Classic looks from the history of office furniture and accessories

Some office furniture design is so distinct that one look transports you back to that particular place and time. The following items represent some of the unique highs and lows of office furniture design:

1. The roll top desk – One of the first hallmarks of fine office design, the roll top desk had a home inside the offices of such great minds as Thomas Edison and Abraham Lincoln. It is a look so timeless and functional that it can still be found in many offices today.



2. Shag Carpeting – From the people who brought you the wet bar at work. It seemed like no executive office in the 1970’s was complete without a little shag carpeting magic. Plush and strange, shag carpeting was the look of choice for creative shops in the American West for the better part of a decade.



3. The Aeron Chair – Nothing captures the essence of the dot.com bubble (before it burst) than the Herman Miller Aeron Chair. Sublime, sleek and ridiculously overpriced, these chairs were a staple at offices around the country that would eventually go belly up. In fact, many successful Web 2.0 companies bought theirs on eBay from failed 1.0 companies!



4. The phone headset – When the first phone headsets rolled off the conveyor belt, they looked more like an ancient night guard/retainer from the dental world than a high-tech communication device. Times have changed and the design has improved, but we’ll never forget those first cumbersome headsets.


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