Workplace solutions company iOffice announced Monday it acquired Salt Lake City-based tech startup
One startup office that led to many more
Once you’re in the door, there’s plenty of advice floating around about style, project management, budget and all the rest—but how do you actually get the job in the first place?
Bush Industries acquired by Canadian firm
Bestar’s and Bush’s leadership teams see a significant and fast-growing market opportunity for furniture sold online and shipped directly to the end customer.
The Workplace Experience Revolution Part 2: Do New Workplaces Work?
Flexible working and always on culture have a negative effect on families
The 2020 Modern Families Index claims that while over half of parents are working flexibly, badly designed jobs have left many parents struggling to cope with the competing demands of home and the workplace.
Holly Hunt gets into the wallpaper game
The brand is expanding into wallpaper with an in-house collection of three lines hitting its showrooms this month.
It’s past time for interior designers to make climate commitments
Architects and landscape designers have pledged radical changes in how they work to help combat climate change. Interior designers need to follow suit—now, writes Studio O+A’s Verda Alexander.
Progress Report: WeWork 90 Days After Announcing A 90-Day Turnaround Plan
WeWork will be feeling the effects of its rapid expansion for some time, as it was too far along on many of the properties it had leased to back out. New offices will keep coming online and working their way toward profitability, which WeWork has told investors takes two years to accomplish.
Office design in the US now more closely aligned with needs of workers
The researchers argue that although the uptake of open-plan layouts remains controversial, business owners are in fact focusing primarily on the employees’ needs and wants first and foremost when they introduce new office design models and working cultures.
Kimball International Consolidates Manufacturing Operations and Centralizes Corporate Business Practices
Executive moves reflect the company's commitment to maximizing operational efficiency and increasing value for customers and shareholders
Why WeWork WeTanked
It is arguably the greatest business flameout of the past decade. How did a company lose $20 billion in valuation in four weeks?
Playmobil’s Plan to Infiltrate Your Workplace
Not content to have shaped your childhood, the company now wants its toys to shape your corporate life. Should you play along?
Workplace Design Guidelines For Employees With PTSD
Co-working Will Outlive WeWork
One man’s obsessive, 40-year pursuit of the productive life
Stephen Wolfram has always liked using technology to get stuff done and monitor personal progress. Here are the secrets that help him power through his workdays.
A New Chair Tests Magnesium’s Potential
ONE ARCHITECT’S RADICAL VISION TO REPLACE THE OPEN OFFICE
Under construction in Oklahoma, David Dewane’s ‘eudaimonia machine’ divides the workplace into strict zones; cleanse yourself with a shower before entering a deep-work chamber.
The Evolving Workplace: Nature And Community For Employee Wellbeing
La-Z-Boy and the American dream
The once-mocked recliner has become an aspirational brand. The geographic divide between Michigan’s iconic furniture brands and what they produce mirrors the nation’s push and pull between work and leisure.
A new design, fashion and retail experience opens in Paris
Looking back to the celebrated brands of the 1950s, like Herman Miller and Knoll, furniture was originally created for the office market, but as the products were so well thought out, they eventually evolved into household environments.