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<ul class="summary-list"><li>John Krasinski appeared on an episode of Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey's <keyword id="1590914" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Podcast">podcast</keyword> "<keyword id="8090247" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="office-ladies">Office Ladies</keyword>" to recap "Casino Night," the sitcom's season two finale.</li><li>Notably, Jim and Pam share their first official kiss during the episode, after Jim confesses that he's in love with her.</li><li>Although "Casino Night" is best known for the kiss, Fischer and Krasinski agreed that they worked hardest on the parking lot scene where Jim admits his feelings.</li><li>Fischer wrote in her episode script that Pam tells her mom on the phone that she thinks she's in love with Jim, and the actors were purposefully kept apart before the kiss.</li><li>Fischer thinks that the characters officially kissed for the first time on "Casino Night," but Krasinski believes that it happened on the season two premiere.</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul><p>Jim (John Krasinski) and Pam's (Jenna Fischer) relationship changed forever on "Casino Night," the season two finale of "<keyword id="94523" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="The-Office">The Office</keyword>."</p><p>After two seasons, on which Jim was silently in love with his coworker (even though she already had a bumbling, longterm fiancé), he finally confessed his feelings for Pam — then, they shared a kiss.</p><p><div type="image" title="office ladies john krasinski" height="453" width="604" msid="75741689" hostid="261"></div></p><p>"The Office" stars Fischer and Angela Kinsey (who played Angela) <a href="https://officeladies.com/episodes/2020/05/13/episode-28-casino-night">recently discussed the iconic episode</a> on their recap podcast, "Office Ladies," and Krasinski joined them to provide even more behind-the-scenes information.</p><h2>Fischer and Krasinski agreed that they worked hardest on the scene where Jim confesses his feelings for Pam</h2><p><div type="image" title="the office jim pam parking lot scene" height="900" width="1200" msid="75741694" hostid="261"></div></p><p>Towards the end of "Casino Night," Jim and Pam are enjoying each other's company in the Dunder Mifflin parking lot, and Pam's fiancé, Roy (David Denman), has already left the event. Suddenly, Jim admits to Pam that he's in love with her. Although she initially rejects him, he tearfully says, "I just needed you to know. Once."</p><p>Director Ken Kwapis decided that the crew should hide the cameras so that the two wouldn't be able to see them, making an already important scene feel even more vulnerable to the actors.</p><p> "I remember genuinely being extremely nervous," Krasinski admitted. "I think I had interpreted it as the biggest scene I had done on the show. Something to that level of intensity was like super terrifying to me and I remember being like, 'Hey, bro. Remember when you thought you were an actor? Tonight ruins that whole mirage.'"</p><p><div type="image" title="The Office PAM" height="718" width="957" msid="75741697" hostid="261"></div></p><p>He also joked that he was able to pull off the parking lot scene because he could relate to what Jim was going through in that moment.</p><p>"In my high school yearbook, I have every single girl in the school being like, 'Thank you so much. You were the shoulder to cry on. You were such a good friend when I was in love with Adam,'" he said. "So when [Kwapis] was like, 'Hey, do a scene about the love of your life having another guy instead of you,' I was like, 'Bro? It's called my default setting.'"</p><p>"People always ask about the kiss, but this was the scene we worked hardest on. And it makes sense to me," Fischer added. "Saying 'I love you' is such a vulnerable thing, and you do it so honestly, John."