In This Issue:

The Death of the Office Desk is Upon Us

Leland Refocuses Brand on “The Good Life”

Herman Miller Named to Newsweek’s List of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2021

OFS Awarded Prestigious WELL Certification At The Platinum Level

Reimagine: The new future of work to shape a better world

4 Remote-Work Elements Employees Will Crave in an In-Person Office

What does a boom in branded content mean for design media?

What will Replace the Desk

Design: Work experience

Work Better: Expanded Expectations for Wellbeing at Work

Offices For Healthy Living in 2021

Office design will respond to the events of the past year as it always has – by getting better

Eden office management platform rebrands to Eden Workplace

Creating A Hybrid Community Post-COVID-19

Work Better

Here’s What We Know About Office: De-densifying Is In

Green Standards

Coworking Provider MakeOffices Is Closing Down

New York Gov. Cuomo: Empty offices should become housing

Steelcase Dealer Forward Space unveils its new showroom in Milwaukee's Harbor District

Meet Arik Levy, Designer of Marien152

2021 Office Trend: In the non-face-to-face era, Three-D desk, a smart workstation for working from home, is in the spotlight

How this Tokyo office by Wonderwall tries to reinterpret Japanese aesthetics for today

Yet another The Office project has reached 10K on LEGO Ideas

In This Issue:

2020 Was The Manhattan Office Market's Worst Year This Century

Steelcase Named One of America’s Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek

Framery Recognized as Leading Innovators at 5th Annual Construction & Engineering Awards

Workplace Ecosystems of the Future

Leesman warns businesses of a looming crisis of trust in 2021

The best standing desks of 2021

The Future of Work in 2021: Our Top 10 Predictions

How One Furniture Brand Brings the Circular and Service Economies Together

How Will Our Homes Adapt to a Post-COVID World?

Microsoft Is Maneuvering To Build A Huge Atlanta Campus With Up To 15,000 Workers

Three North American Furniture Dealers Join Together to Form One: 'The Collective'

This modular workspace by Manchester-based design firm Arnie.M is designed for working from home

Create a More Meaningful Space With Artifox's Work From Home Collection

Kering Headquarters – Wayne, New Jersey

Sick of all your furniture? Soon you can trade-in your sofa

In This Issue:

Collaborative & Social Space Design After COVID-19

Allseating’s Levo and Innate Win 2020 GOOD DESIGN® Awards

The Importance Of Diversity & Inclusion In The Office Furniture Industry

You will hear a lot more about purpose, communication and rituals at work this year

Workplace With A Purpose: A New Generation Workspace

Trend Forecast: BuzziSpace's vision on the workplace in 2021 and beyond

Toolkit: What should post-COVID-19 spaces look like?

How We Worked Changed in 2020. This Year, How We Will Find Work Changes, Too

Remote Workers Choose New Homes for Many Reasons

How the Work From Home Trend Could Lose its Halo

Ditch the Zoom bookshelf: 4 tips from Jonathan Adler on how to create a home office you’ll love

Will large employers embrace coworking? LEXC owners weigh in

Manhattan Office Leasing Volume At Lowest Level in 20 years

Illinois-Based Rieke Office Interiors Finds Success in The Dallas-Fort

BIFMA Announces Director Health and Sustainability

JP Lounge by Davis

Iso Work Lounge Offers Diverse Styles for Defining Spaces

TrueStile Headquarters in Denver

EDspaces Acquired by Emerald for Future Growth and Sustainability

This $70 Desk Has Over 9,000 5-Star Amazon Ratings and Just Might Be the Ultimate WFH Solution

In This Issue:

Well, that happened.

Artemide founder Ernesto Gismondi dies at 89

HNI Corporation Announces Closing on Acquisition of Design Public Group

The work-from-home trend only building home office momentum

Paige Rense, Trendsetting Editor of Architectural Digest, Dies at 91

The Future of Offices When Workers Have a Choice

2021 Will See Workers Return, But Striking A Balance Between Safety And Efficiency Won't Be Easy

Independent Spirit: More Workers In COVID Economy Work For Themselves

Back to the office in 2021? Here are ten things that will have changed

Reimagining the Workplace After the Pandemic: Q&A

7 Reasons why 2021 will be even bigger and better for remote workers

The work-from-home world of COVID-19 turns office furniture industry upside down

Depending on the Industry, WFH May Be Approaching Saturation

Office Leasing Activity Rebounds at Year's End

Lyft Headquarters – San Francisco

Gyms aren’t coming back. Here’s how you’ll work out in the future

In This Issue:

Are You Sure You Want to Go Back to the Office?

