What is your perfect workspace? Everyone will have an opinion on this, and everyone is right in their own way. Regardless if you are a copywriter, marketing consultant, a baker, a florist, an engineer or mechanic, your workspace matters! It needs to set the right context for what you do, and in most cases, it needs to be functional as well. So what is your perfect workspace? Here are some general directions to go into.
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Minimalistic
Some people prefer the less is more approach. This is a minimalistic approach that tries to avoid any frills or embellishment. The focus is on the humans that are working in the space, with some very functional spaces in which people work and places where people interact. Think a lot of neutral colors, use of wood and high-quality plastics. Everything will have a softer feel. Clutter is avoided at all times, and lighting is essential. Well-lit areas with an accent here and there. A minimalistic design can significantly impact creativity and productivity while avoiding distractions. Minimalistic designs are usually found in fashion and the creative industry. With the latter, a variation on minimalistic design is extremely popular, which is the minimalistic industrial look. This includes bare walls and exposed pipes to give that little bit of extra.
Functional
Sometimes how things are designed is less by choice and taste, but more due to functionality. Especially professions in which the workspace is mostly taken up by whatever you are working on and the tools and materials you need, the space gets defined by function. This is the whole form follows function idea. This could be a workshop for clothes, for example, or a garage. Everything in the space is concentrated around production, with sometimes specific demands on wear and tear of the space and interior elements. This could be that the light should be extremely bright, or that the floor is hardwearing and can deal with the occasional spill. This is when you will need specialists to provide you a resin floor, for example, which can be found here. The enjoyment of working in such a workspace is that it makes your life easier.
Jubilant
Some people need more than just a minimalistic or functional design. They might find inspiration in the space and objects around them. This could be bright colors, a slide instead of a set of stairs, an indoor treehouse. The madder it is, the more it stimulates creativity.
These types of places are complicated for people who prefer minimalistic designs. For people who need that external stimulus to get the best out of themselves, these spaces are just the right inspiration. And that doesn’t always need to be a big office building, this could be your home office as well.
So whatever your preference, be it minimalistic, functional or jubilant, workspaces are very personal. What works for you could be like Dante’s inferno for the other. What’s important, however, and it would be safe to suggest we all agree on this, that in whatever place you are the coffee is decent. Otherwise, it’s game over anyway.
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