</p><h2>Fischer wrote in her script that Pam told her mom she thought she was in love with Jim</h2><p><strong><div type="image" title="the office pam" height="1282" width="1709" msid="75741700" hostid="261"></div></strong></p><p>After Pam initially turns down Jim in the parking lot, we see her in the office, discussing what has just happened with her mom over the phone. We never hear what Pam's mother is saying — Fischer said that she wasn't actually talking to anyone while filming the scene, but she prepared for it nonetheless.</p><p>"I invented in my head what the dialogue was, and I had written down in my script for what I thought my mom was saying to me so that I would have good reactions, and I was going through it in my head as I was doing the scene," she explained.</p><p>The actress added that many fans had written in asking what Pam's mom had asked her when she says, "Yeah, I think I am."</p><p>"I had written in my script that my mom asked me, 'Well, sweetie, are you in love with <em>him</em>?'" Fischer said. "And that I answered, 'Yeah, Mom, I think I am.'"</p><h2>The actors were purposefully kept apart before the scene, which Krasinski said was his first 'acting' kiss</h2><p><div type="image" title="jim and pam first kiss" height="717" width="956" msid="75741703" hostid="261"></div></p><p>The moment at the very end of "Casino Night" where Jim walks into the office and kisses Pam was strictly planned and choreographed during filming.</p><p>The two actors had multiple meetings with Kwapis and "The Office" creator Greg Daniels beforehand to discuss all the details of how the scene would play out, such as to what extent Pam would kiss Jim back.</p><p>Fischer also remembered that the crew purposefully kept her and Krasinski apart for an hour before filming the kiss, in order to build tension.</p><p>"We never rehearsed it on stage together," Fischer said. "And I remember they brought me to set. All the lights were dim, there was no one around, it was super eerie."</p><p>Although the kiss was undoubtedly a big deal for Jim and Pam, it also marked an acting milestone for Krasinski.</p><p>"That was my first acting kiss ever," he claimed.</p><p>"It's not even a big kiss, it's a little kiss," Fischer noted. "But it's the perfect kiss."</p><h2><strong>Fischer previously revealed on the podcast that she and Krasinski disagree about when the couple's actual first kiss occurred</strong></h2><p><div type="image" title="the office jim pam kiss season 2 premiere" height="939" width="1252" msid="75741706" hostid="261"></div></p><p>On the season two premiere ("The Dundies"), a drunken Pam accidentally kisses Jim on the lips, in what some fans believe was their first kiss.</p><p>The cast had varying opinions — Kinsey thinks that it is, but Fischer insisted that the couple's first kiss was in "Casino Night," the season two finale.</p><p>"The intention was that Pam was going for his cheek, and it was one of those moments where he moved his head in a way that I wasn't expecting and I just followed through," <a href="https://officeladies.com/episodes/2019/12/04/episode-7-the-dundies">Fischer said</a>. "That was what was in my head as Pam, so I wasn't thinking that I was intending to kiss his lips… Pam kind of doesn't register it."</p><p>"John said that Jim, who is not drunk, was very aware that they just kissed on the lips," she added. "This was a whole conversation that we had off-camera."</p><h2>The kiss scene was filmed so that viewers couldn't see Pam's reaction. The cast also had to wait to find out what would happen next in her and Jim's relationship.</h2><p><div type="image" title="the office jim pam" height="1200" width="1600" msid="75741708" hostid="261"></div></p><p>Citing the episode's DVD commentary, Kinsey noted, "[Cinematographer] Randall Einhorn said that he really wanted it to end so that you couldn't see Pam's face. So you never knew what her reaction was after that."</p><p>"We were not told what would happen to [Jim and Pam]," Fischer added. "It was a cliffhanger to the cast as well."</p>Read the original article on <a href="https://www.insider.com/john-krasinski-jenna-fischer-pam-jim-first-kiss-office-ladies-2020-5">Insider</a>

