First quarter office furniture net sales decreased $27.4 million or 7.2 percent from the prior year quarter to $353.5 million.
HNI Corporation Reports Sales Fell 5.1% in First Quarter Fiscal Year 2019
Hightower: “We’re Committed to a Better Tomorrow”
“We are excited to support the growing movement to close the loop between manufacturers and the A&D community, communicating the importance of specifying healthy furniture.”
Keilhauer, BIFMA & ASID Launch New CEU: “Eight Attributes of Contract Furniture”
Keilhauer, ASID and BIFMA have partnered to launch a new CEU course developed to help design professionals make the best commercial furniture decisions for their clients.
AIA: Billings Backslide in March
There’s a new use for America’s dying malls: co-working
Putting offices inside shopping centers leverages conventional wisdom that workers want to be near amenities like coffee, food, or a quick trip to the gym.
Knoll Debuts its Self Adjusting Task Chair - Ollo
Glen Oliver Loew designed Ollo as an everywhere and everybody chair—one that provides comfort in a variety of settings, whether planned or impromptu, and that accommodates an array of postures without the many adjustments typical of a task chair.
Can Steelcase Fix the Open Plan Office?
One of the pieces, the Roam mobile stand, was designed to work in tandem with the newly launched Microsoft Surface Hub 2S, a digital whiteboard of sorts.
Steelcase Flex Collection Gives Teams Control to Adapt Spaces on Demand
Steelcase revealed Steelcase® Flex — an integrated collection of furniture and accessories designed to meet the needs of modern teams and their changing activities.
Microsoft Surface Hub 2S and Steelcase Roam Free Teams to Collaborate Anywhere
Steelcase introduced a new way to give teams an unprecedented level of control over how they collaborate. Microsoft launched its next generation all-in-one collaboration device built for teamwork: Surface Hub 2S.
The Office Of The Future: Cultural Shifts As Drivers Of Design Strategy
In a world that is fast-paced, unpredictable, and demanding, the modern office should be designed to become a place of unexpected refuge.
Office design alone cannot motivate us or make us happy at work
There’s a good reason why we find it hard to establish the causal links between our working lives and our personal happiness.
Three ways technology will transform how we collaborate
The workplace of the future will feature a greater variety of spaces where employees can work and socialize. Within those spaces, technology will enable more immersive collaboration with individuals outside the office walls—from colleagues across the ocean, to team members working from home and freelancers engaged for short-term projects.
Watch: Simple Abstraction from Interface
It all begins with mark making. The first mark is a dot. The dot becomes a line. The line becomes a field. The field becomes a texture. The texture becomes the painting. Simple Abstraction™ is a collection of carpet tiles creating canvases across the floor.
Gear up for the workplace of the future
More than 200 professionals from 19 industries were asked to imagine what cities and workspaces would be like in the year 2050.
Making simple things even simpler
Konstantin Grcic in conversation with Thomas Edelmann on his collaboration with Plank, the two new products, the “Cup Lounge Chair” and “Fila”, and the importance of a second attempt.
Open Office Is A Benefit to Landlords
Open office space—whether you call it create office or progressive office—is the most sought-after office configuration these days.
What's Really Going On With This 'Worklife' Staples Rebrand?
Basically, Staples is embracing the millennial vibe by giving people full access to products without the stuffiness of big shelves or glass display cases, and giving them a chance to even relive childhood nostalgia a little bit.
This is the first commercial product made using generative design
Are textured wall coverings the new wallpaper?
Vitra Introduces New Chair by Antonio Citterio
The chair offers an exceptional seating experience, which stems from the harmonious interplay of diverse elements and was conceived specifically for a leather upholstery.