In This Issue:
'Gone Are The Days Of Tchotchkes': Covid Has Changed The Office Desk Forever
ABI March 2025: Architecture Billings Drop Again as Uncertainty Grips Clients / Nook Holds Prices Steady / WeWork CEO Says Tariff Uncertainty Could Fuel Surge In Demand For Flexible Offices / New York City Sees Best Office Leasing Activity Since 2019 / CRE Market Sentiment Plummeted By Most In Q1 Since Pandemic, Survey Finds / Law Firms Office Footprints Stabilizing Amid RTO Push / Federal Lease Terminations Drive 8M SF Of Office Occupancy Losses / Michigan approves $160M tax break for Muskegon’s Shaw Walker project / Modernism has been "misread and simplified" says Formafantasma / Is Furniture as a Service (FaaS) part of your Corporate Real Estate Strategy? / Great Expectations: What Is Today's Workforce Looking For As It Returns To The Office? / and much more
Office Furniture Supplier Vari Agrees To Pay $1.1 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Claims for Overcharging Federal Agencies / Virco Q4 Loss Wider-Than-Expected, Sales Miss Estimates, Stock Down / Crandall Office Furniture expands as remote work boosts demand / Humanscale Introduces Humanscale Living at Salone del Mobile Milano 2025 / Distressed Office Sales Spike as Urban Vacancy Rises and Remote Work Persists / The Office Market’s Newest Foe: Tariffs and Trade Wars / Trump Revokes Downtown Location Rules, Pushing Federal Offices to Cheaper Areas / Trophy Or Nothing: Study Shows Steep Drop-Off In Office Visits Below Top-Tier Buildings / Review: Salone del Mobile & Milan Design Week 2025 / "I was shocked" by dominance of luxury brands in Milan says Philippe Starck / Inside the factory where Ikea builds its flat-pack furniture / Five Years After COVID: How Work Has Evolved And Where It’s Headed / and much more…
Versteel Announces Tariff-Free Promotion for American Manufactured Tables / Component-maker Kaidi ramps up Grand Haven manufacturing plant / Kimball International Opens Health & Education Experience Center / Italian furniture makers experience impact of Trump’s tariffs at Milan Design Week / NOffice Construction Falls To New Lows In Top U.S. Markets / Tech Deals Lead San Francisco Office Leasing to 10-Year High / Want to Make the Office More Neuroinclusive? These Experts Offer a Start / The Building as Brand: A Watershed Opportunity in Manhattan Office / Remote Work’s Hidden Superpower: Cutting Emissions and Boosting Business / RTO Trends Slow as Weather and Hybrid Models Shape Workforce Patterns / Only half of Europeans say they work in psychologically healthy workplaces / Productivity concerns put brakes on adoption of flexible working / and much more…
Herman Miller Expands European Retail Offering to Four New Markets / Office sector is regaining its central role in commercial real estate - at a cost / Office Fit Out Costs Surge Amid Inflation and Material Price Increases / Stantec To Buy Page To Create Second-Largest U.S. Architecture Firm / Manhattan Clocks Most Active Quarter For Office Leases Since 2019 / Trump Administration Quietly Piloting New Program To Rethink Federal Offices Nationwide / Manhattan Office Availability Tumbles to Five-Year Low / Federal Workers Walk Into Chaos Amid Return to Office / Rethinking the office: Why organizations are turning to modular furniture / Live Event Amenities: The Next Frontier for Creative Workplaces / The Building as Brand: A Watershed Opportunity in Manhattan Office / Companies are offering 'recharge days' to workers enraged about return to office / Workplace As A Service: A Thought Experiment In Office Evolution / This Invisible Tech Is Molding The Future Of Office Space Utilization / and much more…
Boss Design acquired by Japanese based furniture maker Okamura / Steelcase Posts 9% Order Growth for the Quarter while MillerKnoll Growth Flatlines / Allsteel Dealer Insidesource Merges with Workpointe / UK furniture Manufacturer Bisley Reduces Losses Despite Decline in Revenue / Tariffs drive higher costs for MillerKnoll and Steelcase / Office Sector Sees Light at the End of a Five-Year Tunnel / GSA Releases New List Of Properties Slated For 'Accelerated Disposition' / I Turned These Office Chairs Into a Seesaw for Adults / Poltrona Frau joins LVMH and Prada in a high-tech fight against dupes / Janus et Cie’s new CEO has a plan: ‘It’s product, product, product’ / Maximizing Workplace Collaboration with ChatGPT / Suburbs are the New Business Hotspots as Flex Workspaces Skyrocket / High-Impact Spaces: A Tech-Rich Solution for Hybrid Work / Halfway Home: Redefining Workplaces Five Years After Covid / Coworking Growth Outpaces Traditional Office Development / and much more…
Showrooms Are Opening Up In Fulton Market As Manufacturers, Designers See It As An Alternative To The Mart / 6 Unusual Amenities in a Post-Pandemic Office / What Bosses Really Think About the Future of the Office / Sublease Inventory Declining For First Time Since Start Of Pandemic / and dozens more stories.