John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer discussed Jim and Pam's 'perfect' first kiss on the 'Office Ladies' podcast

San Francisco, <keyword id="10387" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Microsoft">Microsoft</keyword> has announced that it is planning to launch '<keyword id="23557" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="office">Office</keyword> 2021' later this year for both Windows and <keyword id="62949" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="MaC">Mac</keyword> machines.<br /><br />The company says Office 2021 will be available to purchase for single users as well as business users later this year, but the company has not revealed an exact release date or pricing information yet.<br /><br />"We are planning to release Office 2021 for personal and small business use later this year. Office 2021 will also be supported for five years with the traditional 'one-time purchase' model. We do not plan to change the price for these products at the time of the release. We will announce more details about new features included in Office 2021 closer to general availability," the tech giant said in a statement.<br /><br />Office 2021 will be accompanied by Office LTSC (Long Term Servicing Channel), which is a new version of <keyword id="6369149" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="microsoft-office">Microsoft Office</keyword> that's being introduced for commercial customers.<br /><br />Office LTSC will bring accessibility improvements, dark mode in multiple apps, and general performance improvements across Word, Excel, Outlook, and <keyword id="152705" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Powerpoint">PowerPoint</keyword>.<br /><br />However, Microsoft also says in its announcement that the price of Office Professional Plus, Office Standard, and the individual apps is going up 10 per cent at the time of wider public availability.<br /><br /><br /><strong>SEE ALSO:<br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/pewdiepies-lyrics-targeting-cocomelon-and-jk-rowling-that-may-have-gotten-youtube-angry-enough-to-pull-the-video-down/articleshow/81102941.cms">PewDiePie's lyrics targeting CocoMelon and JK Rowling may have gotten YouTube angry enough to pull the video down</a><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/ecommerce/news/flipkart-gets-leaner-with-a-300-million-jabong-write-off-as-ceo-kalyan-krishnamurthy-lists-out-the-priorities-for-2021/articleshow/81105083.cms">Flipkart gets leaner with a $300 million Jabong write-off as CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy lists out the priorities for 2021</a><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/happiest-minds-is-leveraging-its-partnerships-with-big-players-like-google-microsoft-aws-salesforce/articleshow/81105035.cms">Happiest Minds is a smaller company that does the same thing as MindTree and L&amp;T Infotech — but clearly it is doing it a lot better</a><br /></strong><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/india-may-require-twitter-facebook-and-others-to-remove-unlawful-content-within-36-hours/articleshow/81104740.cms"><strong>India may require Twitter, Facebook and others to remove unlawful content within 36 hours</strong></a><br />

Microsoft to launch 'Office 2021' for both Windows and Mac machines

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="127409" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Staples">Staples</keyword>' offer to buy <keyword id="249521" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Office-Depot">Office Depot</keyword> for $2.1 billion has been rejected, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/office-depot-rebuffs-takeover-offer-from-staples-11611058502?mod=searchresults_pos1&amp;page=1ge=1">The Wall Street Journal</a> reported.</li><li>Office Depot's parent company said it would prefer a partial sale or joint venture.</li><li>This is the third time Staples has tried to buy its office-supplies rival in 25 years.</li></ul><p>Office Depot's parent company ODP Corp has turned down <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/staples-offers-21-billion-cash-to-buy-office-depot-parent-2021-1">Staples' offer to buy it for $2.1 billion</a>, The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/office-depot-rebuffs-takeover-offer-from-staples-11611058502?mod=searchresults_pos1&amp;page=1ge=1">reported</a>.</p><p>This is the third time Staples has tried to buy its office-supplies rival in 25 years.</p><p>ODP said it would prefer a partial sale or joint venture instead, the publication reported, citing a letter from company officials.</p><p>On January 11, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/staples-offers-21-billion-cash-to-buy-office-depot-parent-2021-1">Staples said it had made an offer to buy ODP for $2.1 billion in cash</a>, nearly five years after its second takeover effort failed.</p><p>Staples owner USR Parent had said it would pay $40 per share for the competitor, <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/office-depot-stock-price-staples-proposal-to-buy-merger-2021-1-1029956821">causing Office Depot's shares to jump</a>.</p><p><em><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/home-depot-lowes-politics-conservative-republican-democrat-liberal-2020-6?r=gd-sub">A right-wing mega-donor who founded Home Depot just dumped Trump. But this isn't the first political controversy to hit the home improvement giant or its rival Lowe's.</a></em></p><p>In the letter, the chairman of ODP told USR the company would prefer either a joint venture or the sale of just its <keyword id="6354851" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="retail">retail</keyword> and consumer-facing e-commerce operations to Staples, the Journal reported.</p><p>This would attract less regulatory scrutiny, the letter reportedly said, after <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/staples-offers-21-billion-cash-to-buy-office-depot-parent-2021-1">attempts to merge the two were blocked by antitrust officials</a> in both 1997 and 2016.</p><p>Staples and Office Depot did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.</p>

