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Bene Coffice: A Home Office Smack Dab in the Middle of Your Living Room

06_25_2008 bene office 1.jpg Coffice. Strange name huh? My first thought was coffin, which is not really where you want to be, but perhaps office furniture maker Bene meant it to be a combination of 'coffee' and 'office'...which is a bit more inviting. Strange names aside, while the Coffice seems to be more suited for commercial environments, we can see this as an alternative to a desk or dedicated office in a small space.

2008_06_25 bene office 2.jpg We always use our laptop stretched out on the couch anyways, so having a power outlet and even network connection built into an extra wide armrest makes working at home that much more relaxed.

-via Born Rich

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so you have to plug your chair in, eh? it's weird, but i kind of like it. i wish they had THESE deskchairs in schools instead of those tight-fitting plastic shell chairs with attached "suck in yer gut" desk thingies (but only for right handed folks, BLARGH).

posted by kdkaboom on June 25th 2008 at 9:09am
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Really? My college had lefty desks in most of the rooms, though my high school sure didn't.

I can't help but look at this and think "Ergonomic NIGHTMARE!!" I mean, look at how she's sitting! Maybe for short term use, like 20-30 minutes at a shot. Which is too bad, because it's a neat looking piece of furniture.

posted by Tiamat_the_Red on June 25th 2008 at 11:34am
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Agreed. My back hurts just looking at that.

posted by viola on June 25th 2008 at 1:37pm
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tiamat, i totally agree about it being an ergo-mare! i have ergo-mares often...my setup is sooo bad, my arms are killing me!

but yeah, my college classrooms had just one left-handed desk per room...and somehow i never showed up early enough to grab it... grrr.

posted by kdkaboom on June 25th 2008 at 1:48pm
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