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October 30, 2022
The Working Space
TWS - Orgatec 2022 Photo/Video Album

A quick walk thru of Orgatec 2022.

TWS - Orgatec 2022 Photo/Video Album
October 12, 2021
Manufacturer, NeoCon 2021
Source: CFN News Desk
Hightower wins multiple NeoCon awards including ...

Contract furnishings provider, Hightower received multiple awards at NeoCon 2021, including IIDA's 'Best Small Showroom' (under 4,000 sf) and 'Best of Competition' for its newly designed Chicago showroom.

Hightower wins multiple NeoCon awards including ‘Best Showroom’
September 9, 2021
Manufacturer, People
Source: CFN News Desk
Humanscale Announces Elizabeth Margles as Chief ...

Humanscale welcomes Elizabeth Margles to its Marketing Division in the role of Chief Marketing Officer. Margles comes to Humanscale with twenty years of experience in design, fashion and retail and a background in public relations and advertising.

Humanscale Announces Elizabeth Margles as Chief Marketing Officer
August 16, 2021
Manufacturer
Source: CFN News Desk
Steelcase teams up with Kontrol Technologies to ...

The exclusive relationship with Kontrol's BioCloud® Technology will provide real-time detection of airborne pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 to help make workplaces safer as organizations return to the office.

Steelcase teams up with Kontrol Technologies to provide air quality monitoring and viral detection technology
August 15, 2021
Manufacturer, People
Source: CFN News Desk
Alan Jay Heller dies at 81

For over 50 years, Heller offered leading designers the opportunity to work with new technologies to create innovative products. Those were great partnerships and they resulted in great products.

Alan Jay Heller dies at 81
Source: Steelcase Inc.
November 6, 2018

Listen: Celebrating 10 Years of Coalesse

Source: Steelcase Inc.
November 6, 2018
Listen: Celebrating 10 Years of Coalesse

“From its inception, Coalesse has been a brand that has always had this enduring soul: to embody and create meaning in the spaces and furniture that can improve the quality of our new work lives.”

Source: CFN News Desk
November 6, 2018
Dealers

Steelcase dealer acquired by senior managers

Source: CFN News Desk
November 6, 2018
Dealers
Steelcase dealer acquired by senior managers

Central Pennsylvania's largest office-furniture dealer has been acquired by two members of its senior management team.

Source: CFN News Desk
November 6, 2018
Products

Springboard Launches AF

Source: CFN News Desk
November 6, 2018
Products
Springboard Launches AF

Springboard, a North Carolina based manufacturer, has launched A-Frame, a versatile line of multi-purpose working surfaces.

Tagged: Surfaces

Source: Workplace Insight
November 6, 2018
Working Life, Workplace, Workplace Design, Insights

A new age of reason for workplace design and management

Source: Workplace Insight
November 6, 2018
Working Life, Workplace, Workplace Design, Insights
A new age of reason for workplace design and management

When it comes to workplace design, the idea of beauty (or at least attractiveness) seems pretty important even when it can’t be measured.

Source: CFN News Desk
November 5, 2018
Manufacturer

Kimball International Posts Best Quarterly Sales in Over 15 Years

Source: CFN News Desk
November 5, 2018
Manufacturer
Kimball International Posts Best Quarterly Sales in Over 15 Years

Revenue growth of 11%, or 8% on an organic basis; highest quarterly sales in over 15 years at $194.1 million.

Source: Workplace Insight
November 5, 2018

An intersectional approach to trends in workplace design at Orgatec 2018

Source: Workplace Insight
November 5, 2018
An intersectional approach to trends in workplace design at Orgatec 2018

There is an evident degree of homogeneity in both the things people talk about and the products they create. This is structural in an industry which is so sensitive to workplace trends.

Source: Fast Company Design
November 5, 2018
Working Life, Workplace, Workplace Design, Insights

The office of the future? No desks, no chairs

Source: Fast Company Design
November 5, 2018
Working Life, Workplace, Workplace Design, Insights
The office of the future? No desks, no chairs

If the future of work is remote work, why do we need office furniture, whether a desk or a sofa? Why show up to a workspace at all, for that matter?

Comment
Source: CFN News Desk
November 5, 2018
Design Firms, Coworking Facilities

Q&A with Fora Co-Founders Enrico Wanna and Katrina Larkin

Source: CFN News Desk
November 5, 2018
Design Firms, Coworking Facilities
Q&A with Fora Co-Founders Enrico Wanna and Katrina Larkin

We sit down with the co-founders of Fora which has taken the co-working model forward into pro-working.

