At DS&D we help organizations enhance their performance by providing the best integrated workplace solutions. Our job is to help you create great experiences wherever work happens.
Part of that task involves re-inventing the workspace to perform better by allowing people to communicate and collaborate more effectively. We achieve this task by moving from Cubicles to Collaboration.
Check out our new video showing just how innovative the workspace of tomorrow can be.
The AlphaBetter™ Adjustable Student Desk, featured here on ABC News and distributed by DS&D, is going to revolutionize the classroom of the future, today. This adjustable-height, stand up desk allows students to stand at their desk while learning, while the attached swinging foot rest provides both balance and physical stimulus. A height-adjustable stool gives students a place to relax.
The AlphaBetter™ Student Desk promotes classroom focus, helps ADHD in classroom settings, improves handwriting, and expels excess energy. Already tested in 18 states, there is no doubt that kids absolutely love this innovative desk and naturally, so do their teachers!
For information about using the AlphaBetter desk in your classroom, please contact a DS&D representative at 908-231-1600.
Lucky students at Philadelphia's Drexel University received a real eye-opener last week when Steelcase installed a shiny new media:scapetechnology table in the center of their library's atrium. As part of Steelcase's "Test Drive" promotion, the new library addition provides an opportunity for students to use the technology as they work in collaborative group settings. The free, month-long trial is available to businesses and schools who are considering the benefits of media:scape.
"It's called the media:scape table and we're looking to see how students will use the new furnishings," said Gail Homes, assistant director of interiors at Drexel. "We didn't want [to tuck it away in] a corner for the test drive, so we chose the library atrium so that student's will see it".
And see it they did. Easily enticed by two large LCD monitors, contemporary styling and lime green seats, students wasted little time in getting to know their new collaboration tool up-close and personal.
"I think it's really cool. I just walked in and it was there, [so] I figured I'd use it," Nafida Zaman, a senior international business and marketing major, said. Her review on the rest of the library's design was less stellar, however. "I really like this new stuff, it's really contemporary, but it just doesn't fit. The rest of the library isnt' that nice. I mean, look at those other desks, they're not so beautiful. I hope they redo the rest of this place."
Other students chimed in on their experiences with the new media:scape and their reviews were unanimously positive.
"It looks like it's supposed to be used for groups, and my friend and I were working on a project when we got tired of passing notes. So we hooked our laptops up to the screens and it's so much easier to work together," shared Andrew Moore, a pre-junior who recently used the table.
For the entire article by Drexel University's Triangle Newspaper, visit this link (Image courtesy of The Triangle.org, credit:Francesca Martelli)
Talk about forward-thinking office design! Twitter, the incredibly popular social networking site, recently moved into a new space in San Francisco's SoMa district and spared no expense at providing its employees with a hip, positive and (most importantly) effective work environment.
Keeping up with global office design trendsetters such as Facebook, Red Bull and Google is no easy task, but Twitter succeeds by incorporating non-traditional elements such as a dj booth, arcade, and awesome looking custom concrete conference tables. Not surprisingly, the entire building is outfitted with Wi-Fi connectivity and the company's now world-renown bird logo.
The following are a few photos taken by actual Twitter employees. Bonus points : Pay special attention to the use of Steelcase office furniture, including the Think chair with alive-seating technology.
Our verdict? Twitter doesn't only know how to design a great looking space, they know how to create an environment that's as innovative as the online services they provide.
Lucky students at Philadelphia's Drexel University received a real eye-opener last week when Steelcase installed a shiny new 
