Bluestone Lane      

New York, NY

Australian coffee culture has landed in the U.S. with this first outpost of Bluestone Lane, an artisanal brand that aims to open 40 additional locations soon. Seeking a playful, modern look, we played up eye-catching CB2 pieces and added a few Crate and Barrel classics to encourage coffee drinkers to kick back and linger as long as they like.

Since early March, 2020 millions of office employees were asked to work remotely from home. Our customer survey showed that the majority of employees who work from home don't have proper monitors, chairs, desks, and phone systems in order to work a full 8 hour day.

The survey demonstrated that most remote workers use a laptop and a mobile phone while working from home. This is fine for home work styles of the past where we would check emails and search the web for a few hours while relaxing on the couch.

Now we are using the same laptop and mobile phone to handle significant workloads for 8 hours or more and many problems can arise from this new workstyle. For example, hunching over and looking down at a small laptop screen for hours, can add a lot of stress to the neck which leads to neck pain. In addition, home office workers may sit too low or too high on a non-adjustable dining room chair without a good supportive cushion for much of the day which can cause back pain. Also, typing on a small laptop keyboard and using a tiny touchpad mouse for extended periods cause wrist and finger pain.

Ergonomic knowledge and carefully selected furniture for your body type are the best tools for comfortable, productive and healthy home office environments.

Working in a home office needs to be taken very seriously. Just like the workplace, home offices need to keep workers safe and productive. Billions of dollars go into corporate offices to ensure that workers have ideal, safe environments resulting in healthier employees and high quality work. However, with home offices there are new risks since companies cannot control or monitor how home offices are used.  Additionally, most workers may not know how to correctly build and create a home office.