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 the traditional definition of “work” continues to evolve, so too must the ways in which we create a safe and fulfilling environment for our employees while ensuring our customers and clients feel appreciated and cared for.
New research from the CIPD claims that employers now expect the proportion of people working from home on a regular basis will increase to 37 percent compared to 18 percent before the pandemic.
Luxury apartment and condo developers in the U.S. are increasingly creating remote workspaces in their properties for residents.
How quickly things can change. Before the pandemic, an explosion of office amenities was being driven by the tech industry, pushing the importance of collaboration and creativity as a source of their competitive advantage.
Patrick Donnelly of BHDP offers some thoughts on how to incorporate community design and improve cohesion in the office – wherever it is.
Benjamin Pardo, design director for the esteemed furniture company Knoll, believes good design can help. Over the course of his career, he has thought a great deal about how design can improve the way we work, and he has designed some well-known ergonomic furniture that fills offices around the world, like the Generation and ReGeneration chairs.
Technology was critical in allowing companies to pivot into remote working environments, sometimes in 24 hours. Now, especially in the audio-visual sector, it must be increasingly robust to support the new virtual world.
Bank and tech firm CEOs have set alarm bells ringing across the real estate community with headline-grabbing comments about the possibility of downsizing their offices should working from home become the post-pandemic norm.
There are so many factors that influence trends in workspace design and workplace culture, so planning for life after Covid-19 is no easy task.
The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have been particularly acute for people with disabilities, many of whom face unique challenges, such as a lack of accessible healthcare spaces or medical equipment.
Knoll also said it is working closely with clients in the commercial, healthcare and education sectors on programs that allow their employees to purchase Knoll + Muuto work-from-home furniture online.
Fortune spoke with Andrew Cogan, chairman, and CEO of Knoll, for a new series, The Coronavirus Economy, about how the outbreak has affected his business, his thoughts on the future, and how he is working through the pandemic.
Shaped by the core belief that spaces should be relevant, resilient, and respectful, DIRTT wants organizations to reset and rethink, and to create spaces that are adaptable, sustainable, and intentionally designed to manage the unknown.
A recent government survey revealed that more than a third of Japanese people have now experienced remote working during the coronavirus crisis, something that no amount of employment legislation could have achieved as quickly.
