Planning and Designing Collaborative Work Spaces – Personal Storage Space
Hive (Wood) Personal Storage Unit with changeable Graphics, Personal Storage Area, Mail Slot and Personal Laptop/File Storage Box Option
When researching their work and how it might apply to other organizations, I noted with interest a comment from a Cisco IT manager regarding needs of employees articulated during brainstorming sessions. One frequently mentioned need was for quiet areas to be used for short period of times during the day. Another mentioned personal lockers for belongings like purses and lunches and larger filing cabinets for employees whose job required them to store forms or records.
Today we are review new products that would be very helpful in meeting the personal locker storage needs of mobile/hotelling personnel.
The “Hive” Personal Storage Locker System
In an agile and dynamic workspace, one of the challenges to success can be the loss or lack of a defined personal space for employees. “Hive” seeks to solve this vital need in a unique way.
Made from wood, the “Hive” system was developed keeping in mind how people would work in the new agile office. They wanted to be able to locate these units in corridors rather than in locker rooms. Therefore they had to be made fun and flexible. You can interchange doors easily and change graphics quickly.
Each worker gets one level as their permanent office base. This unit is their address. This is where physical messages or messages are left. They get about 39 inches of personal storage space to put their hotbox (more on that later) and other important belongings.
When you combine the small, movable Hive (see April 15, 2013 blog) and the personal storage of Hotbox, clutter is removed from the work space. You no longer need a pedestal for each person. And each desk can now have many users.
Shared desks becomes more viable since one Hive replaces the need for up to 3 personal pedestals for each desk.
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Coming next – space saving large filing storage systems.