Office Depot has reportedly rejected Staples' offer to buy it for $2.1 billion

<br /> <keyword id="897477" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="India-Office-Market">India office market</keyword> remained strong in the second quarter of 2016, with 10.4 million sq ft of <keyword id="1632341" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Office-absorption">office absorption</keyword> adding to about 19.2 million sq ft Year-to-date (YTD).<br />
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The percentage for this increase in office absorption was 18% increase QoQ, in which Bangalore turned out on the top place, contributing a 30% share. The start-up capital of the country was followed by NCR (21%), Hyderabad (20%), Chennai (15%), Mumbai (8%), Pune (5%) and Kolkata (1%) in the list. <br />
<br /> Out of the leading transactions, a major one was <keyword id="3495922" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="TCS-expansion">TCS expansion</keyword>, because of which it leased over 4,00,000 sq ft in Noida and 3,75,000 sq ft in Bengaluru. Similarly, IBM and Value Labs expanded their footprint in Hyderabad, and took about 3,00,000 sq ft and 2,20,000 sq ft of space on lease, respectively, in the Western suburbs, thus contributing to the rise in office absorption.<br />
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Talking of Noida, leading mobile manufacturers like Vivo Mobile and Oppo Mobile contributed in its newfound position as an Electronic manufacturing hub. While Vivo took up 2,50,000 sq ft of space there, Oppo took up 1,60,000 sq ft.<br />
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"At the macro economy level, couple of concerns were raised in Q2 2016, such as uncertainty in direction of monetary policy on account of recent change in leadership at RBI and international happenings such as BREXIT. Although, both these changes were unexpected, the impact on the business outlook in India is likely to be miniscule. However, in last couple of months, increased input costs contributed to the softer growth rate recorded in manufacturing production and services activity. Owing to this, we ought to alter our strong outlook for office market a little and expect marginal improvement in leasing activities for rest of the year. New supply is likely to remain restricted in most of the cities which will put an upward pressure on asking rents in preferred micro markets", Surabhi Arora, Senior Associate Director of Research at Colliers India, told <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/property-/-cstruction/office-absorption-records-18-jump-qoq-colliers-report/articleshow/53224358.cms">ET</a>. <br />
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Office absorption jumps 18% QoQ, Bangalore tops the charts

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Engineering, manufacturing and technology led the <keyword id="1039552" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="office-space-absorption" source="Orion">office space absorption</keyword> levels in <keyword id="12864" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="chennai" source="Orion">Chennai</keyword> as it grew by 107% between April and June 2023 period, a study undertaken by <keyword id="897106" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="cbre-south-asia" source="Orion">CBRE South Asia</keyword> Pvt Ltd said on Friday. Accordingly, the absorption level of office space stood at 2.5 million square feet space between April and June 2023 while it was 1.2 million sq ft during the same period of last financial year in the capital. <br /><br />Engineering and manufacturing together accounted for 45 % of office space, followed by technology 18 % and flexible office space operators at 16 % while remaining was contributed by other sectors. <br /><br />The majority of the office space absorption was small-size (less than 50,000 sq ft) deals, the study said. <br /><br />At the pan-India level during the April-June 2023 period, <keyword id="6861353" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="office-space-supply" source="Orion">office space supply</keyword> grew by 6 % and Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Chennai accounted for the majority of the absorption levels. <br /><br />The non-Special Economic Zone (<keyword id="45393" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="sez" source="Orion">SEZ</keyword>) segment continued to dominate development completions during April-June 2023 period while SEZ segment accounted for 24 % of the new developments. <br /><br />Key transactions recorded in the city during April-June 2023 period include Agilysys which leased 181,800 sq ft in Ramanujan IT park, IndiQube leased 1,65,000 sq ft in Alpine and Cholamandalam Finance leased 80,000 sq ft in Tamarai Technology Park, the study said.

Office space supply up 6% in April-June 2023 led by Hyderabad, Bengaluru & Chennai: CBRE report

