Office

A coat of white IdeaPaint can expand the limited scope of a home office.

Whether your home office consists of a designated room or a tight corner in your kitchen, there are certain key strategies for making the most of it.

Regain focus and boost your productivity—here, we walk you through seven steps to soundproofing your home office.

Design Army's work-a-day tools and design library.

Although Design Army is a technologically cutting edge design firm, projects still need to be handcrafted sometimes. An upper shelf holds their design awards overflow from the conference room and Pum's hats add a bit of swagger to the red head mannequins above.

Brothers’s workspace uses skylights to let in sun. The lack of windows helps him focus on his craft.

While the office furniture industry in the United States amounted to close to 10 billion dollars in 2014, it's safe to say that there's room to improve on the standard-issue tables and task chairs on the market. West Elm, in collaboration with Inscape, released a new collection that brings a residential sensibility into the contract market.

The new office makes the most of the exposed brick, tall ceilings, and large southfacing windows. "Because we are based in New York, we don’t have a ton of space," says Dots co-founder Patrick Moberg. "We wanted a clean, thoughtfully designed place to build and play games." Murphy interpreted these wishes into an aesthetic she describes as "traditional American office meets Scandinavian home."

Designed by Jagoda, the door swings open to fit in front of a bookshelf.

Muuto lamps draw attention to the tall ceilings. The office chairs are Herman Miller's ergonomic Aeron Chairs.

A communal space at the WeWork lab, on the 4th floor of 175 Varick St.

The office design was inspired by “blues, jazz and Bossa Nova." Tiled walls help optimize acoustics.