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.
It’s been one year since the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic, forcing companies across the country to close their office doors. Today, nearly half (47%) of American employees are currently working from home at least part of the time, according to a study by Glassdoor.
The companies that are creating the tech, the flexible office space, the modular, high-turnover conference rooms — they’re ready. But everyone else still seems to be in maintenance mode.
Longtime industry veteran Frank Lytle has some new products to safely get everyone back to the office in 2021.
Watch Dr. Lydia Bourouiba, director of MIT’s Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmission Laboratory, as she talks with Steelcase CEO Jim Keane about what we know today on mitigating disease transmission at work.
AIS began making facemasks – using antimicrobial fabrics and other premium materials – when the COVID-19 pandemic intensified in April.
As many companies grapple with how — or if — they should bring their employees back to the office, planning for positive coronavirus cases is emerging as a crucial part of the strategy.
Hastily enacted regulations addressing a fast-unfolding pandemic have introduced a layer of complexity around leases between tenants and landlords.
Various metals and chemical agents have long been touted for their antimicrobial properties, but the effectiveness and safety of the materials are far from certain.
Far UV-C as a method for disinfecting pathogens has many possibilities. But it has also led to some premature and potentially risky uses.
One of the biggest unknowns about how to stop the spread of a disease in a building is how we can prevent sick people from entering the building in the first place.
One thing is for sure: The home office has now been firmly established as a place of work that is easily equal to any other place of business.
At the start of the pandemic, landlords were unsure what to make of companies declaring that their employees were just as productive at home as they were at work. Now it is clear this is a viable trend.
Three recent initiatives outline how experts in the built environment are advocating for policy changes for public health and climate change.
The pandemic has prompted organizations to fast-track digital collaboration and new systems and services.
The No. 2 U.S. auto maker asks 30,000 employees to clear out their desks to make way for workplace revamp.
In the fourth collaboration between Designtex and the contract branch of West Elm, the pair have brought in performance textiles company Crypton to develop a line of textiles that meet a very particular modern demand: the ability to be disinfected.
Six months into a global health crisis that has redefined where and how many of us work, Ethan Pearl is ready to talk about what we’re missing at the office.
FIU chair of the Department of Interior Architecture Newton D'Souza explores whether the coronavirus pandemic has led to the end of open workspaces.