Jack Lenor Larsen, Innovative Textile Designer, Dies at 93

2021 Trends: The Mobile Workplace

2021 Trends: Flexibility in the Workplace

2020 Insights Bring Success in 2021

Upsides To Lockdown And The Perks We Won’t Want To Part With

The pandemic could have crushed WeWork. It may have saved it instead.

2020 - Year of remote work in review

VergeSense raises $12M Series B for its workplace analytics service

The “Office-Pocalypse” Might Spark the Great Repurposing

Arrivals + Departures Offices – Toronto

Millions of face masks are discarded monthly. What if we turned them into furniture?

In This Issue:

How 2020 changed workplace design

DTC site Cayke offers a simplified way to buy office furniture

Dealer Workscapes Signs Lease for New Offices in Tampa

Why being stuck at home drains your creativity

As A Brutal Year Ends, 4 Flexible Office Companies Hit The Rocks

VMware goes remote — follows a similar move taken by Dropbox

Here's How Much Office Users Worldwide May Shrink Their Footprints

The Best Office Buildings Are Adaptive, Not Prescriptive

Studio Aisslinger creates a colorful new headquarters for LOQI

Hand in glove

Bumblebee Spaces adds new space-saving desk

COVID-19 dramatically changed what people want in a home—and Ikea has the data to prove it

In This Issue:

The Results are in: Herman Miller is now the Largest Office Furniture Manufacturer in the World

Herman Miller Reports Second Quarter Net Sales Fell 7% but takes the Number 1 position from Steelcase

Steelcase Reports Third Quarter Revenue Fell 35%. Falls to Second Place for the First Time Ever.

Women-Led Manufacturers are Modeling Ways to Engage Designers

These Are The High-Tech Desks Remote Workers Are Making Room For

Stylex gets Direct WFH Distribution in Collaboration with Pine and South

Virco Sales Fall 15.3% in the latest Quarter

Contract furniture's role in an elastic workplace: Quick stats

2021 Trends: Preserving Office Culture Within a Virtual World

2021 Trends: Third Places Are Redefining The Urban Workplace

Rebuilding Community in the Post-Pandemic World

Forget Working From Home: 2020 Is The Year That Reimagined Benefits

Llamasoft Offices – Ann Arbor

Six Ways The Pandemic Is Impacting Flexible Space

See inside a hospital designed by patients

Post pandemic workplace design

2021 Trends: Designing our workplaces to promote human connection

More Tenants Upsized Their Lease Renewals Than Downsized This Year

Avison Young’s Dallas Offices Receives WELL Certification

Keilhauer Introduces The Carbon Neutral Swurve Seating Collection

Arconas Launches Hopscotch Furniture Collection Featuring Seating, Power, and Lighting

Versteel Brings Elemental Modern Design to New GeoMetrix Table Collection

The majority of employees admit to boozing while working from home

In This Issue:

The Vaccine will Save the Industry, Maybe.

Why a commercial furniture maker just snapped up a residential brand

Furniture Maker Uhuru Introduces High-Design, Affordable Work-from-Home Office Brand--Propr

Surprising Truths About the New Hybrid Workplace

Workforce Preferences Will Drive the New Office Model

5 Trends Driving the New Post-Pandemic Workplace

2021 Trends: The Homework Revolution

How the New Hybrid Workplace Can Support Equity for All

Google Now Sees Employees Returning to Offices in September

Cycode Offices – Tel Aviv

The pandemic has killed cookie-cutter offices, says the first-ever CEO at one of NYC's cutting-edge architecture firms

Across the Globe, Workers Want a Hybrid Work Model

Pandemic Impact On Health Care Design: Smaller, Flexible Spaces With Great Adaptability

