The office furniture of the future actually looks pretty good

There is a secret language to office furniture. The design, the size, the placement — they all communicate something. In most cases it's simply, "This work is sending me to sleep, please kill me."

That situation seems unfair, given that modern jobs are often anything but boring. Yes, we have open floor plans, but does the environment reflect the creativity that exists in even the most mundane jobs (looking at you, accounting)?

Two companies, Steelcase and Microsoft, are collaborating to create some truly modern work spaces. You may not have heard of Steelcase, but it makes the functional furniture that fills millions of offices around the country. Microsoft, of course, is behind the operating system and office suite that power the majority of American business.  Read more...