Office owners take notice: The use of sensors and data is allowing big companies to reduce their office space by as much as a third.
Pause For Thought: Big Corporates Are Using Sensors To Drastically Cut Office Space
‘The Next Chapter in the Evolution of the Open Workplace’
Designers are adding elements like walls on wheels and movable pods into office spaces to provide more flexibility.
The Screen-Centric Future Workplace
Workplace design has always strived to be human-centered. However, as technology and computing are becoming a central part of workplaces, getting deeper information about how technologies are getting integrated into work may help shed new light on how people really work.
Allsteel faces third lawsuit alleging gender-based wage discrimination
A lawsuit filed in February alleges gender-based wage discrimination by a woman who worked for office furniture manufacturers Allsteel and its parent company, HNI Corp.
Workers want offices that inspire themselves and others
The survey of 1,000 UK office workers also claims that employees are conscious of how their office looks on social media.
Armin Broger becomes CEO of Arper following departure from B&B Italia
Italian furniture brand Arper has appointed Armin Broger as CEO, following his departure from rival brand B&B Italia in April, after just a year in the job.
Supporting Coworkers’ Well-Being In The Gig Economy
Best and Worst Companies to Work for in the Office Furniture Industry - RATED
Looking for a new job in the office furniture industry? Trying to find the best employer? Our latest round-up rates the best and the worst of the major industry players. Get your resumes ready.
HNI Corporation Elects Dhanusha Sivajee to its Board
Podcast - The Battle for Office Design: Functionality vs Aesthetics
LINcast host Gabe Duverge is joined by Ramsey Madsen of MTRL live from NeoCon 2019. The pair discussed the prescient challenge of balancing aesthetics with functionality in office design and how Madsen strives to do so in his work for some of the world's biggest brands.
The humble desk toy gets reimagined for 24/7 work culture
Eat In? Crate And Barrel Opens Restaurant In A Store
As experiential retailing takes deeper root, Crate and Barrel is testing a concept not often found in standard stores: a full-service restaurant sporting, naturally, Crate and Barrel items
The scale of the problem for workplace design
The link between scale, size and form is also, unsurprisingly, evident in the built environment and in workplace design.
Kimball International Announces President of Kimball Brand
Kimball International, Inc. today announced Phyllis Goetz as President of its Kimball brand business unit, Vice President of the Company, and member of its Executive Leadership Team
Office Envy: Inside Vital Proteins’ New Beach-Themed West Loop Office
Walking into the new West Loop office of Vital Proteins, the Chicago startup making increasingly popular collagen supplements, employees and guests alike are greeted by large letters reading “Live The Vital Life.”
Award-winning Hightower follows NeoCon with new design made for gathering
Following launch of their 5th location in Chicago during NeoCon, Hightower introduces its latest space making design: The FourReal® A—a slim yet sturdy framed table design which creates opportunities for multiple types of gathering.
I’ve been designing offices for decades. Here’s what I got wrong
Verda Alexander questions the cushy, amenity-laden offices that her interior design firm helped pioneer. The way forward, she argues, is to introduce a little friction into the workplace.
Cosm Takes Home Red Dot’s Best of the Best Product Design Award
This award rounds out Cosm’s first year of success on the market, taking home a suite of awards for the revolutionary design.
Smarter offices, happier workers
A major driver of smart offices is getting people more engaged, says Sharon Turner, senior principal and director of interiors for Canada at HOK, an international architecture and design firm.
Beyond Amenities, What’s Next for Workplace Design?
At a panel discussion titled “The New Basics,” designers, developers, and facilities experts tried to work out what will be essential to the office of the future.