Office Landlords Face Steep Climb in Reducing Operational Costs

Co-Working Franchises Sets its Sights on San Antonio and Austin

Keilhauer's Pact Collection: A Solution For Space Conscious Workplaces

How the pandemic has put flexible furniture on the map

See the hypnotic meditation rooms Google plans to add to some offices

In This Issue:

The surprising way to build a productive organization in 2021

Women-owned companies partner, elevating client experience through new database: Hightower + Source

Inscape Second Quarter Fiscal 2021 Sales Drop 69%

Workrite To Pay $7.1 Million To Resolve Alleged False Claims Violations Brought By Whistleblower

Why 2021 Will Be the Year of the “Workcation”

Forget Space-as-a-Service, the Future of the Office is Productivity-as-a-Service

Hot desks

Don't Expect The COVID-19 Vaccine To Start A Rush Back To The Office

Tech industry employees three times more stressed working from home than others

Personal space is not merely an issue of hygiene, but a biological imperative

Majority of employees struggling with ‘always on’ work culture

It’s official: Remote working is here to stay

Okta HQ Transforms Their Use Of Physical Space Around The World

Rising Sublease Space Takes Greater Share of Total Office Inventory

How Will Permanent Remote Work Impact L.A.’s Downtown Core?

Pantone picks two colors of the year, and they’re complete opposites

A New Typology for 2021: The Home Room

2021 Trends: The Destination-Worthy Workplace

Coworking Firm’s Struggles To Emerge From Bankruptcy Reveal Issues Plaguing Operators

Brilliant contrasts / FLOS

Ultraleggera is an inflated metal chair that weighs less than two kilograms

After 70 years, Ikea will stop making its beloved catalog

In This Issue:

• 2021 Trends: Reimagining An Ecosystem For Work

• Gunlocke furniture delays layoffs for 3 months

• Back to Work Longtime industry veteran Frank Lytle has some new products to safely get everyone back to the office in 2021.

• The Office Strikes Back

• CHRONOTOPIA, rethinking the fluidity of space

• Organizational design for a hybrid future of work

• Enter the Cube Farm

• YPF Tower Coworking Space – Buenos Aires

• Climate change is threatening your company’s building. Insurance won’t be enough to protect it

• This is the exact type of break you should be taking when working from home

• A new elegance - the “Buddy Hub” for Pedrali

• Inscape Rocks the Home Office: Adapts Award-Winning RockIt Desk for Home, Creates the Ultimate WFH Experience

• KFI Studios Bring Power to Popular Tabletops

• BMW Motorsport, BMW Designworks, and Sedus combine functionality and home design in the “Fusion SL” concept furniture

In This Issue:

HNI Corporation Announces Agreement to Acquire Design Public Group

Everyone thinks COVID-19 destroyed the office. But that’s not the whole story

Rising to a New Standard for the Future Workplace

Hybrid working presents us with a once in a generation opportunity

Employees Increasingly Reluctant to Return to the Office

The Implications of a Data-Less Workplace Strategy

Three questions to: Patricia Urquiola

Workers demand green office technology from their employers

Pearson Lloyd designs own studio with Cassion Castle Architects

B&B Italia appoints Piero Lissoni as artistic director

Furniture maker raises $6.9 million to boost eCommerce presence

Can Herman Miller redefine the office chair as a wellness product?

Tangram Interiors Represented on Project Teams of Three Southern California Honorees for Architectural Excellence

Big Office Occupiers Push Back On The New Clichés Of Real Estate

Office Manhattan November Leasing Activity Down 55% From October

Come On Now. Are Companies Really Going to Abandon Urban Cores?

Merchandise Mart Owner Vornado Announces Layoffs, Leadership Shake-Up Amid Cost-Cutting Measures

Work From Home: Who Should Pay For Home Office Costs?

Creative firms have most to lose from a loss of serendipity

The Virgil Abloh c/o VITRA collection explores the urgent need for inclusivity in design

Is working from home straining your eyes? These industrial designers have a solution

Concertex Introduces Manta – A Vegan Leather Shagreen

Wisconsin's prisoner-made furniture business is still booming

In This Issue:

Even After the Pandemic, Hybrid Work Will Change the Office Forever

New Knoll Research Reveals The “5Gs” of Generation Z

How could workplace health and safety change after Covid-19?

