The Contemporary Guide toWhere we work shapes how we work.
How we work shapes what we create.
What we create shapes how we live.

Work style is changing— bringing together the best of tradition with new thinking and global best practices.
Understanding the interplay of people, architecture, and furniture in a space equips you toshape modern, high performing, human-centered offices.
So your employees can work smarter and happier, wherever and whenever work happens.

S T YLESAs a global company, Okamura has studied bestpractices through history and from around the world

Designated Desk Workspace

Hot Desk Workspace

to understand how office spaces are evolving. With
more choices than ever, we are creating furniturethat supports how people work best.

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Whether corner offices, cubicles, or “owned”“Hot desks” and hoteling means that everyone

desks, each employee had their own dedicatedshares all desks, and are free to work anywhereplace to work. It works great for professionals

in the open-plan office. It maximizes the use of

who work with confidential documents or thosereal estate, encourages collaboration,

who work most efficiently in the same location.

and reduces isolation.

Airplane
Activity-Based Work Style

StationHomeSeminarCafeOffice

Any place can be a workspace. Not only is the entire office floor sharedworkspace — from desks to cafés, seminar rooms to pods for team

Coworkingworking – but places outside of the office such as coworking spaces andliving rooms can also be workplaces. Employees work in the area
best-suited to their current work activity.

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The Next Obvious Evolution

The future of work requires equal

Drawing upon Designated Desk Workspaces, Hot
Desking, and Activity-Based Work Style employees
today are more accountable for how they accomplish
individual work more than ever before. But most work
projects are team work — individual efforts, woven
together.

Individual autonomy:
Each employee chooses where to work,in order to bring his or her best efforts to the team.

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parts of individual autonomy and teamwork.

Teamwork:
For feedback, advice, or a sense of belonging there’s always
Bushitsu, where employees can come to connect with peers.

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S O LUTI ONSIn today’s offices, there is no one-size-fits all solution.
Modern work styles are tailored to the individual, team,and activity — giving employees the freedom to find thespace that makes them most productive.
In a world where business happens anywhere/anytime,
Okamura has solutions to shape work styles that work.

Does Activity-Based Work Stylehelp carrying out the task more efficiently?

Source: Reserch by Okamura (2018)

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BUSHITSU
910BUSHITSU
Bringing team members together
in their own space_In an era of workplace reform, Okamuraintroduces the concept of Bushitsu, named after
afterschool clubs famous across Japan, wheremembers gather in teams around shared purpose,activities, interests, and goals. Owned by everyone
in a particular division or department, it’s a homebase that helps heighten one's sense of comraderyand a feeling of belonging that often becomesobsolete when employees work individually.

What benefits a Bushitsu brings to the workplace?

Source: Reserch by Okamura (2019)11

Within a Bushitsu, teams also come together to collaborate, heightening a sense of comradery and trust.
The Bushitsu may have dedicated desks for the team where members can accomplish individual focus work, research,
ideation, and preparation for presentations or reviews. And the same desks can be also used for team collaboration.
Depending on the needs of each team, Bushitsu can be closed, semi-closed, or open.

Closed Bushitsu

Semi-closed Bushitsu

Open Bushitsu

Increases employee well-being through personalization of space withFlexible space with dividers that allow privacy within open areas. Monitors

Accessible and inclusive space, even non-members feel ease to chip in theirphotos, mementos, and more. It can include “owned” desks in team rooms,

and whiteboards are equipped for quick exchange and sharing of ideas, asideas. Members take inspiration from open communication.

private storage in a private office room setting.

well as cabinets to store common tools that members share.

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COMMON AREA
Benching and shared desks maximize
real estate.
_Space for employees to accomplish daily
operational tasks: checking email, scheduling,
reports, etc. If you have a quick question for yourcoworkers, it’s easy to ask and answer.

In a survey of corporate employees, 90% said that theywant to control their work environment. Out of that 90%:
90% wanted to control their level of comfort;
65% said that more control over their work area would
increase productivity.

Do you want to be able
to control your workenvironment?

What kind of changes
do you expect to see
if you can control
your environment?

Source: Reserch by Okamura (2004)

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OREE + Sabrina

Manifold A + Sylphy

AF WORKSTATION + LuceSW + Choral
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FOCUS AREA
Solo or group-based, employees wantspace to focus.
_When speed and accuracy are critical, or quiet
time is necessary for reflection and coming up
with new ideas, employees want to work without
distractions.
Soundproof spaces also increase comfort.

In a survey of corporate employees who use multiple
spaces according to their task at hand, they said it’salways necessary to have space for focus work
regardless of “solo or group work”

What activities are effective for maximizing your work output?

