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.
As Airbnb grew from a tiny startup to the $2.8 billion behemoth it is today, it outgrew four headquarters in nine years. That meant a lot of rearranging and redecorating.
That experience was one of the reasons why Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia was inspired to launch his own line of furniture designed for changing workplaces. The modular line, from Bernhardt Design, can be reconfigured easily based on a company's needs.
A Ford exec with a design background and who launched its Chariot microtransit system and Motivate bike share program has just been named the automaker’s CEO. Not only does this give Ford a competitive edge over traditional car companies, which have been scrambling to acquire tech startups in the race to autonomy, it shows that Ford is fully committed to its vision of shared, autonomous mobility that may not even include personal cars.
What does office furniture and self-driving cars have in common? Plenty if you mention the name Jim Hackett.
For the third consecutive year, Kimball International has been certified as a great workplace by the independent analysts at Great Place to Work®. Kimball International earned this credential based on extensive ratings provided by its employees in anonymous surveys.
Ford Motor Co. has fired CEO Mark Fields and will replace him with James Hackett, head of the automaker’s Smart Mobility arm, as part of a broad management shakeup, according to reports by Forbes and other news organizations.
On, the young, successful running shoe brand, keeps employees on their toes in the company's new headquarters in Zurich: while working environments usually seek to shorten paths, the On team moves around along a central aisle in an office space of over 100 metres. There are no partitions or attributed workspaces. Employees clock up a total distance of two to three kilometres daily in a setting that promotes intercommunication unlike any conventional office layout. This dynamic environment thrives on emotions and calls for a sense of comfort and well-being – for sofas which are at home in offices and office chairs that are also perfect for the home office. Cross-functionality is part and parcel of Vitra's comprehensive product portfolio, which is why the On office is furnished entirely with Vitra furniture.
In a recent TED Talk, innovator Daan Roosegaarde called creativity “the new capital.” As organizations continue to accelerate digitization, effectiveness and efficiencies are no longer enough to grow the business. Organizations are looking for ways to boost the creativity of their people to encourage innovation.
The Knoll NeoCon showroom will present Rockwell Unscripted™ by Rockwell Group, a broad furniture collection that sets the stage for an Immersive workplace experience. The showroom will also demonstrate the power of bringing together the company’s constellation of workplace solutions and brands – including Knoll Office and Knoll Studio furnishings and accessories; DatesWeiser conference and meeting room furniture; Spinneybeck and FilzFelt architectural and acoustic materials; and the diversity of KnollTextiles fabrics, wallcoverings, and drapery.
Steelcase has been in business for more than 100 years, creating places that unlock human promise for the world’s leading organizations. But what motivates our company and clients isn’t our products and what they can do — we’re motivated by people and what we can do together.
Actions form the foundation of culture, and we believe building a strong, sustainable business depends on getting culture right. We’re committed to unlocking human promise by moving from words to action and pursuing sustainability initiatives built on inclusion.
"We delivered solid topline growth in excess of 16%, despite the fact our first quarter is traditionally our weakest," says DIRTT CEO Mogens Smed.
Kimball International, Inc. Wednesday announced third quarter fiscal year 2017 net sales of $153.1 million, an increase of 2% over the prior year third quarter, and net income of $7.2 million, an increase of 162% over the prior year third quarter. Excluding prior year restructuring charges, adjusted net income increased 63%. Earnings per diluted share for the third quarter was $0.19 compared to $0.07 per share earned in the prior year quarter, or $0.12 per share earned in the prior year quarter excluding restructuring charges.
There’s a tension in many workplaces today. Organizations want transparent, collaborative environments. Leaders want to be visible stewards of their company culture. But, there are times when information just has to stay private. Large-scale monitor displays help teams work together. But, glass walled meeting rooms could display sensitive data to people passing nearby. Is the only solution to pull blinds and shut doors? We don’t think so.
Casper Cloaking Technology by Designtex solves this problem using architectural film for glass walls that only blocks people’s ability to see what’s on a digital screen inside the room. People walking by can see faces and gestures, but can’t see content displayed on any LED or LCD screen inside.
The largest manufacturers and designers of office and contract furniture are large, progressive pacesetters in the industry, and are an important part of the FDMC 300.
The FDMC 300 is a group of the 300 largest cabinet, furniture, millwork, store fixture, office/contract and component producers in North America. Sales for the FDMC 300 group of companies grew 5 percent in 2016 over the previous year to $48.786 billion.
Two honors for achievements in product design and innovation were recently awarded to Humanscale. Offering the highest quality LED lighting with smart settings for control and conservation, Humanscale’s Infinity is a 2017 Red Dot winner for Product Design. The task performance light was chosen as one of the top products of the year, excelling in criteria including innovation, formal quality, functionality and ecological compatibility.
On a constant currency basis, sales for the first quarter of 2017 were $223.4 million, up 0.4% over the prior year period. As reported, 2017 first quarter sales were $221.1 million, down 0.7% from sales of $222.6 million in the first quarter of 2016. Growth in the Americas and Australia effectively balanced weakness in Asia.
DIRTT Environmental Solutions (DRT.TO) announced Tuesday it has been awarded a significant contract from a large international company, for interior construction projects in multiple locations. Details on the amount of work to be completed at each location are dependent on final design specifications, creating the potential for this first phase to exceed the US$5 million contract value and develop into a longer-term partnership between DIRTT and that company.
"DIRTT's ability to build custom, flexible and beautiful spaces rapidly and with cost certainty were key factors in securing this partnership," says Mogens Smed, CEO of DIRTT. "DIRTT's commitment to challenging the conventional construction norms of environmentally-damaging materials, excess waste and project delays were also a significant factor."
The name of the international company was not provided.
Net sales were $256.8 million for the first quarter of 2017, a decrease of 9.8%, from the first quarter of 2016. Net sales for the Office segment were $149.8 million during the first quarter of 2017, a decrease of 19.2%, when compared with the first quarter of 2016.
Deep in the research and development department of GMi is a rock you can use as a dry erase board. A bunch of fall leaves covered in a material that makes them dry erasable is also there. No, this company with a long history based in Lebanon, Ohio, is not marketing a “natural” collection of dry erase products. But it is pushing the outer limits to see what's possible when it comes to visual communication.
The company, founded as Ghent Manufacturing in 1976, is not afraid of taking chances, pushing what's possible and doing whatever it can to help its customers.
Steelcase, one of the largest office furniture firms in the world, has partnered with MIT to create a new form of 3D printing that it believes could potentially change the way that furniture is designed and created.
In 1980, the rock band Journey released the song “Anyway You Want It,” the same year Canadian office furniture maker OFGO was founded. Though the songwriters Steve Perry and Neal Schon did not consult the fledgling office furniture maker about the lyrics, the sentiment behind the song fits perfectly with OFGO's drive toward giving its customers the ability to customize their products — anyway they want it.
And that, perhaps more than anything, sets OFGO apart from the competition, though that's not all. The Toronto-area furniture maker embraces research and design, believes in building its own furniture in its own high-tech plant and wants to continue its evolution into a brand known throughout North America and beyond.
