The post-Covid office environment has posed new opportunities and challenges for workers, employers, and designers who seek to accommodate them. Office brands like the San Francisco-based Pair take it upon themselves to create solutions to enhance flexibility and efficiency in the workspace.
Pair identified that the post-Covid office environment includes four types of workers—"full-time, part-time, hybrid, and temporary." As such, the company's new locker system seeks to accommodate the changing foot traffic in the office. Called SOMA, the system is flexible, impactful, and well-integrated. It is compact enough so that it can fit "hundreds of lockers on a single office floor," it does not pose any hindrance to individual or collaborative workflow, and it encourages green spaces in the office as the lockers can be "a base for tables and planters."
Office Locker Systems
Pair Continues to Innovate for the Post-Covid Office Environment
Trend Themes
1. Flexible Office Locker Systems - Office locker systems that are modular, scalable, and adaptable to accommodate the changing needs of workers.
2. Efficient Workplace Design - Innovating solutions to enhance flexibility, productivity, and sustainability in the post-Covid office environment.
3. Green Workspaces - Creating office furniture and fixtures that promote green spaces and well-being among workers.
Industry Implications
1. Office Furniture and Equipment Manufacturing - Developing innovative workplace solutions, particularly flexible locker systems, that can cater to a diverse range of workers and workflows.
2. Interior Design - Designing efficient and productive workspaces while prioritizing sustainability and wellness through incorporating locker systems and green spaces in the office.
3. Co-working Spaces Management - Providing locker systems and workspace design solutions that can cater to the changing needs of diverse worker populations.