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TWS - Orgatec 2022 Photo/Video Album

A quick walk thru of Orgatec 2022.

TWS - Orgatec 2022 Photo/Video Album
Manufacturer, NeoCon 2021
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Hightower wins multiple NeoCon awards including ...

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.

Hightower wins multiple NeoCon awards including ‘Best Showroom’
Manufacturer, People
Source: CFN News Desk
Humanscale Announces Elizabeth Margles as Chief ...

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.

Humanscale Announces Elizabeth Margles as Chief Marketing Officer
Manufacturer
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Steelcase teams up with Kontrol Technologies to ...

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.

Steelcase teams up with Kontrol Technologies to provide air quality monitoring and viral detection technology
Manufacturer, People
Source: CFN News Desk
Alan Jay Heller dies at 81

For over 50 years, Heller offered leading designers the opportunity to work with new technologies to create innovative products. Those were great partnerships and they resulted in great products.

Alan Jay Heller dies at 81

Office Furniture

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WATCH: Casper Cloaking Technology: Privacy + Transparency

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WATCH: Casper Cloaking Technology: Privacy + Transparency

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.

Via steelcase.com 

5 SUPER-FANCY DESK CHAIRS TO UPGRADE YOUR WORKDAY

5 SUPER-FANCY DESK CHAIRS TO UPGRADE YOUR WORKDAY

LET’S BE REAL: Unless you’re one of those kooks who uses a standing desk, you’re probably on your butt all day at work. Never mind all those reports that sitting down will ultimately kill you. I spend more time in my desk chair than I do in my bed, and chances are you do too.

So it’s important to have a high-quality desk chair—known in the industry as “task seating”—that feels comfortable and supportive, and can be adjusted to account for constant changes in the way you sit. A good chair adapts to you, not the other way around.

Via wired.com

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Generic C

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Generic C

The hand of Philippe Starck is immediately recognizable in the design of Generic Chair, a new program of seating with a functional and simple design that represents the “generic ideotypes” of chairs designed for public spaces. Generic C – where C stands for ‘cafe’ – has been designed for bars, restaurants and leisure spaces: places where the function plays the most important role even before any form or possible aesthetic interpretation. Generic C is available in white, black, sage-green, rust, grey and yellow.

Via domusweb.it 

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GMi Evolves

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GMi Evolves

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.

Continue reading at bellow.press 

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From Custom to Construction, OFGO Goes the Extra Mile

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From Custom to Construction, OFGO Goes the Extra Mile

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.

Continue reading on bellow.press 

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HUBB: Modular Furniture for Ever-Changing Learning Environments

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HUBB: Modular Furniture for Ever-Changing Learning Environments

At schools, classes and curriculums are all completely different and evolve over time, but the school environment never seems to change. Learning happens in all different ways and with collaboration becoming more mainstream, it seems logical that furniture would be more conducive to that. Architecture firm Mecanoo and furniture manufacturer Gispen joined forces to create an innovative line of modular furniture to help solve exactly that and it’s called HUBB..

Via design-milk.com 

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TEKNION OPENS NEW SHOWROOM IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES

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TEKNION OPENS NEW SHOWROOM IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES

Teknion Corporation announced the opening of a new Los Angeles showroom. Situated on the 41st floor of the Ernst & Young Plaza, the showroom provides clients with an accessible location in the city’s burgeoning downtown. Framed by windows on three sides, the 8,650-square-foot space (804 m²) offers visitors panoramic views of the Los Angeles skyline to the Pacific Ocean.

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You can now buy the iconic Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman at CostCo

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You can now buy the iconic Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman at CostCo

It’s one of the most iconic pieces of mid-century modern architecture — and you can get it now at CostCo (provided you’re a member). 

For just $3,899.99 you can get one yourself (with free shipping!). That might seem steep, but it’s a solid $1,407 less than you’d get if you bought directly from Herman Miller.

Via archinect.com 

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Front's Dune furniture for Offecct is both sofa and temporary workstation for busy environments

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Front's Dune furniture for Offecct is both sofa and temporary workstation for busy environments

Tables branch out of this eight-person sofa, designed by Swedish studio Front to offer a relaxed breakout space in bustling offices.

Front created the furniture – which was on show at Milan design week – as an experiment for Swedish brand Offecct. It is meant to inhabit the middle of a room, and function as both seating and a temporary workstation.

Via dezeen.com 

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Blå Station's Pocket armchair has extra built-in storage for bags and laptops

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Blå Station's Pocket armchair has extra built-in storage for bags and laptops

Swedish furniture company Blå Station has launched an armchair by Stone Designs that has an extra compartment to keep restaurants, bars and hotel lobbies free of clutter.The idea for the chair – which was presented at Milan design week – came about when Stone Designs founders Eva Prego and Cutu Mazuelos stayed at a busy ski resort.

With people's goggles, helmets and backpacks piled up on tables and in the lobby, the pair – who set the studio up in Madrid in 1995 – decided to create furniture that could reclaim the space.

Via dezeen.com 

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Ariake Collection by Legnatec and Hirata Chair

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Ariake Collection by Legnatec and Hirata Chair

Ariake Collection is a series of minimal furniture created by a joint venture between Legnatec and Hirata Chair, two factories from the furniture-producing town of Morodomi in Saga prefecture, Japan. Ariake means “morning moon” or “daybreak” in Japanese, and symbolizes a new chapter for Legnatec and Hirata Chair, two leading companies in a twon consisting of more than thirty furniture factories.

Via design-milk.com 

VIDEO: OFS Brands STAKS at LBMC - A Case Study

VIDEO: OFS Brands STAKS at LBMC - A Case Study

LBMC, a Tennessee-based accounting firm wanted their Nashville office to have a clean and classic aesthetic. Connectivity, collaboration, and flexibility were also core to their planning and furniture selection. STAKS was a solution that supported these requirements and offered a seamless transition from the private office to the open plan workstations. 

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Philippe Starck Presents Solid Oak Torquemada Collection for Driade

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Philippe Starck Presents Solid Oak Torquemada Collection for Driade

salone del mobile 2017: Driade invited several designers to interpret the theme ‘revolution’ for their presentation at the furniture fair in Milan- one of them being philippe starck.  the ‘torquemada’ collection features a family of oak furniture consisting of a table, chair, an armchair and stool and additionally, the french designer has added the ‘lou speak bergere’ to the lou collection which was presented last year.

Via designboom.com 

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Bouroullec brothers design minimal ash wood chaise lounge for Mattiazzi

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Bouroullec brothers design minimal ash wood chaise lounge for Mattiazzi

The latest addition to Mattiazzi's furniture collection is the stripped-back Quindici lounge chair by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, launched at Milan design week. The seating comes in two editions – an armchair, and a chaise lounge version with an additional leg rest. Both feature T-shaped armrests that contrast the softer silhouette of the seat, which is made from thin panels of ash.

Via dezeen.com 

A Storage-Packed Desk So You Can Keep Your Workspace Tidy

A Storage-Packed Desk So You Can Keep Your Workspace Tidy

Nothing slows your work roll like a cluttered desk and with most of them seeming to have a real lack of storage, what do you do? The only real solution is to nail down your organization game and with a desk like this, it’s really easy to accomplish. Designed by Gonçalo Campos for Wewood, Metis is a solid wood desk that may be compact, but it’s outfitted with all kinds of compartments and sections you can use to stow your gear.

Via design-milk.com 

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