Office desks built around how people actually work
Desks are the one piece of office furniture nobody can avoid, which is why getting them wrong is so expensive. Work Furniture Direct supplies the full Dynamic desking range, from single straight desks through to bench desking for whole floors, and the honest answer is that most offices over-specify the desk and under-specify everything around it.
Start with the depth, not the width
Width is what people argue about. Depth is what determines whether the desk works. An 800mm depth takes a monitor at a comfortable viewing distance; 600mm does not, and users end up sitting further back with their arms unsupported. If you are fitting a tight footprint, lose width before you lose depth.
For dual monitors, 1600mm wide is the practical minimum, and monitor arms will buy you back more usable surface than any amount of extra width.
Choosing between the desk types
- Straight desks suit most people. Simple, easy to reconfigure, and the cheapest to replace when a layout changes.
- Corner desks give a large working surface in a fixed footprint, and suit roles that spread paper out. They are harder to rearrange later.
- Bench desking shares legs and cable trays across runs, so it is the most efficient way to seat a team. Plan the whole run before you buy, because adding to one later means matching the range.
- Height-adjustable desks are worth it for people at a desk all day, and wasted on hot desks nobody owns.
- Desks with storage remove the need for a separate pedestal, which matters more in small offices than most people expect.
Plan the cables before the desks arrive
The single most common regret we hear is cable management left as an afterthought. Power has to reach the desk, and the route it takes decides where the desk can physically sit. Sort cable management and electrical at the same time as the desks, not after the floor plan is fixed.
If desks will be moved regularly, choose a leg style with a cable spine built in rather than relying on trays clipped underneath, which fall off.
Buying for a whole office
Order the whole run in one go. Finishes shift slightly between production batches, and a desk added six months later rarely matches the ones either side of it. If budget forces a phased rollout, split it by room rather than by desk, so any mismatch reads as a design choice.
Talk to Work Furniture Direct before you commit to a layout. A quick look at your floor plan usually saves more than it costs, and we would rather tell you that you need fewer desks than sell you the wrong ones.
Ranges we stock
The Evolve and Impulse ranges cover most of what an office needs, from single straight desks through to full bench desking runs, and both extend into matching storage so a floor can be specified from one family.
If you are fitting out a room rather than replacing a desk, it is worth choosing the range first and the individual pieces second. Mixing families is what leaves an office looking assembled rather than designed.