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Ed Helms and Rainn Wilson performed a reprisal of their duet of "Take Me Home Country Roads."</li><li>Helms and Wilson, who played the iconic characters from "<keyword id="94523" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="The-Office">The Office</keyword>" Andy Bernard and Dwight Schrute, respectively, appeared together on Wilson's Instagram Live show SoulPancake's "Hey There, Human."</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul><p>Ed Helms and Rainn Wilson delivered a wonderful reprisal of "Take Me Home Country Roads" in a virtual "The Office" reunion on SoulPancake's "Hey There, Human," Wilson's new talk show on Instagram Live. </p><p>In the Season 5 episode, Dwight and Andy start playing John Denver's song in the break room at Dunder Mifflin. Dwight plays the acoustic guitar while Andy plays the banjo, and they both compete to impress the receptionist Erin Hannon (Ellie Kemper) in what devolves into an epic duet battle.</p><p>In the Instagram Live, Helms wore an odd scarf and hat combination that he refused to discuss. </p><p>Wilson and Helms talked about what it was like on the set of the show and Helms' knack for crafting. </p><p>"One thing I really have always admired about you Ed is how creative you are," Wilson said. </p><p>He continued and said that Helms would always make and build things for 'The Office,' and called Helms a "world-class banjo player."</p><p>This is not the first "The Office" reunion to happen since many in the US began to shelter in place due to the novel coronavirus.</p><p>John Krasinski, wh0 played Jim Halpert on the show, had a recent reunion with Steve Carrell, who played Michael Scott, on Krasinski's new YouTube channel "Some Good News."</p><p>Additionally, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey, who played Pam Beesly and Angela Martin, respectively, have a podcast titled "Office Ladies."</p><p>This year marks the 15th anniversary of "The Office" airing.</p>Read the original article on <a href="https://www.insider.com/dwight-andy-just-gave-us-the-office-reunion-we-needed-2020-4">Insider</a>

Ed Helms and Rainn Wilson sang their 'Country Roads' duet from 'The Office,' and it's sure to make any Dunder Mifflin fan nostalgic

Whether its an office, or a dedicated home office or even a makeshift “desk” that doubles as your dining table, it’s always important to provide ample support to your back when you're working at a desk. 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The product features a chrome plated metal frame with gently curved &amp; padded armrests and legs for stability. It is equipped with a smooth, durable &amp; bonded leatherette upholstery that covers both the cushioned back and cushioned seat of the chair.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow><bulletContentRow name="B096P6ZT5C_1379300991443955"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1"></bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">Unlike traditional <keyword id="1591281" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="office-chairs" source="Orion">office chairs</keyword>, this chair is very classy and offers a professional appearance in any office setting such as a reception area, in front of a desk, or at a conference table.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow></bulleteContentBody></bulletContentEmbed><br /><br /><bulletContentEmbed name="B09FTM58TH" columns="1"><bulletContentHeading name="B09FTM58TH_head"><div type="image" title="New Launch" msid="90432497" hostid="261"></div></columnHeadThumb>B09FTM58TH</columnHeadTitle></columnHead></bulletContentHeading><bulleteContentBody name="B09FTM58TH_body"><bulletContentRow name="B09FTM58TH_7847509340887442"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1">KITHANIA Exclusive Office Chair Visitor Study Chair</bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">This modern looking chair is extremely comfortable and is made with chrome steel for longevity. 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The product has an epoxy/polyester powder coating and a comfortable backrest to ease your back pain. To facilitate ease of use, you can stack the chairs, so they take less space when you're not using them.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow><bulletContentRow name="B017P6K3NA_2229589087164775"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1"></bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">This easy to use chair from the homeware biggies, IKEA , comes with a sturdy leg frame and steel cross rails. It’s a good looking and comfortable chair that can double as an indoor /outdoor chair.</bulletContentRowCell></bulletContentRowBody></bulletContentRow></bulleteContentBody></bulletContentEmbed><br /><br /><bulletContentEmbed name="B09L7BJPVG" columns="1"><bulletContentHeading name="B09L7BJPVG_head"><div type="image" title="Second Alternative" msid="90432537" hostid="261"></div></columnHeadThumb>B09L7BJPVG</columnHeadTitle></columnHead></bulletContentHeading><bulleteContentBody name="B09L7BJPVG_body"><bulletContentRow name="B09L7BJPVG_4666729635012542"><bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowHead col="1">GTB Office Chair/Visitor Chair</bulletContentRowHead></bulletContentRowHeading><bulletContentRowBody><bulletContentRowCell col="1">The clean design of this product fits well in any office space while the sturdy black steel tube frame holds up to heavy use. The chairs' superior construction holds up good weight. 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<p class="p1"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The task of changing around a small <keyword id="23557" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="office">office</keyword> space to accommodate more employees or an event can feel daunting. It might involve disassembling furniture, cramming people together, putting all of that stuff somewhere, and then putting it back together. </span></p>
<p class="p1">This is doubly true in New York, where space is at a premium and storage is scarce. Organizations like New York-based non-profit <a href="http://ega.org/">Environmental Grantmakers Association</a>, which more than doubles in size from four people to nine in the summer, can have a particularly hard time. </p>
<p class="p1">Employing a technique you might have last seen in the library stacks of a college, architecture and design firm <a href="http://www.taylorandmiller.com/">Taylor &amp; Miller</a> used an existing collapsible filing system to create an easily changeable office. <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">By doing a bit of folding, and rotating some cranks, cubicles can expand to accommodate a full staff of desks, or contract to create a large open space to work collaboratively or host an event. </span></p>
<p class="p1">Here's a photo of the office with desks:</p>
<p class="p1"><div class="image-container" style="width:810px"><div class="image"><p class="source"><a href="http://www.taylorandmiller.com/">Taylor &amp; Miller</a></p></div></div></p>
<p class="p1">Each of the desks can fold up to make more space for an individual if less people are around. You can also see how the modules can fit together:</p>
<p class="p1"><div class="image-container" style="width:810px"><div class="image"><p class="source"><a href="http://www.taylorandmiller.com/">Taylor &amp; Miller</a></p></div></div> </p>
<p class="p1">Just turn the cranks, and you get an instant boardroom:<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span><div class="image-container" style="width:810px"><div class="image"><p class="source"><a href="http://www.taylorandmiller.com/">Taylor &amp; Miller</a></p></div></div></p>
<p class="p1">Here are a few suggested layouts, and a creative team could surely come up with some more:</p>
<p class="p1"><div class="image-container" style="width:810px"><div class="image"><p class="source"><a href="http://www.taylorandmiller.com/">Taylor &amp; Miller 4</a></p></div></div> </p>
<p class="p1">It just goes to show that there's a lot you can do with a small space.</p>
<p class="p1"> </p>
<p class="p1"> </p>

