Designed as a modular seating, brad ascalon’s ASCENT collection for mitab is ideal for public spaces like airports and lobbies which are often intimidating, cold. As ascalon explains it, ‘the idea for this project was to rethink the notion of lobby and airport seating by establishing a completely new visual language for this category of contract furniture. airport seating in particular continues to feel cold, institutional, and ASCENT is intended to change this’. Hence, wanting to integrate a sense of versatility and flexibility, the modular furniture includes a USB port for charging and can be easily used as a table for drinks, eating, reading, or simply storing one’s personal items. Even more, given how each seat is detachable, users can customize the layout via different configurations and colors.

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Coalesse plays a key role in creating office environments that offer space for focus and rejuvenation, social connections and creative collaboration. We’re able to accomplish those spaces thanks to solutions that combine the insight-driven design typical of Steelcase, Inc. with the collaboration of world-class designers, in order to create products that Bring New Life to Work. 

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Designed by iratzoki lizaso studio, the heldu working tables for french furniture workshop alki come in different modules that can be joined together to create and furnish a flexible office space. the collection includes oak and leather products that will be showcased during the maison et objet 2017 january edition in paris. 

iratzoki lizaso‘s heldu working tables for alki include mobile partitions that enable workstations to be laid out quickly and effectively, according to people’s requirements. electric wires run along the axis in a metal cable tray, and power sockets are hidden by wooden and leather blocks. A desk lamp and tidy can also be fitted in the cavity while vertical tabletop partitions complete the collection and enable space to be organized accordingly. Finally, in respect to the choice of materials, the oak and leather finishings echo the realm of a traditional office while still providing a contemporary layer to the design.

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In December 2016, the Art Institute of Chicago added the Olivares Aluminum Chair, designed by Jonathan Olivares for Knoll, to its permanent collection. Joining a robust collection of artwork and objects in the Institute’s Architecture and Design department, the Olivares Chair represents the Knoll penchant for technological and material experimentation.

In 2012, the Art Institute of Chicago hosted an exhibition by Jonathan Olivares Design Research, the furniture designer's Los Angeles-based practice. Entitled “The Outdoor Office,” the exhibit was comprised of a series of speculative designs that explored the possibility of office spaces located outdoors. Olivares’ hypothetical renderings placed his own aluminum chair into utopian work environments, its characteristic profile lending a necessary softness to offices en plein air.

Now, the chair itself joins the museum’s collection, its structure standing as testament to the subtle yet expansive possibilities of furniture innovation. Cast entirely in one piece of aluminum and measuring three millimeters thick at its thinnest point, the chair resolutely defies convention. "Can you surprise yourself with learning something new," he asked during the design process, "or something that can be measured to be more successful? Through experimentation you can push materials beyond their conventional limits."

Allseating has just released Entail, a task chair with many value-added features that come standard, such as an integrated seat-slider to support a wide-range of body types as well as a dual functioning arm that is both height-adjustable and has arm pads that can easily shift forwards or backwards. Available in either smoke or black frame finish and an encapsulated mesh in 2 colors: Jet Black and Carbon. Available to order today. From $420.

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After more than a century of making the seats in professional baseball stadiums across the country, from historic Wrigley Field to Comerica Park, American Seating is getting out of the business.

The iconic Grand Rapids company is laying off 80 workers and selling its fixed seating business -- that builds chairs for sports, education and theater venues -- to longtime local competitor, Irwin Seating Company, the companies announced Tuesday, Jan. 3.

The 130-year-old U.S. manufacturer says it will focus on its transportation seating business, where the company is a leader in a growing global market. American Seating has been making seats for city buses, rail and motorcoaches since the 1930s.

"We determined that this was the best path forward to ensure a successful future for American Seating," Ed Clark, the company's CEO, said in a statement.

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