Specialised office furniture can often lend a 'corporate' atmosphere to the office. We often accept furnishing in the workplace that we would not consider at home. Many people are more adventurous however in their ‘work-style’ than their ‘home-style’.

Rather than having a uniform, corporate furnishing style, furniture for the new Arts Council England national offices could be selected for its intrinsic quality rather than contribute to an interior branding.

A collection of furniture could be established, comprising some pieces from the last 100 years acknowledged for their design quality.

This pool of furniture can be drawn upon in different groupings and for different situations, creating autonomous atmospheres within the whole.