Source: Reserch by Okamura (2019)15

Drape + Lives Work Chair

mufﬂe + plimode

Snow HutLives Lounge Chair + Lives Wagon
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Informal communication is key to success.
_When looking to work in a casual way or relax
on a short break employees want a space whereconversation is open and flows freely. Impromptu
interactions with acquaintances from otherdivisions and departments not only helps build
team collaboration, but also job satisfaction.

In a survey of corporate employees, 96% said that
informal communication is important to job satisfactionand even productivity.

Does informal communication play animportant role carrying out your task?

Source: New Office Promotion Association17

Cafe table

Perlutz

NAGARE

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MEETING AREA
Efficient meetings boost productivity.
_Meeting areas are hubs for sharing information,
expressing ideas, and conducting reviews.
Designed for anything from formal board meetings
to more casual briefings, and equipped with tools
like whiteboards and large monitors, these spaces
help keep business moving forward.

In a survey, 2/3 of employees said that standing-only
meetings are more efficient and productive, requiring
attendees to be attentive and reducing wasted time.

Is standing-only meeting efficient?

Source: Reserch by Okamura (2019)19

FLAPTOR + Runa

OREE + repiroue

S CONFERENCE TABLE + plimode

AF WORKSTATION + Grata
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COLLABORATIVE
AREA
Collaboration is co-creation.
_To share innovative concepts and build on the ideas ofothers, employees need spaces that are designed foropen communication — whether with coworkers orclients.
These areas can also be used for training, externalseminars and events, or project teamwork.

What can you do to prepare for working for better in the future?

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Source: Research by Okamura (2019)

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Runa

81T2

GrataZT22CMF

PlayfulHygge

Colors, materials, and finishes are essential
to making workplace atmospheres attractive,and helping employees feel comfortable andengaged.

A relaxed atmosphere where an at-home coziness allows
conversation to naturally flow.
An open atmosphere with playfulness at its center, for thegathering of people and the exchange of ideas.

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A serene atmosphere to calmly collect your thoughts andImmerse

turn your hand to tasks.

Recharge

Color
Material
FinishAn atmosphere for focus, whether in a team or alone, settlein, get comfy and get to work.

Focus Area

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Choose your work styles

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LocationsBANGKOKTOKYO
Okamura Corporation

Siam Okamura
International Co., Ltd.

CHICAGO

Location : 3199 Maleenont Tower
19th Floor, Rama 4 Road,
Klongton,Klongtoey,
Bangkok 10110, Thailand
TEL : +66-2661-5474~79

Chicago Branch

HO CHI MINH

HONG KONG

Dubai Branch

Okamura International
Vietnam Co., Ltd.

Okamura Salotto
Hong Kong Limited

Location : Bldg.6 East, Block A,
office No.521,
Dubai Airport Free Zone, Dubai, UAE
TEL : +971-4-3575197

Location : Suite 1104 11th Floor
Saigon Tower, 29 Le Duan St.,
District 1, HCMC, Vietnam
TEL : +84-28-3822-6392

Location : 2903 Two Chinachem
Exchange Square, 338 King’s Road,
North Point, Hong Kong
TEL : +852-2898-9777

JAKARTAKUALA LUMPUR

PT. Okamura
Chitose Indonesia

Okamura International
Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.

Location : Midplaza 2, 22nd Floor,
JL Jenderal Sudirman Kav 10-11,
Jakarta Pusat 10220, Indonesia
TEL : +62-21-572-3925

Location : Unit 13-02, Level 13, Q sentral,
2A Jalan Stesen Sentral 2, Kuala Lumpur
Wilayah Persekutuan, MalaysiaTEL : +603 2732 9827

Location : Hotel New Otani,
Garden Court, 4-1 Kioi-cho,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo,Japan
Telephone : +81-3-5561-4038

DUBAI

SHANGHAIROTTERDAM

Okamura (China) Co., Ltd.

Rotterdam Branch

Location : 15F B block,
FutureLand Building, No.5 Lane 388,
Zhongjiang Road, Putuo District,
Shanghai, 200062, China
TEL : +86-21-6226-5589

Location : Stationsplein 45, Unit B7.043,
3013 AK Rotterdam, The Netherlands
TEL : +31-10-213-4414

Location : 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza,
Suite 1100, Chicago, IL 60654, USATEL : +1-312-645-0115

LONDON
London BranchLocation : 1st Floor, 54 Hatton Garden,London EC1N 8HN, UK
TEL : +44-20-3077-5930

SINGAPORE
Okamura International(Singapore) Pte., Ltd.
Location : Hengda Building 137
Cecil Street,Singapore 069537
TEL : +65-6224-7995

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The products listed in this catalog are available as of March 2020. Please note that speciﬁcations,dimensions, and colors are subject to change without notice. The colors of the actual products may
diﬀer somewhat from the colors shown in the catalog, depending on printing conditions.

YKCO01-031 P.TG Printed in Japan