The collection, titled AXYL, is another step forward in LAYER's mission to help companies lower the environmental impact of their designs.
Benjamin Hubert and Allermuir's Recycled Plastic and Aluminum Furniture
Fantoni launches solid wood tables designed to bring a home-like feel to the office
Italian brand Fantoni has collaborated with design studio Metrica to create a range of office tables made from solid oak and beech, which aim to bring a softer look to work environments.
Karim Rashid Designed a Collection with Lamborghini and Riva 1920
Karim Rashid created a collection in collaboration with Lamborghini by Riva 1920. Entitled Authentic Living, the collection includes five pieces of furniture crafted with high-quality materials like solid walnut wood and buttery black leather. Karim designed the collection by heavily drawing on the design aesthetics and philosophy of Riva 1920 and Lamborghini: sinuous curves, sharp lines, state of the art technology, and attention to the smallest of details that are often unexpected and make the design.
Poppin’s Take Aim Coffee Table Easily Converts for a Game of Cornhole
Poppin has been changing the way we view office supplies and office furniture for years by injecting the once boring genres with both color and fun, all while aiming for an affordable price point. They continue the mission by regularly releasing products that pique our interest and the latest launch does just that by combining practicality and fun. The Take Aim Coffee Table looks to be a simple wooden table that would work in just about any living room or office.
Watch: Kimball's new Narrate Office System
Kimball's Narrate epitomizes the future of adaptable, modern design. With a crisp, clean aesthetic, Narrate offers a streamlined framework that allows you to tell your brand story throughout the workplace landscape. Narrate provides designers with the ability to maximize flexibility, while bringing together a wide range of complementary components and products.
Watch: Turnstone's Bassline Tables – Design Story
With its warm, residential feel and unique customization capabilities, Bassline tables make it easy to personalize your space without sacrificing style or performance. Choose from a collection of standard options or provide your own custom top for a truly one-of-a-kind table.
Five Steps to Be Creative Despite Constraints
Breakthrough ideas require new ways of thinking and new ways of working. Unlimited resources and limitless possibilities can produce incredibly innovative products. But, more often than not, the most creative problem solving occurs within a set of boundaries.
Standing at work may be linked to significantly increased risk of heart disease
Even after adjusting for a wide range of factors – personal; health conditions; personal behavior; and work (e.g. physical demands, shift schedule) – the risk of heart disease was found to be around twice as high among people who primarily stood on the job compared to those who primarily sat.
PleatPod
Created by Leanne Zilka with Jenny Underwood, the PleatPod gives the possibility of a having an acoustic isolated space in open plan offices.
Need a Hug? This Chair will Give One to You at Your Desired Strength
The Huggie Dougie is a chair that contains expandable cushions and alleviates stress by providing the user with a gentle squeeze meant to mimic the feeling of being hugged.
Haworth Los Angeles Showroom Achieves WELL Certified – Pilot Program
Haworth recently announced that it has been awarded WELL Certification – Pilot Program for its Los Angeles showroom by the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI). The prestigious distinction was awarded through IWBI's WELL Building Standard (WELL), which is the premier building standard to focus on enhancing people's health and wellness through the built environment.
QT Privacy Lounge Chair from Poppin
Open offices have been the trend for a number of years now, and while they’re wonderful for collaborations and unity amongst employees, they don’t always offer the kind of privacy one needs to get work done. Enter Poppin, who continue their foray into revamping boring offices with their latest design, the QT Privacy Lounge Chair.
Agave Plant
Mattia Albicini looked to the agave plant’s leaves for inspiration when designing a recent outdoor furniture collection for Italian brand Ethimo. Agave is made of solid teak, the perfect material for outdoors, and it is given a smooth, thin profile complete with a “silky” surface, much like the plant the series is named after.
The Toku Collection Encourages Human Interaction and Communication
Schiavello just launched a new series of furniture designed in collaboration with designer Gavin Harris. The Toku Collection aims to bring people together through interaction and communication by creating environments that encourage talking and collaborating.
THE HON COMPANY WELCOMES NEW, BUDGET-FRIENDLY TASK CHAIR
The HON Company’s new, lowest priced task chair combines contemporary design and business savvy into a single solution that’s ideal for any office. Now open for orders, Convergence task seating delivers a modern aesthetic and customizable features for the perfect sit at an honestly affordable price.
Watch: Flock | Designer Interview with Brian Kane
A furniture designer with more than 40 years of experience, Brian Kane designed Flock to encourage teamwork and turn any space into a social, common area. Designed to bring people and ideas together, Flock now delivers even greater functionality and design flexibility. This versatile collection of collaborative solutions has expanded its offering to include casual seating and seated-height tables to further enhance productivity, wherever work gets done.
Each element works seamlessly with the rest of the Flock family to increase comfort and functionality, maximize layout possibilities, and make a stylish statement. Watch Brian Kane's interview of visit hon.com/flock for more information.
Viasit’s Drumback chair receives the Green Product Award
Creating an office chair that is ergonomic and affordable, environmentally friendly and comfortable – this was the challenge facing designer Martin Ballendat. The result is Drumback, one of the most innovative office chairs in recent times. This intelligent product potentially saves up to 400 tons of foam upholstery material and polypropylene per year and as a result has now received the “Green Product Award”.
Would you wear your CHAIR?
Old office chairs are being transformed into hard-shell backpacks and bicycle panniers as part of a strange new recycling project.
Supreme remixes Aalto’s iconic Tank chair for new collection
Ultimate streetwear brand Supreme is reaching deeper into the design world in a second collaboration with Finnish furniture company Artek.
Veil: A Modular Privacy Partition System Designed by Box Clever
When they were in need of a visual partition in their studio space, San Francisco-based Box Clever came up with a concept that eventually led them to create an entirely new entity named MatteChrome. Veil is a modular system designed to offer privacy in interior spaces while allowing you to control the look and amount of light that passes through.