Acoustics – The Final Frontier
So we recently attended an event held at the newly established Dux Central here in Christchurch. Apart from the fantastic venue located next to the brand new Vodafone building, the event was also very educational.
Casalino Chair – Designed by Alexander Begge
Casalino Featured in the June 2015 (Issue 86) edition of the New Zealand Design magazine Urbis, the Casalino is seeing a worldwide appreciation of its beautiful curves since its inception in 1971
Doing Ourselves Out of a Job?
The ironic and amusing aspect of this mechanisation is that this was and is designed by humans, to do humans out of a job or at least to bring the cost of the labour equation down. More than likely they will do themselves eventually out of a job as well!
Co-working – Work Different
Ergostyle like many other businesses, had been facing the dreaded building shift for some time now whilst EQ repairs are carried out on our building. An opportunity presented itself late last year to relocate Ergostyle into a new co-working space called Quad.
Child Posture – Learning While Standing?
The use of sit to stand desks for office workers has been on the rise for a number of years now. Although standing desks were reasonably common in Victorian times and even Leonardo da Vinci used one in the 1400s, very few were height adjustable.
Interior Architecture for Shared Space
Daniel Davis, a New Zealand-trained architect and now Lead Researcher at WeWork, presented a keynote address to the Design Modelling Symposium held in Copenhagen in October 2015. His specialism is data and technology’s interaction with architecture.
The Ergonomic Home Office – Monitor
How to correctly setup your computer screen to reduce headaches, sore neck and shoulders.
The Ergonomic Home Office – Desk
Home office desks tend to have more of a focus on fitting in with decor and size restrictions than function. However surprisingly enough it is actually very easy to achieve all three.
The Ergonomic Home Office – Chairs
Remote technologies and flexible working has enabled workers to work from home. Whilst this provides the advantage of flexible working for the employee, as an Employer we still have obligations under the Health and Safety Employment Act to provide a good and safe work environment.
Stand Up – Be Moved
Sit to stand desks Sit to stand desks have become the latest thing to have in the modern office. They are not, however, the silver bullet for everyone.