs have adjustable height, seats that can tilt, and movable backrests.  Back, knees elbows and hips ought to be kept at 90 degree angles when sitting. In cases where employees share work stations or are occasionally changing desks, suggest that they adjust the height and backrest of the chair they are using at the time.

Keep the office green. When researching greenery, read plant labels to determine what kind of light each plant calls for, and be sure they will thrive on the amount of light accessible in your work environment. Additionally there are a good number of business plant services that will lease office plants and care for them at your location. Adding plants and indoor trees to your office can certainly make your staff feel more connected to the outside world, particularly for offices located in urban locations.

Make it restful. At San Diego Office Design, we suggest picking out forearm rests and wrist padding to use while typing or footrests for team members whose feet can't rest directly on the floor. Ask individuals to modify their position frequently through the day so that they don't consistently fight gravity with the same body parts. Proper support for sensitive body parts encourages blood flow, which carries oxygen to cells and refreshes the body.

San Diego Office Design makes an effort to keep the same type of furniture throughout the office environment. Mismatched tables and chairs makes any office space look low-budget. Furniture plays a considerable function in how a workplace looks, feels, and functions. Since decorating a large space can be costly, many companies are inclined to rent or lease their furniture. Frequently, the majority of office decor available tends to be plain and conventional looking.  As with wall color, try to choose a style in furniture that echoes the energy of your business.

Keep your workspace organized. A chaotic physical environment will soon give way to a chaotic energy in the workplace, and this is rarely good for productivity or progress. If there are office supplies you don't use on a constant basis, tuck them away in a drawer.  San Diego Office Design we help you control the Clutter. It's been said that with a clear desk comes a clear mind. Keep that in mind when arranging your desktop. A framed photograph of a loved one, a telephone, and a computer should suffice. 

We at San Diego Office Design believe you should arrange desks to face the door; doing so sends a message of power and strength. When visitors arrive, you don't want the back of your head to be the first thing that they come across.

Use proper lighting. Full spectrum lighting is the most preferred method of lighting an office space If there are fluorescent lights in your office, turn them off and bring in lamps, then find a nice balance between the light the lamps provide and the natural sunlight. San Diego Office Design will help you choose the best lighting.

San Diego Office Design believes in making a space that feels open. Place all other furniture, such as bookshelves, filing cabinets, and sofas, against the walls to avoid a cluttered physical space and place only the necessary furnishings in the center of the room.

At San Diego Office Design we incorporate these important design principles to make your staff more efficient and your clients feel that they want to do business with you.

Contact us today for a consultation.