This Tiny Office Uses Collapsible Desks To Make The Most Of The Space

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The <keyword id="2006328" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="China-box-office">China box office</keyword> this year has earned $1.99 billion, surpassing North America's $1.94 billion.</li><li>The China <keyword id="25892" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="box-office">box office</keyword> has been boosted by local blockbusters like "My People, My Homeland" and the animated "Legend of Deification," which both earned more than $150 million in one weekend earlier this month.</li><li>Theaters in the US are struggling amid the pandemic as movie studios delay <keyword id="406" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Movies">movies</keyword> or move them to streaming or digital-rental platforms. </li><li>The Regal and Cineworld movie chains recently closed all theaters in the US and UK. </li></ul><p>The North America box office is no longer the world's champion.</p><p>This year's <a href="https://variety.com/2020/film/asia/chinas-box-office-billion-overtakes-north-america-1234809213/">China box office has surpassed North America</a> with $1.99 billion as of Monday, according to Artisan Gateway, an Asian movie-industry consultancy firm. The North America box office stands at $1.94 billion as the US theatrical market continues to struggle amid the coronavirus pandemic. </p><p>The China market has been <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-box-office-rebounding-as-us-theaters-struggle-2020-10">boosted by local blockbusters</a> like "My People, My Homeland" and the animated "Legend of Deification," which both earned more than $150 million in one weekend earlier this month during China's National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday period.</p><p>US releases in China haven't fared as well. Disney's live-action "Mulan" remake was supposed to be a major hit in China, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mulan-flops-at-china-box-office-in-its-debut-weekend-2020-9">but has flopped</a> with just $40 million since opening in September. Warner Bros. "Tenet" has earned $64 million in the region (but $334 million globally).</p><p>This past weekend's China box office was down 32% from the same period last year, but the recovery is impressive considering all 70,000 of the region's movie theaters were shut down for six months this year.</p><p>US theaters were closed from March to August, but its post-reopening box office has come nowhere near the kind of numbers China is experiencing right now.</p><p>The major chains Regal and Cineworld recently closed all theaters in the US and US again. Movie studios have either delayed most releases until next year or <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-to-debut-soul-on-disney-plus-no-extra-cost-2020-10">opted to release movies to streaming</a> or digital-rental platforms.</p>

