Considering shared and focused work
A desk that looks suitable in isolation may not fit a working room; examine enough room to move around and the routines users follow before completing a considered selection. Assess the rectangular tabletop shape alongside the green base colour before confirming the choice. For individual research in a shared office, use the planned furniture plan to test how the green base colour and the rectangular tabletop shape fit the activity and the expected movement. Before the current workstation option is added to the schedule, confirm the listed configuration and relate it to the green base colour, the wider furniture scheme plan and room access. Keep the rectangular tabletop shape visible in the comparison. Before approving desks for a project room, compare the rectangular tabletop shape and the green base colour with the surrounding furniture plan, the people assigned to this work area and the expected pattern of longer project sessions.
Checking the wider furniture scheme
People entering an open-plan workplace notice more tha desk surface; relate the green base colour and the rectangular tabletop shape to the relationship with storage and adjacent furniture before completing the proposed plan. For a flexible workspace project, keep the green base colour visible in the project requirements and check whether the rectangular tabletop shape works with the relationship with nearby storage. A flexible workplace may host individual research one day and online meetings the next, so assess how the specified desk fits ordinary changes in use. The proposed shortlist should explain how the rectangular tabletop shape and the green base colour suit the task. When a team shares a multi-purpose room, work routines may differ. Use the selected desk configuration as a starting point and check the proposed plan with more than one user in mind. Keep the rectangular tabletop shape and the green base colour together in the desk requirements.
Matching desk details to work routines
For teams planning collaborative planning, the green base colour may answer one requirement while the rectangular tabletop shape addresses another; the work area layout shows whether both belong in the workplace brief. A considered desk plan accounts for the cleaning routine before furniture is positioned; this helps determine how the green base colour and the rectangular tabletop shape relate to the task. Set out the purpose of a multi-purpose room, then assess the rectangular tabletop shape and the green base colour against the day-to-day demands of team briefings. For daily desk work, small planning decisions affect how people settle into a work area. Check the rectangular tabletop shape against the available floor area before treating the project desk brief as complete. Record how the green base colour relates to the project requirements.
