In the early 1950s, a phrase was coined known as office landscape. The design theory behind office landscape was that rather than divide the office environment into walled off individual rooms, workers might be placed strategically into larger great room areas where they could more readily exchange creative thought. In those early 1950s the concept was abandoned as impractical and likely to never be needed. But, as we all are aware, the information age dawned and office landscape is now the norm. In fact, contemporary office furniture has developed precisely around this new office panorama.
We now cluster workstations into groupings of four desks with table screens dividing personal spaces. High tech phones and microphones allow us to clearly whisper communications from our desk to any point in the globe. That same office desk is complete in its design to facilitate keyboards, printers and wide screen monitors. Modern office furniture features rounded corners and heights adjusted to keyboard reach and monitor line of sight. Contemporary office furniture can be bespoke or mass produced. Regardless of its method of construction, its purpose remains the same and that is to create a comfortable long hours working environment.