Given the fact that most individuals in an office have to work with both computers
and documents, manufacturers have provided desks that offer increased surface
area.
They have accomplished this by offering cockpit-style surfaces, L-shaped surfaces,
or “wave” surfaces (see Figure 2.2). Many of these desks do not take up any more
floor space than rectangular desks did; therefore, the same number of people can be
accommodated in an office without resulting in cramped conditions. The key issue
with all of the desks being offered, regardless of their surface shape, is whether they