From classroom to college, we sit in rows, side by side as our educators shell us with facts. Into the working environment, the situation doesn’t change much save the office partition panel.
Available in a myriad of colours and designs to match the corporate image, they come in full solid or a combination with glass or plexiglass at the upper portion, allowing tops of heads to be seen. More often than not, the cubicle’s resident resorts to sticking posters to restore privacy.
Some utilise every inch of space by putting up all forms of printed material such as memos, posters, photos whilst keeping their desks cluttered with items which can’t be pinned or blue-tacked onto the panels. Being modular in design, a few panels coupled together can produce islands or clusters.
Interesting enough, the height of the panels is also directly proportional to the importance of the resident. A junior staff’s panel is about the height of one seated whereas the senior manager gets the full standing version which nearly equals a ceiling-to-floor gypsum wall. Although partition panels supposedly provide a conducive working environment in the office, one should always remember to check who’s on the other side.