The China box office has surpassed North America's as the biggest in the world this year with $2 billion

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> outbreak will have long-lasting effects on US workers, particularly when it comes to the open office made popular by <keyword id="6357722" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="silicon-valley">Silicon Valley</keyword> companies like Facebook and <keyword id="6355629" type="DEFINITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="google">Google</keyword>. </li><li>Experts say that the open office was never very positive for employees, who reported feeling less productive and more distracted, got sick more easily, and felt pressured to work longer and harder because of their lack of privacy. </li><li>When offices begin reopening, whether that's this year or next summer, we're likely to see a shift away from the open floor plan. </li><li>"Open floor plans are most definitely going to disappear," Rhiannon Staples, chief marketing officer at human resources management company Hibob, told Business Insider. "I feel like it was already on its way out and this was the kick it needed to get it out the door."</li></ul><p>As the coronavirus continues its spread, unabated, in many parts of the US, it's becoming increasingly apparent that a return to "normal" is still far in the future. That's true for American office workers, many of whom have been working from their homes since March.</p><p>But when workers <em>are</em> able to return to work en masse, whether that's this winter or a year from now, the office probably won't look as they left it. </p><p>Corporations nationwide are <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/going-back-to-work-office-design-coronavirus-2020-5">considering how to reopen spaces</a>, from new ventilation systems systems to socially distanced elevators and closed-off kitchens. But the biggest change might be to the space as a whole. </p><p>Experts predict that the wide-open office, popularized by <keyword id="6358815" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tech">tech</keyword> industry titans like Google and Facebook, will become a thing of the past. The fad, already becoming passé, has become almost dangerous in the face of the virus — employees often sit packed in large, open rooms, with desks placed close enough to reach out and touch your coworker. </p><p>But don't mourn the death of that open-office floor plan just yet: though it was once heralded as the key to employee collaboration and productivity, it was never all that great for workers anyway. </p><h2>The rise of the open office</h2><p><div type="image" title="Facebook NYC employees " height="860" width="1147" msid="77446462" hostid="261"></div></p><p>Beginning in the early aughts, American <keyword id="852424" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Tech-workers">tech workers</keyword> began leaving cubicles behind in favor of an open-floor-plan office space. </p><p>It all started with Google, which revealed its new headquarters, the Googleplex, in 2005. Based in Mountain View, California, it was — and still is — unlike any office in America. It had a bowling alley! And sleep pods! And even sand volleyball courts! </p><p>The Googleplex, with its open design and flexible spaces, was heralded as the future. </p><p>"The attitude was: We're inventing a new world, why do we need the old world?" Clive Wilkinson, the architect who designed the Googleplex, <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90285582/everyone-hates-open-plan-offices-heres-why-they-still-exist">told Fast Company</a> last year.  </p><p>Soon, companies started coming to Wilkinson and saying they wanted to by like Google, he told Fast Company. Not long after, Facebook followed suit, opening what it says is the biggest open-floor-plan office in the world: approximately 2,800 employees working in "one giant room," <a href="https://www.wired.co.uk/article/gehry-facebook-campus">CEO Mark Zuckerberg said</a> when it opened in 2015. </p><p>"We saw a big pendulum shift where everyone came out of private offices and big cubicles into the open office, and that was an epic fail, because one size does not fit all. The open office has gotten a really bad rap as a result of doing it really badly," Melissa Hanley, CEO of the design firm Blitz, which counts Microsoft and Instacart among its clients, told Business Insider.</p><p>At the time, the idea was that if you broke down physical barriers between workers, it would break down metaphorical ones as well. Employees would be able to easily collaborate on projects and would be enticed to engage in a free-flow of ideas with their next-door neighbor. The company's CEO, once ensconced in a glass corner office, would now sit right out on the floor next to their employees, a person of the people. </p><p>But that's not exactly what happened. </p><p>Instead, employees put on headphones to shut out the noise that came along with wide-open spaces. They reported feeling stressed, anxious, and <a href="https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20170105-open-offices-are-damaging-our-memories">less likely to collaborate</a> with those around them. In fact, a <a href="https://hbr.org/2019/11/the-truth-about-open-offices">Harvard