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.
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.
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.
One of the key culprits in causing unhappiness in open-plan spaces is noise – and, according to an OnOffice round table of office design experts hosted by furniture brand Bisley, it isn't just volume that is the issue in most spaces.
95 percent of audio end-users and decision makers experience problems relating to sound that affect their concentration or efficiency at work.
Consider a few suggestions from interior plantscaping professionals on the best sound absorbing plants and placements they recommend in workspaces
HON and its nationwide network of trade partners will market and sell certain of Unika Vaev's decorative acoustic products.
The TUNE Collection provides cozy places to work independently or with others via panels that rise behind the sofas and curve around on the ends like it’s giving the user a hug.
Prolonged noise distractions caused by poorly designed office acoustics can drag down productivity and, along with it, employee morale.
ROOM CEO & Co-founder Brian Chen is building phone booths for the modern office, shares insights on maximizing open floor plans, partnering with Calm to reduce stress at work, maintaining capital efficiency as a hardware startup.
The quest for a quieter environment is no longer in vain. Design has caught up with sound-absorbing tech, offering stylish solutions so that you can enjoy the (almost) silence.
For all their value, open offices bring acoustic challenges that have profound impact on the people who occupy them.
TURF, an acoustic solutions company specializing in the digital fabrication of sound-absorbing PET felt products, has refined their collection of carved wall tiles.
Focal Point, LLC. shares the latest innovations and considerations in designing human-centric environments, adding value for companies and comfort for employees.
Now that office walls have come down, workers are ducking into closet-sized “pods” for privacy and quiet. Is this a retreat from the open office or the next phase of it?
TURF, a Chicago-based acoustic solutions company, has opened their new design office in a renovated firehouse originally built in 1896.
Over half (52 percent) of workers are interrupted by noise distractions more than five times in a working day, with 17 percent stating that they are interrupted by noise more than 10 times.
The implications for architecture and interior design are remarkable, because these metamaterials could be applied to the built environment in many different ways.
Soundproof pods, saddle-shaped chairs, adjustable-height desks and wobble boards were in abundance at Stockholm Furniture Fair last week, as privacy and wellbeing become essential aspects of office furniture design.
A crop of new startups are racing to reinvent the cubicle, catering to businesses that want more private space for their employees.
Over 70 years ago, Aldous Huxley bemoaned the din of technology in his 1946 essay Science, Liberty and Peace, which covers a range of topics including this prescient piece on silence and the brain scrambling effect of distractions.
