So here’s a question: how many hours do you spend in your office? Thirty-five, forty, maybe fifty hours a week? That’s more time than you spend in your bedroom, right? And yet most of us put more thought into picking out a sofa than we do about the space where we’re supposed to be doing our best work. I’ve been writing about interiors for over fifteen years now, celebrity homes mostly, and I’ve walked through some incredible spaces. But the offices? That’s where it gets interesting. Because unlike someone’s living room where they can hide the mess before I arrive, offices tell the truth. You can see it in people’s faces—the ones squinting under fluorescent lights, hunched over keyboards, wearing headphones just to think straight. The thing is, we’ve known for years that office design matters. But somewhere between the cubicle era and the open-plan revolution, we forgot to ask…
