In order to easily orientate yourself on Ikea’s pages, it is worth a visit to the “site map”. Office furniture has its own separate chapter: workrooms. You can look at individual items in the section “Products A-Z”. You can also arrange the design of your work space through e-mails, but on-line purchases, virtual architects or consultations are not possible. Ikea’s competition pays even less attention to the internet. Sconto’s website (www.sconto.cz) shows only furniture that is on sale, along withinformation about their company. The same applies to the Asco nábytek website (www.asko-nabytek.cz).
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Techo supports non-traditional design, as you can see in the photo gallery. Basic information is well arranged in the left menu column. Products such as chairs or storage systems are supplemented by services – from leasing to repairs. Some products have their own pages, such as www.iqzidle.cz. The middle column carries up-to-date information, and on the right there is an interesting link entitled “references” where you can look at solutions realized for large Czech firms. The pages serve both as a business card and a communications tool. It is possible to ask questions about each item, such as the price, by using the “contact” section.
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These pages don’t waste space and get directly to business, offering a copious amount of chair models. Clicking on a picture enlarges it, and available colors are indicated, as well as some additional information. All delivery and purchase conditions are entered on the home page and are easy to understand. Payments can be done by transfer or C.O.D. Unfortunately, someone forgot to give the dimensions of the chairs displayed (as of mid-April).
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Furniture from Czech maker Hobis is not especially luxurious but it is very popular in local offices. The same can be said for their presentation. To see the assortment of products, you must click on the main collage of furniture in the middle of the site. There you will find information on prices, colors and dimensions. With most types, you can have a closer look or see it as part of a set. Hobis does not sell on-line. It cooperates with ArCon, which develops software for architects that enable virtual designs of interiors. A library of relevant software can be downloaded free-of-charge.
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Once you skip the introductory animation you will enter into a pleasantly designed virtual shop – offering office furniture, among other things. You can throw a cabinet “into the cart”, for example, and it will be displayed together with the dimensions and price in a summarized “shopping cart”. The individual pieces of furniture are mostly represented in illustrations, but there are no guides on how to make a purchase until a customer actually tries to do it. Some other chapters – such as “Demo architect” with proposals for individual sets – are likewise insufficiently documented and are not easily understood.
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