The Resolute desk at the White House is made of timbers taken from a Royal Navy ship. It projects pure power. Is that why the defeated US president has switched to an occasional table?
Philippe Malouin challenges office furniture archetypes with Industrial Office collection
Designer Philippe Malouin has used industrial materials including dyed nylon and polyurethane-coated steel to create an experimental collection of office furniture and accessories.
Knoll Debuts its Self Adjusting Task Chair - Ollo
Glen Oliver Loew designed Ollo as an everywhere and everybody chair—one that provides comfort in a variety of settings, whether planned or impromptu, and that accommodates an array of postures without the many adjustments typical of a task chair.
Can Steelcase Fix the Open Plan Office?
One of the pieces, the Roam mobile stand, was designed to work in tandem with the newly launched Microsoft Surface Hub 2S, a digital whiteboard of sorts.
Steelcase Flex Collection Gives Teams Control to Adapt Spaces on Demand
Steelcase revealed Steelcase® Flex — an integrated collection of furniture and accessories designed to meet the needs of modern teams and their changing activities.
Microsoft Surface Hub 2S and Steelcase Roam Free Teams to Collaborate Anywhere
Steelcase introduced a new way to give teams an unprecedented level of control over how they collaborate. Microsoft launched its next generation all-in-one collaboration device built for teamwork: Surface Hub 2S.
Making simple things even simpler
Konstantin Grcic in conversation with Thomas Edelmann on his collaboration with Plank, the two new products, the “Cup Lounge Chair” and “Fila”, and the importance of a second attempt.
Video: CFN Exclusive Walk Through of the entire Salone del Mobile 2019
Nine million tons of furniture go to landfills every year. This company has a better plan
Video: Thirty Seconds of the Largest Office Furniture show on Earth (Part 2)
if you think these Asian manufacturers are content with serving their own domestic markets, think again.
Walking the China International Furniture Fair
Video: Thirty Seconds of the Largest Office Furniture show on Earth
The four-day fair in Guangzhou, China, was expecting 200,000 visitors, including 30,000 foreign attendees. Based on the massive crowds during the event, that might be an underestimation of the actual throng that arrived.
Keeping critical: Odoardo Fioravanti
Odoardo Fioravanti loves experimenting and is always surprising people with unusual designs. During a visit to his Milan studio Anna Moldenhauer talked to him about his deep attachment to Pedrali, what he wished for design students and why he finds excavators fascinating.
Preview: CIFF Guangzhou has it all.
Phase 2 of the China International Furniture Fair is underway in Guangzhou China. Held at Guangzhou‘ immense Canton Fair Complex the show fills the roughly 12 million square feet of show floor with anything you could imagine needing for your office, or to even create the products that fill your office.
Scientists have good news and bad news about sit-stand desks
If you’ve been following the trickle of research coming in on sitting vs. standing desks, you know conclusions are murky. Sitting will kill you! But standing will kill you, too! So what about those desks that let you sit or stand? Are they the answer to feeling better at work?
Brexit uncertainty causes problems for British furniture brands ahead of Milan design week
The ongoing uncertainty over Brexit is causing havoc with UK furniture brands' preparations for Milan design week, which starts 10 days after the country is due to leave the European Union.
This NYC Startup Plans to Disrupt the Office Furniture Space with its Own DTC Offering
For the time being, Direct-to-Consumer startup Bureau is focused on the e-commerce opportunity in office furniture.
Furniture exec forecasts positive 2019
Room And Board’s Unique Spin On Commercial Office Furniture
Learn more about Room and Board’s Business Interiors division and how they are making a name for themselves in the commercial furniture industry.
Wellbeing and noise concerns fuel "accelerating" trend for healthier office furniture
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.