Women Leaving the Workforce Is a Big Problem. Creative Space Use Is a Partial Solution.

The Accelerating Evolution of the Human-Centric Workplace

Between Lovelace & Turing: Microsoft unveils new Israeli digs

Office Jobs Are Recovering Faster Than Usual For a Recession

Living at work

No Office, No Problem: Software Unicorn Gitlab’s CEO Warns You’re Probably Doing Remote Work Wrong

Italian Designer Antonio Citterio Explains His 2020 Flexform Collection

Very Good & Proper launches latest collection for homeworking

Vaccination Center Design Concepts by Peter Pepper

Trump's furniture fail: that's not a desk, Donald – it's a table for TV dinners

In This Issue:

What – you’re never going back to the office?

What is Commercial Home Office Furniture (and Does My Team Actually Need It)?

Why companies are fighting to keep women from quitting

Post-COVID-19, remote work won’t be the norm in India and China

Location of the workplace becomes more important to workers in post-pandemic UK

The Workplace of the Future with Henning Figge

How Retail Design Insights Will Inspire Workplace Design

Tour Westdale's Modern New Dallas Headquarters By Perkins&Will

Spurred On By the Pandemic, Companies Seek to Leave High-Cost States

WeWork Expanding On-Demand Offering Nationwide After Successful NYC Pilot

COVID-19 just one-factor impacting the wellbeing of employees working from home

After Sweeping WFH Pronouncement, Synchrony Puts 200K SF Atlanta Office Up For Sublease

Organizers of IMM Cologne take the "painful" decision to cancel the 2021 show

Muji is the latest brand to go the lifestyle retail route with West Elm deal

ECA by Dekko launches Reef Mini, an in-surface power and charging solution ideal for conferencing spaces

This pandemic bed-couch-desk-massager should be top of your winter wishlists

In This Issue:

This is what the office will look like in 2022

Launching: the Knoll Diversity Advancement Design Scholarships for Black Students

Herman Miller and Geiger Recognized with Forest Stewardship Council Leadership Award

Architecture billings remained stalled in October

What happens to workplace perks when no-one’s in the office?

Podcast: James Ludwig on the future of the things we build

Is 9-5 a thing of the past? What it means to have real work autonomy

The hybrid working model is the preferred choice of workers now

What does the future of the office look like?

Three Ways Workplace Design Supports Trust and Empowerment Culture

The workplace to become more human-centric than ever, as priorities change

The Shape of the New Workplace Ecosystem

Connecting things - USM’s new showroom in Hamburg

Office Workers Want a Hybrid Model Going Forward

BCO paper outlines office technology that is responding to Covid-19

Las Vegas Launches Program to Attract Remote Workers

The future of the workplace will be shaped by sustainability

Video: Dr. Lydia Bourouiba: A Perspective on Virus Transmission

Get cozy in Kokoro, a modular system for any environment

Watson C9: The Human Office

Hideous? Perhaps. But It’s Time to Accept the Gaming Chair.

In This Issue:

Workers Signal They Want a Hybrid Approach to the Office

Floyd partners with Fully for new standing desk

Commercial designers are coming for the home

Munson Business Interiors becomes an Allsteel Dealer in Louisville, KY

WB Wood becomes a Haworth Dealer

The future of work at the tipping point as workers seek a hybrid work model

Where the Hub and Spoke Office Model Might Falter

A Workplace With Heart: Inclusive, Connected, and Unmuted

The Transformation of the Built Environment Requires a Digital Mindset

Working Well: Office Design For Good Mental Health

Why design is the secret weapon for a calm workplace post-lockdown

Change Management Program For The Post-COVID-19 Workplace

Project #13 is an office for Studio Wills + Architects that doubles up as a home

The Future's Uncertain For Post-Pandemic Office Market

Negative Office Absorption Will Be Worse Than In the Great Recession

Regus’ parent company IWG is looking to start their second act

Tapping into digital nomadism and ‘deep work’ trends, Skimlinks founder raises $1.5M for Flown

