Throughout the ages from Victorian times, office furniture has changed with the current fashions and trends.

The notable changes in office furniture came through the use of angles, mirrored surfaces and decoration.

The Formica styling arrived in the fifties and sixties, heavy wooden Victorian pieces were soon replaced with office furniture fashioned from chipboard surfaced with veneer.  Not only did this save the population of trees but office furniture became lighter and easier to move around the office.  Styles softened and angular shapes were replaces with round corners.  Office furniture became more vivid in colour and the replica wood meant that office chairs and office desks had become more cost effect.

Simplified again in the seventies and eighties interior designers were working their office furniture designs around what was called the ‘G-plan.’

Office furniture was squared off and office desks and surfaces held plants with larger indoor plants placed on the floor around office chairs.

So back to the present day, open plan offices and comfortable office chairs are the mood for the moment. Spacious office desks are back made from chipboard with a more environmentally savvy consumer.

Muted colours in the office and soft furnishings kept to a minimum, keeping dust at bay