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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: Workplace Insight
September 10, 2019
Coworking Facilities

Are coworking spaces really all the same?

Source: Workplace Insight
September 10, 2019
Coworking Facilities
Are coworking spaces really all the same?

If you’ve ever shopped around for a coworking space, you’ve undoubtedly heard every shared workspace operator brag that its offices aren’t just a place to work – they’re all about community and culture

Source: CFN News Desk
September 10, 2019
Floor Covering

Shaw Create Centre Wins Prestigious Fast Company Innovation By Design Award

Source: CFN News Desk
September 10, 2019
Floor Covering
Shaw Create Centre Wins Prestigious Fast Company Innovation By Design Award

Commercial flooring brands, Patcraft and Shaw Contract in collaboration with Gensler, announced that the Shaw Create Centre has been awarded top honors in the Workplace category in Fast Company’s 2019 Innovation by Design Awards.

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September 10, 2019
Workplace, Workplace Design

Improve Focus without an Office Redesign

mwolf@741mail.com
September 10, 2019
Workplace, Workplace Design
Improve Focus without an Office Redesign

In what has been dubbed “the privacy backlash” many workers are finding themselves less productive in open-office floorplans. Curated pieces solve open plan design challenges.

Source: CFN News Desk
September 10, 2019
Dealers, The Buzz

Custer acquires Productive Business Interiors

Source: CFN News Desk
September 10, 2019
Dealers, The Buzz
Custer acquires Productive Business Interiors

Custer, a Steelcase dealer based in Grand Rapids, is expanding into the northeast Indiana market by acquiring Productive Business Interiors.

Source: CFN News Desk
September 10, 2019
Coworking Facilities

Troubles keep mounting for the We Company as Softbank reportedly calls for shelving the IPO

Source: CFN News Desk
September 10, 2019
Coworking Facilities
Troubles keep mounting for the We Company as Softbank reportedly calls for shelving the IPO

The troubles for We Company and its main business WeWork are mounting as the Financial Times is reporting that the company’s main backer, Softbank, is pushing for the company to put its troubled public offering on hold.

Source: Metropolis Magazine
September 9, 2019
Workplace, Workplace Design

The Office Can Offer Authenticity in a Virtual World

Source: Metropolis Magazine
September 9, 2019
Workplace, Workplace Design
The Office Can Offer Authenticity in a Virtual World

A recent event held at Haworth's San Francisco showroom gathered workplace specialists to discuss trends in office design, including its ability to create a "counterpoint to our digital spaces."

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September 9, 2019
Manufacturer

Knoll CEO Andrew Cogan Appears on Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas

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September 9, 2019
Manufacturer
Knoll CEO Andrew Cogan Appears on Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas

Knoll, Inc. (KNL) Chairman and CEO Andrew Cogan appeared on Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas on Friday, September 6 to share his points of view about the labor market, trends in the workplace and Knoll’s strategy moving forward in both the commercial and residential design markets.

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September 9, 2019
Manufacturer

Steelcase SILQ Chair Honored with Fast Company 2019 Innovation by Design Award

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September 9, 2019
Manufacturer
Steelcase SILQ Chair Honored with Fast Company 2019 Innovation by Design Award

Fast Company’s 2019 Innovation by Design Awards honored SILQ™, a Steelcase chair that transforms seating through design.

Source: CFN News Desk
September 9, 2019
Products

KI Launches New MyPlace Lounge Furniture Elements

Source: CFN News Desk
September 9, 2019
Products
KI Launches New MyPlace Lounge Furniture Elements

KI has launched new seating shapes and in-line tables within the highly adaptable and configurable MyPlace Lounge Furniture line.

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September 9, 2019
Workplace Design, Workplace, Design Firms

HOK’s WorkPlace Group Releases “Designing a Neurodiverse Workplace” Report

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September 9, 2019
Workplace Design, Workplace, Design Firms
HOK’s WorkPlace Group Releases “Designing a Neurodiverse Workplace” Report

HOK’s WorkPlace practice has issued its latest report, “Designing a Neurodiverse Workplace,” exploring how organizations can create physical work environments that support the full range of employees: neurotypical and neurodivergent.

