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 What
is so different about office furniture compared to other types of it? One's
work place, the area where people unfortunately (or is it fortunately) spend
the most of their time is equipped with such type of furniture. This is why one
should equip his or her office in such a way that one feels comfortable in it
but also in a way that the interior would stimulate one's working performances.
When
choosing items of interior for your working place, you should accord to the rhythm
of your working day and the position you're in. Boss' armchair is the indicator
of one's status and also an indicator of how successful the whole organization
is. Therefore a rich and prosperous decoration would indicate one's high
position whereas a plain office table would reveal a rather low status of its
owner.
So
popular now are the president suits used as sets to equip top managers',
bosses' and even country leaders' working places. It is believed that such a
suit should remind one of emperor's parlors. Take for example the interiors of Versailles
or Peterhof, where massive cabinets are furnished with baroque although there
is no over the top feeling in the interior of those. Walls are covered with
wooden panels. There are a few of strictly framed paintings on the walls. The
table appearance is rich but at the same time also strict. There is a sophisticated writing desk located
in front of the table and a comfortable soft sofa for resting purposes as well
as for conversations with the visitors. It is accompanied by a few lovely
chairs for those who visit the owner of the cabinet. That's how parlors of
great rulers Louis XIV and Peter the Great looked like. Luxurious but strict
appearance of the cabinets helped them concentrate on finding vital solutions
for their people and the world in whole.
Modern
cabinets of top leaders follow the same traditions: those are equipped with
luxurious furniture that helps them to demonstrate their riches with classy,
often exclusive items of office equipment which require rare and expensive
materials to be made and often uses hand labour. When choosing such sets it is
believed that Italian and Spanish producers of elite office furniture are the
most reliable ones.
Exactly
this furniture that has all of the aspects that were spoken about is what
Arcadia furniture collection, made by an Italian firm R.A. Mobili, consists
of. Table for the general director from
Athena collection has a noble form with rounded pillars and front panel.
Sophisticated shelves are decorated with veneer and have unique side panels
made from leather, whereas the case itself is covered with marvelous black
laminate. All cabinets provided by R.A. Mobili have a set of unique table
accessories, covered with twenty three carat gilding and decorated with
leather, alcantara and nubuck of the tones of the cabinet.
Another
cabinet from Orion collection belongs to a new generation of cabinets by R.A.
Mobili. The new generation is separated from the old ones because of the
well-rounded forms of tables, desks and elements of glass shelves. The luxury
of magnificent writing desk is highlighted by a complicated wooden installation
on the front panel of the table and the tabletop where a few of rare kinds of
wooden materials are combined. Orion cabinet includes a computer desk with a
sliding stand for a monitor and a keyboard. There are a few items in the set: a
great mirrored mini-bar, coffee tables of different sizes, armchairs for the
visitors, and lots and lots of accessories in the same cabinet style. The sophisticated
style is highlighted with mosaic made from veneer from different kinds of
wooden materials and decorated with Swarovski crystals as well as metallic
decorative elements covered with a thin layer of gilding.
By
the way, it is said that Bill Gates' working place interior is a very humble
one. Instead of old expensive paintings there are some of Bill's most important
certificates and diplomas hanging on the walls. Instead of luxurious leather
armchairs, the king of the PC software put up a small wooden bench. But the
technology aspect of this ascetic room is of course at the top which would be
expected of Bill Gates.
There
is no doubt that a cabinet is a working place at first and the way it is
decorated depends on the personality and wishes of its owner. Because, above
all things, it is the owner who is supposed to feel comfortable in the cabinet
and only then it is his guests and visitors.
Lana
Plotnikova
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