Gallery: A Private Office Pod That'll Help You Find Your Work Flow

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    The Brody, seen here, is the latest furniture design from Steelcase aimed at helping workers focus.
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    The basic components of Brody are fairly straightforward: It’s a one-person pod with an adjustable chair, a titling laptop stand on a swiveling arm, a footrest, and a privacy screen that encircles the person within. To create it, Steelcase's designers looked to a slew of research.
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    First, they studied the behavior of college students in libraries. They found that most students escaped noisy areas and tended to lean back and prop their feet up.
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    The Brody accommodates that posture with a tilted laptop stand and foot rests.
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    The privacy screens are removable, but they're also included not just to keep nosy passersby out, but to re-train the human eye away from peripheral activity. That, just as much as beeping phones and flashing notifications, pose a major distraction.
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