6 ideas for optimizing a hybrid workspace

The office as we know it is changing. New commuting patterns, remote work, and different time and space requirements call for a more flexible approach. Here, we list our top tips for how you set up workspaces that adapt to anything and everything in these work-where-you-are times.

A softly sunlit office with a TROTTEN sit-stand desk fitted with a VATTENKAR laptop stand and a VATTENKAR desktop shelf.

Enable focused work – yet make the most of your space

Desk screens let you section off individual workspaces in a space-efficient way. Besides minimizing noise and visual distractions, they also double as handy noticeboards. Even so, colleagues can easily reach out to each other when needed, for quick answers as well as lunch plans.

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A light office interior with side-by-side TROTTEN desk workspaces framed by gray EILIF screens for desk and leafy plants.

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Set up a lifesaver wall

We all know them. The everyday accessories we don’t need all the time – but when we do, they’re crucial. Set up an easy-access, dedicated space for shared equipment. Besides reducing the need for multiple sets, there will be less clutter on individual desks.

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A wall-mounted white SKÅDIS pegboard arranged with scissors, cables and other office accessories beneath a NYMÅNE wall lamp.

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Sit and stand at your own command

Height-adjustable desks are ideal for an office with non-personal desks, letting anyone swiftly customize the height. Even better, alternating positions over the course of a day is known to ease the strain on your body and generally benefit your health.

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A workspace centered around a TROTTEN sit-stand desk, nestled between a white TROTTEN cabinet with sliding doors and a window.

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Please leave it as you found it

Provide everyone with baskets or organizers for having your personal belongings – paperwork, electronics or your favorite break activity – collected and mobile. This works twofold. Downtime when coming and going is minimized, and you keep all your stuff in check.

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A softly sunlit workspace with a RISATORP basket holding accessories placed on a desktop beneath a sill filled with plants.

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Storage boxes for office co-workers

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Arrange a docking station for personal stuff

In a fluid office or co-working community, some items fall in a category between outerwear and the things you want handy at all times. Make room for them (or they will show up as clutter). Like this collective storage wall – complete with wheeled storage units that also work as makeshift seating.

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A sunlit wall with a bamboo BULLIG and other boxes in a KALLAX shelving unit above a row of TROTTEN storage units on castors.

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Encourage people to roam

Last but not least: Desks are great, but they aren’t everything. As much as possible, give co-workers the benefits of room to roam, uncharted workspaces to discover, soft seats to sink into.

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