Referring to the origin of the office, the earliest can be traced back to the early 16th century, the Medici family set up the first real office in history; after the Industrial Revolution, in order to provide independent working space for prosecutors, lawyers and other notaries, individual office space began to appear; at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, the collective office emerged, with standardized desks densely placed in open areas and each employee having his or her own work location.
With the development of society, the office environment and office space continue to evolve, office furniture has also changed. From the earliest wooden desks, to the emergence of steel furniture, to the screen system, table and screen system, and so on.
Before the epidemic, the office environment began to appear “diversified” and “lifelike” needs, different from the old regular cubicle office, people need more shared space for communication and interaction. Open communication areas, coffee bars and relaxation areas are introduced into offices. At the same time, co-working has also started to emerge, and shared offices have become a trend, with a new model of office space.
In 2020, the global office environment was radically changed by the epidemic. Many companies were unable to resume their normal sitting shifts, and at this time, home office and telecommuting became popular. People pay more and more attention to the home office environment, the purchase of home office furniture demand increased dramatically. At the same time, due to the need to rely on video, voice and other ways to solve the daily communication problems, telecommuting software has also entered thousands of households, intelligent office mode has been opened. I believe that after the epidemic, this home office and telecommuting will also become the mainstream.
Today, the epidemic tends to be stable and normalized, especially in China, there is a mixed office model. Most people start to go back to the office to work, and because the epidemic is in a sporadic state, some people who cannot sit in the office in the short term can only choose to work from ome or work outside. Therefore, the mixed office will become the normal office model in the post-epidemic era.
Although the home office is a trend, but some work still need to communicate with colleagues, collaboration, homework, therefore, many companies choose to co-working mode, this shared space office model, can ensure that office workers and the team at any time to communicate, share information, complete collaboration, but also at any time to replace the office space to reduce rental costs.
In the post-epidemic era, office trends will continue to change, but the only thing that can be determined is that the office will not disappear, it will just keep changing and new office models will keep appearing.
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