Business Review study</a> from last year found that when a company switched to an open office, face-to-face interactions actually decreased by 70% — employees just communicated electronically instead. </p><p>And that wasn't the only problem. A prescient <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ev8ae7/does-working-in-an-open-plan-office-affect-your-health">2018 piece by Vice's Mark Hay</a> argued that <keyword id="9727107" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="open-offices">open offices</keyword> are vectors for disease, with employees who work in them taking more sick days than those who work in enclosed offices. </p><p>"In the workplace, it only follows that if you're working in close proximity and handling objects and interacting closely with each other, it's a very easy route of transmission for germs, viruses, bacteria," Melissa Perry, a public-health researcher at George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-office-reopening-workers-get-sick-covid-19-plan-2020-7">told Business Insider earlier this year</a>.</p><h2>Socializing productivity</h2><p><div type="image" title="Pinterest employees office headquarters" height="1998" width="2664" msid="77446464" hostid="261"></div></p><p>But beyond the prevalence of germs, there's another downside of the open office, at least for employees. </p><p>"The open-plan office has always been in some ways in the interest of the company rather than the worker, because it socializes productivity," Melissa Gregg, Intel's chief technologist for user experience, recently <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/technology/salesforce-tech-office-coronavirus.html">told The New York Times</a>. "It forces workers to watch each other's work, and it creates very few spaces of privacy for individual workers." </p><p>Mentally, there's a pressure that comes with open offices. Workers don't want to look like they're not working hard, or like they're ducking out early. As <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/tca-the-open-office-plan-is-backfiring-20180220-story.html">Jeff Pochepan argued in Inc Magazine</a> in 2018, this means that workers may work longer hours or feel undue pressure to be "on" and engaged 100% of the time, since everyone can see them. </p><p>"I definitely think there's a concept within agile workplaces about accountability and thinking that you set something out that you're going to do and then you have to report back, did you do it," Hanley said. "I do think that the visual access to each other is probably feeding into that." </p><p>Tracy Brower, a sociologist and principal in the Applied Research + Consulting Group at furniture manufacturer Steelcase, likened open offices to manufacturing, where workers generally kept an even, steady pace until a "rate-buster" came in — someone who worked harder and faster, thereby pushing the whole group too much.</p><p>"There's hustle culture where, I may not actually be more productive, but by goodness, I'm going to stay later than my boss, no matter what," Brower told Business Insider. "I think we can get caught up in working for the sake of working and being busy for the sake of being busy." </p><h2>'The kick it needed to get it out the door'</h2><p><div type="image" title="Google office Garage" height="2000" width="2667" msid="77446467" hostid="261"></div></p><p>In the short term, the office is already changing. Companies are considering density like never before, spacing out workstations, limiting large groups in conference rooms and elevators, and placing partitions in between desks, almost like the cubicles of yore. </p><p>But these cosmetic alterations are likely to be the precursor to a bigger change. Even though a full return to the office still appears to be a long way off, experts agree that when we do return — perhaps in summer 2021, as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/google-employees-working-from-home-summer-2021-report-2020-7">Google</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-extends-work-from-home-june-2021-coronavirus-2020-8">Facebook</a> expect — we should expect some permanent changes. </p><p>"Open floor plans are most definitely going to disappear," Rhiannon Staples, chief marketing officer at human resources management company Hibob, told Business Insider. "I feel like it was already on its way out and this was the kick it needed to get it out the door."</p><p>But Brower said she doesn't think the open office is 100% dead — it's just going to feel different than it did in early 2020. </p><p>"The pendulum has really swung toward open, open, open, and lots of density," Brower said. "I think what has now happened is we're starting to swing that pendulum way to the other side — more barriers, more boundaries, less density."</p><p>While that mentality is critical for the safety of employees in the near future, Brower said she doesn't expect things to stay that way. </p><p>"I think what we will end up seeing is that pendulum landing somewhere a little bit close to the middle," Brower said. "This is actually our opportunity to reimagine, reinvent, use the coronavirus almost as an accelerator to get to places that are maybe even better than it would have been." </p>

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