Source: CFN News Desk
November 5, 2018
Designers

New Documentary Provides a Portrait of Design Superstar Dieter Rams

Source: CFN News Desk
November 5, 2018
Designers
New Documentary Provides a Portrait of Design Superstar Dieter Rams

As designers become as recognizable as their products, 86-year-old Dieter Rams looms large—and uneasily—over the world he helped create.

Source: CFN News Desk
November 5, 2018
Products

HBF Merges Functionality and Minimalism with Link Satellite Table

Source: CFN News Desk
November 5, 2018
Products
HBF Merges Functionality and Minimalism with Link Satellite Table

HBF's new Link Satellite Table, designed by Space Copenhagen, boasts multi-purpose use with a lightweight, flexible design.

Source: CFN News Desk
November 5, 2018
Manufacturer

Knoll CEO Sees Robust Hiring in U.S. Job Market

Source: CFN News Desk
November 5, 2018
Manufacturer
Knoll CEO Sees Robust Hiring in U.S. Job Market

Andrew Cogan, chairman and chief executive officer at Knoll, on the state of the U.S. job market, attracting and retaining talent, and the impact of trade concerns.

michael wolf
November 5, 2018
Insights, Working Life, Workplace, Workplace Design

Watch: Hygge in the Workplace

michael wolf
November 5, 2018
Insights, Working Life, Workplace, Workplace Design
Watch: Hygge in the Workplace

Hygge is a Danish concept centered around coziness, wellness, and kinship.

Source: CFN News Desk
November 2, 2018
Events, Facility Management, Design Firms, Design Practice

Workplace Week Takes a Bite Out of the Big Apple

Source: CFN News Desk
November 2, 2018
Events, Facility Management, Design Firms, Design Practice
Workplace Week Takes a Bite Out of the Big Apple

The program focused on shining examples, offering the design community a different way of looking at the delivery of an employee-centric workspace. 

Source: CFN News Desk
November 2, 2018

ORGATEC 2018 Review: The new informal

Source: CFN News Desk
November 2, 2018
ORGATEC 2018 Review:  The new informal

Will we still work at desks in future? That was one of the many questions asked at Orgatec 2018 in Cologne. We review the trade fair.

Source: CFN News Desk
November 2, 2018
Construction, Real Estate

How building design is better adapting to local climes

Source: CFN News Desk
November 2, 2018
Construction, Real Estate
How building design is better adapting to local climes

The need for jackets and shawls in the office is an all-too-common complaint for employees living in sunny sub-tropical climates.

Source: Fast Company Design
November 2, 2018
Insights, Workplace, Working Life

Managers, make your meetings more productive by changing the physical layout

Source: Fast Company Design
November 2, 2018
Insights, Workplace, Working Life
Managers, make your meetings more productive by changing the physical layout

People love to complain about meetings. They’re often pointless, and attendees feel like there is always more important work they can do in its place.

Source: Steelcase Inc.
November 2, 2018
Working Life, Workplace, Insights

Happiness at work: Lessons from home

Source: Steelcase Inc.
November 2, 2018
Working Life, Workplace, Insights
Happiness at work: Lessons from home

Thanks to technology and mobility, our work has come home with us. So it’s only fair that home should come to work, right?

Source: CFN News Desk
November 2, 2018

State of Massachusetts Selects AIS as a Manufacturer of the Year

Source: CFN News Desk
November 2, 2018
State of Massachusetts Selects AIS as a Manufacturer of the Year

AIS recently was chosen “Manufacturer of the Year” for the central Massachusetts region comprised of Worcester and Middlesex counties.

Source: CFN News Desk
November 2, 2018
Products

KFI launches Ogee: Conference and Meeting Chair

Source: CFN News Desk
November 2, 2018
Products
KFI launches Ogee: Conference and Meeting Chair

KFI Seating has added a conference chair to their ever-growing lineup.

Tagged: Seating

Source: CFN News Desk
November 2, 2018
Workplace Design, Workplace Look Book, Workplace Wellness, Insights

Open-plan offices discourage face-to-face communication, says research

Source: CFN News Desk
November 2, 2018
Workplace Design, Workplace Look Book, Workplace Wellness, Insights
Open-plan offices discourage face-to-face communication, says research

Workers in open-plan offices have less face-to-face interaction with colleagues than those who work separately, according to research by Harvard students.

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