... regulations to ensure designers, manufacturers and consumers alike are aware of the demands made of them and, likewise, their own consumer rights. In today′s political environment of EC directives, building regulations, etc., office furniture manufacturers do not get away unscathed. They have been...

... Cassels[6] argued that the design and management of space should be a physical expression of all the facets of the business plan. The vast majority of office layouts are not designed but planned. The influence of the systems furniture suppliers is rife. The standardization eases logistic problems...