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Steelcase Worklab

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

12.15.08 | Steelcase has created a WorkLab adjacent to the Steelcase University Learning Center, re-claiming space that had previously served as a Town Hall and manufacturing space. As with the Learning Center, the architects and designers worked within the existing structure, but used only a fraction of what remains of the former manufacturing facility.

Company Profile: Offix Systems

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

12.1.08 | Here's a switch: a dealership extending its presence from Europe to the United States. That's the strategy of Offix Systems, a pan-American contract furniture dealership. Juan Vidal, managing director and husband of CEO Adriana M. DeFrancisco, has brought some very nice European light to the North American shores by creating a showroom in the Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley, near Allentown, PA, its second in the Lehigh Valley.

Knoll Atlanta to Unveil New Showroom in Westside Provision District

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

11.24.08 | Knoll formally relocated its Atlanta showroom to the City's Westside Provision District. The showroom, opened last week to an excited Atlanta A&D community and will provide enhanced resources to the design community in Atlanta, including new product displays for office and residential furnishings, textiles and accessories.

Kasthall Graces New York Design Center

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

11.24.08 | In a commercial world of grey and beige, one may begin to wonder if we can tastefully bring color into the workplace with out crossing the line into kitsch. Within the halls of New York Design Center is a beautifully artful answer: Kasthall.

Teknion On The Move

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

11.17.08 | Teknion Corporation, Canada, and Teknion LLC, its U.S. arm, were swamped with success during the dot.com era of the late 90s, their functional furniture with a flair and some financial common sense made it a sweetheart of Silicon Valley. But then came the new millennium, presenting in its short almost nine years a most unusual array of financial perspectives and asperities.

GLOBAL The Total Office Opens Boston Showroom

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT

10.6.08 | GLOBAL recently opened its 30th US showroom. The new Boston location, directly across the street from the Boston Design Center, the new space is considered by GLOBAL as its latest of its Showcase Showrooms, which are designed to be used as specification tools for the A&D community and a greater product resource for existing contract dealers. And, of course, the new showroom is intended to emphasize GLOBALs tagline: value is always in style.