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Posted by hipstomp / Rain Noe | 30 Jul 2010
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In office furniture design we've seen tons of would-be successors to the cubicle, but nothing's really taken root yet. The latest to throw their hat into the ring is Italian furniture manufacturer Tecno, with their Red-Dot-Award-winning Beta workplace, designed by Pierandrei Associati:
Beta is a fresh furniture system that addresses the needs of the creative office. Using flexible system elements, offices can be creatively reconfigured and redesigned, while constantly adjusting to the user's individual work style. The starting point of this innovative concept was the idea that a progressive office should provide space for working on both an individual and a team basis as well as space for relaxation, while fostering the shared use of knowledge. Thus beta is not just a simple furniture system, but rather an atmospheric work environment.
At press time Pierandrei Associati's website was down, but Contemporist has got tons-o'-shots of the Beta system up.
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Oh my dear and fluffy Lord...my EYES!
I would go mad within a week if forced to work in that monstrosity. Not because of the design, that's fairly pleasing. But the COLOR! Ai ya tien, what unholy inspiration caused this designer to think that work could possibly be done effectively in a white-and-fluorescent-anything color scheme???
I'd poke my eyes out after a handful of days. The migraines alone would be worthy of an OSHA violation. I think it's against the Geneva Convention to make people work in such a place.
Argh.