IIDA Announces 100% Interior as the 9th Annual - Healthcare Design Awards Best of Competition Winner

Configura releases CET Designer 11.5

Salone del Mobile set to move to September 2021 due to coronavirus concerns

Thomas Bentzen's Linear System Series for Muuto helps create customized workspaces

IOC Project Partners designs Solari workstation in collaboration with Gensler

Flos launches Last Order - the perfect petite, portable lamp

You won’t believe what realtors are finding in empty offices right now

In This Issue:

Covid Pushes Real Estate Into the Future

Clear Office creates a second life for used office furniture during the Covid-19 pandemic

Q3 Dealer Data in New Solomon Coyle Report Reflect Cautiously Positive Outlook on Industry’s Recovery

Tangram Named Among “Best Places to Work in Orange County” for Fourth Consecutive Year by OC Business Journal

As office buildings empty out, here’s one creative use for all of that space

Chris Kane discusses his new book on workplace transformation

The Office Comes to Hospitality and Multifamily

Five Considerations for the New Lab of the Future

The Gaming Aesthetic Comes To Life Within the Alienware Training Facility

Houston’s Flexible Office Market Is Holding Up Better Than Most, With Growing Interest In The Suburbs

Unused office space could cost London businesses almost £13 billion

INSIGHT: Challenges for Interior Designers in this Moment of Environmental Reckoning

Survey Shows Employers Ready to Assume the Onus for Home Office Upgrades

Taxation For No Office Representation? A Possible Work-From-Home Fee Sparks Debate

Coalesse Introduces Marien152: Inspired by Home, Engineered for the Workday

de vorm's flexible furnishings cater for post-pandemic workspaces

Knoll Introduces The Clever Collection

New Combinations from Brunner

How Bureau Borsche's Munich workspace inspired a parametric furniture system

In This Issue:

Two Weeks after Cyberattack Steelcase Returns to Normal

Is your home office chair destroying your body? Herman Miller wants to help

The Waldorf Hilton partners with Herman Miller to offer guests a bespoke ‘Work from The Waldorf’ package

Vitra Appoints Diane Barnes to Lead Contract Sales, North America

Sick of getting shopped? SideDoor aims to fix that

Workers lukewarm on both permanent remote work and the 9 to 5

Get Ready for Flex Workspace 2.0

What Is the Future of Workplace Amenities? | Dialogue Blog | Research & Insight

How COVID Is Changing the Office

Large employers are challenged to forge new workplace models

Equitable Design: Destination Interiors Support All Employees

Your Office is Changing

The Co-Creation Process: How Inclusion Builds A Resilient Culture

UK office design should look to Europe for inspiration

The Role of Workplace Technology and the Future of the Office

Ogilvy Offices – Montreal

Mounting commercial real estate losses threaten banks, recovery

Are Offices Dying?

Tenants Vacate Record Amounts Of Office Space — 42M SF, By Some Counts — In Q3

This Developer is Confident Workers Will Return to the Office

The Pioneers of Modern Remote Work

Frövi Launches Bamboo: A Modular Zoning System for Any Workspace

Scandinavian Spaces Releases Their Fall 2020 Introductions

Philippe Starck on Dematerialization, Bionism and his A.I. chair for Kartell

In This Issue:

Our New Reality: The Hybrid Work Day

Kimball International to Acquire Poppin for $180 Million

Kimball Sales Slump 27% in First Quarter

DIRTT Sales Fell 28.5% in the Latest Quarter

The story of the Bisley MultiDrawer design classic and how they reacted to the pandemic

Socially distanced design is this year’s hottest fashion trend.

Move Over, Millennials: How Gen Z’s Expectations Will Change The Workplace

Sensory-driven design is gaining traction

A&D Organizations Weigh In On Returning To Work And The Future Of Design

Step Inside This Hospitality-Focused Polish Office By MIXD

Amazon-Anchored NYC Office Project Sells For $953M In Country’s Largest Post-Pandemic Deal

Yes, Zoom Meetings Can Help Productivity — With The Right Tactics And Tools

Flex space occupancy remains stable through Covid-19

Gunlocke Introduces Silea Split Top Height-Adjustable Desk

Control your sit-stand desk with just the click of your mouse