Twenty-Four by Seven
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Question: How's your Lineup looking for NeoCon?
Monday February 16, 2015
There has been a shift in recent years when it comes to new product development.
The Case for Changing Postures
Monday February 2, 2015
This focus on standing furniture options for office work is often promoted by emphasizing the dangers of prolonged sitting, sometimes with hair-raising alarm.
At the Intersection of Football and Office Furniture
by ROB KIRKBRIDE Monday December 8, 2014
"I want to get rid of the word 'Michigan Man," maybe today you could write about that."
How's the furniture thing?
by DARCY VINES Monday November 17, 2014
I had my baptism by fire into the furniture industry at NeoCon this summer, but before then, I had the same indifferent - bordering on snide - feelings as they did about furniture as a whole.
An Industry Veteran's First Orgatec
Monday November 3, 2014
Orgatec gave me a greater appreciation for the breadth of this industry that I love and it makes me excited to be a part of creating what is yet to come.
More Change Ahead
by ROB KIRKBRIDE Wednesday October 1, 2014
The Office Furniture Industry is undergoing the biggest metamorphosis in its relatively short history.
Workplaces
by ROB KIRKBRIDE Monday September 8, 2014
The important thing to note (and something I have noted many times in these pages) is that these nomadic workers (myself included) have a choice of where, when and how to work. We will pick the place that best fits our needs.
Voguish Ideas that Are Not
Monday August 11, 2014
While its intentions are undoubtedly good, both the architects and the artist have bizarrely forgotten that workplaces are about people.
Big Data
by ROB KIRKBRIDE Monday July 21, 2014
At the BIFMA breakfast, held on the last day of NeoCon, the group promised to do more to improve its data collection.
NeoCon 2014 - The Year of the H.A.T.
Monday June 30, 2014
Height-adjustable tables and work surfaces have been on the fringe of "the next big thing" forever.
The Next Trend to Chase
by MMQB STAFF Monday June 23, 2014
Before you laugh keep in mind people laughed at the idea of people working in cubicles - and they still laugh about it.
Thoughts from the Real World (of NeoCon at least)
by MMQB STAFF Monday June 16, 2014
You have to give manufacturers credit however for at least attempting to get the "per-person furniture budget" back to where it used to be.
It's that time again - NeoCon Time
by MMQB STAFF Monday June 9, 2014
Not to put too fine a point on it, if you don't make a height adjustable worksurface, whether electric, crank or counter-weighted, you are living in a hole.
The Tax Man Taketh and Givith
by MMQB STAFF Monday May 26, 2014
OMG, the government still loves cubicles and is loath to go collaborative.
Four Weeks and Counting
by MMQB STAFF Monday May 12, 2014
These guys have lots of money. Perhaps they need furniture.
Industry Strength
by MMQB STAFF Monday April 21, 2014
Spring has finally arrived for the industry.
Modding / Hacking the Products
by MMQB STAFF Monday April 14, 2014
Modding is a slang expression that is derived from the verb "modify".
Opportunities do exist in China for Office Furniture Makers
by ROB KIRKBRIDE Monday April 7, 2014
Asian office furniture makers are getting exponentially more sophisticated and better at what they do.
China: Friend of Foe?
by MMQB STAFF Sunday March 30, 2014
U.S. office furniture manufacturers had better keep a wary eye on this country.
Stay Calm and Wake the F--k up!
by MMQB STAFF Monday March 24, 2014
Look at our "historically slow moving market."
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