Source: CFN News Desk
September 8, 2019
Economy, Manufacturer

Manufacturers Cut Spending as Trade War Dents Confidence

Source: CFN News Desk
September 8, 2019
Economy, Manufacturer
Manufacturers Cut Spending as Trade War Dents Confidence

Uncertainty over tariffs, demand causes companies to delay investments, hiring plans.

Source: CFN News Desk
September 7, 2019
Workplace, Working Life

Workers Are Fleeing Big Cities for Small Ones—and Taking Their Jobs With Them

Source: CFN News Desk
September 7, 2019
Workplace, Working Life
Workers Are Fleeing Big Cities for Small Ones—and Taking Their Jobs With Them

Places including Boise and Denver are growing fast, partly because of employees working remotely.

Source: CFN News Desk
September 7, 2019
Coworking Facilities

WeWork Goes From Hot to Not as Dream Value Plunges $45 Billion

Source: CFN News Desk
September 7, 2019
Coworking Facilities
WeWork Goes From Hot to Not as Dream Value Plunges $45 Billion

It’s a remarkable comedown for WeWork, the signature grandiose-dreaming, money-chewing startup of these financial times.

Source: CFN News Desk
September 7, 2019
Products, Residential Furniture

Herman Miller introduces Pillar Bedroom Group by Michael Anastassiades

Source: CFN News Desk
September 7, 2019
Products, Residential Furniture
Herman Miller introduces Pillar Bedroom Group by Michael Anastassiades

Pillar is the third furnishing project born from Herman Miller’s long-standing relationship with the London-based designer, all which follow his design process of pairing down an object to its essence.

Source: CFN News Desk
September 6, 2019
Manufacturer, Economy, Workplace

As Trump Looted FEMA and the Military for His Border Policies, DHS Bought High-End Chairs With Taxpayer Funds

Source: CFN News Desk
September 6, 2019
Manufacturer, Economy, Workplace
As Trump Looted FEMA and the Military for His Border Policies, DHS Bought High-End Chairs With Taxpayer Funds

Herman Miller, the luxury furniture maker whose Aeron chair is in the Museum of Modern Art, is the most frequent recipient of DHS money for office furniture.

Source: Work Design Magazine
September 6, 2019
Workplace, Workplace Design

How To Get More Bang For Your Workspace Renovation Buck

Source: Work Design Magazine
September 6, 2019
Workplace, Workplace Design
How To Get More Bang For Your Workspace Renovation Buck

Reinventing a workplace means balancing the art of what’s possible, with the science of what’s practical.

Source: CFN News Desk
September 5, 2019
Real Estate, Working Life, Workplace, Remote Working

Remote working will reshape communities in entirely new ways

Source: CFN News Desk
September 5, 2019
Real Estate, Working Life, Workplace, Remote Working
Remote working will reshape communities in entirely new ways

The big losers as remote work gets easier and easier will be places with no clear draw.

Source: Steelcase Inc.
September 5, 2019
Technology

Steelcase, Sprint + Ericsson Explore 5G, IoT at Work

Source: Steelcase Inc.
September 5, 2019
Technology
Steelcase, Sprint + Ericsson Explore 5G, IoT at Work

Industry leaders work together to discover how 5G and IoT will help transform the workplace and manufacturing.

Source: CFN News Desk
September 5, 2019
Dealers, The Buzz

PeopleSpace Expands Leadership Team as Next Step in Customer Experience Strategy

Source: CFN News Desk
September 5, 2019
Dealers, The Buzz
 PeopleSpace Expands Leadership Team as Next Step in Customer Experience Strategy

PeopleSpace, a West Coast dealer announced it has expanded its leadership team as the next step in its Customer Experience strategy, following the recent addition of global furniture manufacturer Haworth becoming a minority investor.

Source: Dezeen
September 5, 2019
Products

Herman Miller and Vitra release Eames LTR Tables with Eucalyptus tops

Source: Dezeen
September 5, 2019
Products
Herman Miller and Vitra release Eames LTR Tables with Eucalyptus tops

Herman Miller and Vitra have released a limited run of Eucalyptus LTR Tables – a version of Charles and Ray Eames' design with a top made from trees felled at the Eames House.

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