New solution for more control within the office

Our Correspondent
EMIRATES BUSINESS

Steelcase today announced the introduction of FrameFour, a new family of products including desking, benching as well as conferencing and collaborating tables designed to provide workers with more choice and control in today’s offices.
Part of the range is the innovative storage leg which serves as a personal storage unit and power source for multiple
electrical devices.
The announcement follows a global analysis of worker engagement and workplaces summarised in the ‘Global Report’ by Steelcase and Ipsos. According to the report, only half of employees globally (51 percent) can choose where to work in the office based on the task at hand.
The report also showed that a distinguishing characteristic of engaged employees is that they have a greater degree of control over where and how they work, including access to privacy when they need it.
They are empowered, both by organisational
decisions and the spaces made available to them.
“We know that employees who have the ability to shape their work experience are more satisfied and therefore more engaged as 88 per cent of the highly engaged workers in our survey have this option,” says Andy Morris, Head of Sales, Middle East, Steelcase. “However our designers realised that moving around and not having a destination to come to, can be a hassle, as well as
uncomfortable and unproductive.”
While further adding to the details that have been considered during the designing of the FrameFour, John Small, Director of Industrial Design, EMEA at Steelcase, said, “We
designed FrameFour to create a consistent and thoughtfully designed ecosystem of diverse destinations where people can get comfortable quickly, recharge their devices
and focus on the task at hand.” He also elaborated the benefits of the furniture, “This family of products solves for the diverse needs of today’s workers and their workstyles. FrameFour creates destinations that are designed for residents, nomads and mobile workers while accommodating different modes of working such as collaboration, socializing, focus and privacy.”
In addition to the possibility of adding the innovative storage leg — there is a personal locker to safely store one’s belongings and power access.