Majority Of U.S. Employees Skeptical About Return-To-Work Plans
Pilots + Prototypes: When the Workplace Becomes a Laboratory
The metaverse won’t be able to fix this major work issue. Here’s what will
Kimball International, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2022 Results
Beyond Reservations: How Tech Can Make People Want to Come Back to the Office
More people are staying single—and workplaces need to adjust
Coworking Operators Are Adding Locations, Raising Rents As Market Stabilizes
MassMutual Weighs A Hybrid Work Future As Its Seaport Tower Opens
Why fashion brands are collaborating with dead midcentury architects
Ep. 159: Clever Extra - Innovating for the Future of Furniture Design
Two Companies Offer Next-Generation Solutions for Circular Workplaces
This London startup wants you to rent a pop-up office just like a Citi Bike
Where's my order? Tracing one container through a broken global supply chain
The Future Of Work Looks More Flexible And Independent According To A New Report
Report Predicts Remote Work Trends Will Cause Steep CRE Losses, Problems For Cities
PODCAST: NYC Office Owner Chris Schlank On Tenant 'Hubris' And The Future Of Office
Air quality concerns hindering return to five-day office week
Inside one company’s struggle to fix the “monstrosities” of the furniture industry
Eames Demetrios picks five highlights from Eames Office exhibition 80 Years of Design
Springboard’s DOURO Collection Debuts First Horizontal Working Surfaces
LDI Interiors Launches Three New Patterns To Their EnviroLeather™ Prints "Soiree" Collection
The New Raw 3D prints "zero-waste" Ermis chair from studio's own offcuts
heijltjesakkaya's transforming furniture promotes physical activity in the workplace
Allseating’s Prata Wins 2021 GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN Platinum Award
Made in America, The smartBOX Company is Helping Offices Open On-Time and On-Budget
Studio Plow Brings Faire’s Digital Identity to Life at its New Headquarters in San Francisco
The Malin is a New York Co-Working Space for Design-Minded Members
Humanscale Launches Residential Designer Trade Program
DIRTT Third-quarter revenue fell short of expectations as loss grows
Office Furniture Supplier Aims for Record Year Despite Shipping Delays
Flexible workspace provider Uncommon launches first office furniture collection
The office of the future will be a leader-free, social-space
Students are the next target for co-working spaces. Campuses are taking note
Shopify makes a major design industry acquisition
"Woman Made: Great Women Designers" by Jane Hall
The next phase of remote work will be even more disruptive
Here’s what the future of work looks like after COVID-19
Manhattan Office Leasing Hit New Highs In October, But So Did Availability
Workers Aren't Running Back To Boston's Recovering Office Market
Recruitment drive sees majority of firms embed flexible working policies
Remote Work Policies Embroiled in Historic Worker Movement
Herman Miller Dealer Stealer
The ultimate office amenity in 2021? Fresh air
Desperate Office Landlords Are Offering Double Commissions to Brokers
All those people quitting jobs, where are they going?
Announcing the Shaw Contract Design Awards 2021 Winners!
Teknion Introduces WithIn™
Flos introduces Oblique Qi - a compact table lamp with wireless charging base
Zaha Hadid + Karimoku Furniture Collaborate on a Furniture Collection
Recycled plastic REX chair by Ineke Hans is sold with refundable deposit
Spacesmith Creates A New HQ for Nonprofit Legal Provider, NYLAG
Foster + Partners flanks Istanbul Apple store with travertine stone walls
Steelcase Acquires Spanish Design Company Viccarbe
Vinnie Johnson shutters office furniture dealership Airea
HNI Shares Slide As Inflation Bites Into Q3, Margin Shrinks
West Michigan's largest furniture manufacturers to require COVID-19 vaccine
ABI September 2021: Architecture firm billings end the summer on a strong note
Significant Year-Over-Year Growth Across North America - Pipeline Index Remains Robust, above 50%
What Designers Need to Know about Supply Chain Disruption
New Demand for Office Space Drops in September
Designing a Workplace That Optimizes for Movement and Mobility
Soaring U.S. business starts in pandemic show new normal evolving
This is What Hybrid Work Looks Like in Action
Where Flex Fits in the Return to the Office
Covid Acted As A Pivot And Is Bringing New Tech Into The Office World
A burst of technological innovation is reshaping the future of work
How Hybrid Work Will Transform Our Workplaces
Enticing Reluctant Workers Back To The Office Will Test Companies' Leadership
'Stunning' Percentage Of Companies Haven't Set Hybrid Work Plans: EY Survey
Impact of flexible work demonstrates a fragile post-pandemic business world
Employees are designing the workplace of the future
Most remote workers judge how co-workers' home offices look in video calls
Working in an office on Thursdays 4 times more popular than Mondays
The benefits of having dogs at work
WeWork Finally Gets Its Debut as a Public Company Trading on NYSE
Flex Office's Supply-Demand Drivers Point to Further Growth
Returning to the Physical Workplace - What's At Stake?
