In looking at disruption in other industries, ThinkLab predicts the biggest future innovations in the design industry will come from process innovation, not product innovation with Kelly Weertz, Elizabeth Von Lehe, Matthew Lieb, and AJ Paron. This episode is sponsored by: Carnegie Fabrics.
Organizations shift attitudes on meeting costs of home office setup
Eighty-two percent of US based employers now believe the organization should absorb the cost of a home office setup for employees that work from home full-time.
The First Signs of Offices Reopening Point to an Agile Workplace Future
Steelcase hit by cyber attack
Steelcase said the attack targeted its information technology systems, and that it “promptly implemented a series of containment measures to address this situation including temporarily shutting down the affected systems and related operations.”
NeoCon 2021 Moved to October 4-6, 2021
We are shifting our June dates to October for 2021 as part of our efforts to produce a safe and successful onsite event reconnecting the NeoCon Community.
Knoll Reports Sales fell 13.2% and Profits fell 48% in latest quarter
Knoll, Inc. sales of $309.4 million declined 13.2% in the third quarter, driven primarily by a decline in Office sales of approximately 25%.
Clever Podcast about Design: Interior Designer Kara Mann
She runs her own studio and has racked up clients like Virgil Abloh, Goop and several luxury hotels. She’s just launched a collection with CB2 and a line of home essentials called Kept.
Despite an ongoing decline in architecture firm billings, indicators of future work continue to improve
Despite the multi-family residential sector showing signs of improvement, overall business conditions are recovering at a disappointingly slow pace.
How Frank Lloyd Wright designed a distraction-free home office
How would America’s greatest architect design a home office? Could Frank Lloyd Wright, who had visionary solutions for contemporary living—from sustainable design, air conditioning, even open-plan offices—have an answer to the search for ideal Covid-era remote working configurations?
Kimball Int. announces team to lead new Workplace Business Unit
The new unit will leverage the company’s proven strengths of best-in-class customer experience, product development and brand marketing across three distinct brands within the Workplace: Kimball, National and Etc.
Landscape Forms Announces Lighting Partnership with the St. Louis Lighting Group
SLLG will be representing Landscape Form’s lighting portfolio, working in the Eastern Missouri Region with Stacy Ernst of Site Source, LLC, who represents both Landscape Forms’ furniture and lighting products.
Watch: Working from home? Don’t leave your ergonomics at the office!
Needless to say, working from home is here to stay. Whether that is working from home all the time or just having the options and flexibility to do either, there is no escaping this new normal we live in.
HNI Corporation Reports Third Quarter Office Furnishings Sales Fell 27 percent
Yes, COVID-19 really is destroying the open office
6 Lessons We Can Learn from Coworking Spaces
Why companies want proof buildings are healthy
Certifications ranking health in office buildings are cropping up in major real estate markets as COVID raises the stakes on employee wellbeing.
As Our Work Lives Become More Dynamic, Offices Need to Match
Just what is a dynamic workplace, you ask? It’s an adjustable environment, one that is constantly adapting to meet the needs of the people that use it. It has flexible desk seating, or seating that combines fixed and flexible options.
Office design will respond to the events of this year as it always has – by getting better
Although we can trace forms of clerical work at least back to at least the Ancient Egyptians, the office as we understand it only came into being in the early 20th Century.
New Satellite Offices Could Offer Suburbs A Lifeline, But So Far It Isn't Happening
Most corporate offices remain depopulated, even empty, and landlords everywhere worry what the future holds.
Flexible workspaces will be the answer to Covid-19 office issues
Working from home has exposed the failings of old-fashioned workplaces. Employees need creative spaces that actually work for human beings like those offered by Fora.