Future Of Work: Landlords Need To Start Leveraging The Power Of AI, Here's Why.
Chicago's Downtown Office Market's Downward Trend Will Continue For Months As Covid Blocks Typical Recovery
Productivity concerns remain as more people tentatively return to office
Is home working too homely?
Helping the planet one chair at a time
Work-From-Home Successes Prove You Can Live, Thrive in Palm Springs
The Reimagined Workspace: Amobi by AMQ
Tinnef from Scandinavian Spaces Awarded 3 Best of NeoCon Awards - Gold, Innovation, and Sustainability The occasional table is a beacon of what future generations demand from the built environment
Back at the office with noisy coworkers? This privacy hood keeps sounds and nosy people away
Emeco introduces “Truss” collection by Erwan & Ronan Bouroullec
Federica Biasi designs Kokoro Working Box for Manerba
Herman Miller Wants To Put Their Art in Your House As Much As You Do
Normann Copenhagen’s new headquarters-cum-flagship functions as a spatial marketing campaign
Hendy Gives Nogin A Colorful California Office Space
How Younger Workers’ Preferences and Workstyles Will Define the Future Workplace
One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Employees’ Needs Are Changing Work Spaces
Here’s Why Employees at Top-Performing Companies Need the Office
How Working From Home Could Change Where Innovation Happens
5 ways companies are helping employees return to the office
Reimagined office lobbies can serve as shared cultural hubs
Should Your Office Be More Like a Clubhouse? This HQ Makes the Case
Why Technology is Key to Delivering Occupier Flexibility
So what's happening to all the plexiglass we thought was a solution last year?
Texas-based Air Force agency converting to mostly telework in ‘Office of the Future’
How Eco-Friendly Is Remote Working?
Hybrid work attitudes – leadership still face challenges aligning their strategy
VTS To Acquire Workplace Experience Platform Used By Brookfield, Oxford, Hines
Net Office Absorption is Now Trending Positive in Majority of US Metros
The Economic Impact of a Hybrid Office
Goodmans interior Structures becomes Arizona's exclusive distributor for Herman Miller and Knoll
Corporate Interior Systems Establishes Preeminent Partnership with Haworth
New furniture at NeoCon captures today's workplace trends
Configura Wins Best of NeoCon Gold for Stage
10 Questions With… Barber Osgerby
2021 Healthcare Design Awards
Office furniture firm Bisley appoints first creative director
Adela Rex Collection Demonstrates the Beauty + Sustainability of Plywood
This chair style is all over social media—here's how to get one
Koroseal Partners with Stacy Garcia | New York to Launch an Exclusive, Urban-Inspired Wallcovering Collection
MdeAS Breathes New Life into Historic McGraw-Hill Building at 330 West 42nd Street
Take a Tour of Microsoft Australia's Fully Immersive Space By GroupGSA
Office Occupancy Stabilized In Q3, Ushering In The Next Phase Of Uncertainty
The Next Workplace to Bring People Together
NYC Construction Employment To Hit Lowest Level Since 2014
London office market falls thanks to uptake of remote work
NYC Construction Employment To Hit Lowest Level Since 2014
4 ways to navigate your return to the office
A safe and secure workplace as we emerge from the pandemic? Here's how
Organizations prioritize technologies for the year ahead
Knight Dragon’s Kerri Sibson on flexing to the workspace demands of London’s creative class
Will WeWork Work?
The Great Resignation Is Accelerating
Herman Miller’s Design Yard transformation
Try These Cool Alternatives to Traditional Coworking Spaces
Managers can be blind to some of the stresses of home workers
Extremis Openings Permanent Chicago Showroom in The Merchandise Mart
Herman Miller Partners with USA Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai to Explore the Future of Work
The New Hybrid Office Playbook, as tested by SF Bay Area Businesses.
Bank of America 'very focused on getting our people back to the office'
Z-Bar Lighting by Koncept Gets an Upgrade With the Gen 4 Line
Meet the next-generation of bookable work pods
Kimball Introduces EverySpace – A Creative Framework for the Future
Unika Vaev Introduces Four New Acoustic Products from Instyle
Nate: a wooden furniture collection from Brunner and ASK
Mannington Commercial Introduces Amtico Active Lines Collection
Fresh Introductions for Fall. So.Many.Choices.
NeoCon 2021 Trend: Coziness Factor
Snøhetta designs co-working space in Tokyo
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