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Week of November 29, 2021
Another Black Friday Dud / It Looks Like Allsteel is the Latest to Abandon theMART / Humanscale wants to own the home office / Office Gaining Momentum For Big Return In 2022, NAIOP Predicts. Good for the Contract Industry. / Here's How The Largest US Office Markets Fared Last Month / How are Companies Supporting Work-Life Balance in Hybrid Working? / How Companies Are Using the Office to Transition to the New Reality / Jasper Morrison creates lightweight cantilever plastic Evo-C chair for Vitra / State buys $918,000 worth of furniture for legislative staff
Week of November 22, 2021
Does being located in a "hip" place help sell office furniture? / Office Resources Acquires Arenson Office Furnishings / ABI October 2021: Business conditions at architecture firms remain strong heading into the last quarter of the year / Workspace Design Show: How Can We Design Better Workspaces? / Monograph, A Practice Operations Platform for Design Professionals, Secures $20-million Series B Funding / The Planet Saving Superpowers of Designers: Sustainable Practices that Create Industry Change / Going Beyond Net Zero: Humanscale's Legacy of Responsible Design and Manufacturing Continues / Scandinavian Spaces Celebrates New Strategic Partnership / Herman Miller Unveils New Seating Collection with Designer Michael Anastassiades / Quest - A SEAQUAL fabric, created with a conscience / Landscape Forms Appoints Jaipur Living President & CEO Asha Chaudhary to Board of Directors / Marin Architects Strengthens Leadership Team, Promotes Neka Highland to Partner / COE Distributing’s J.D. Ewing Captures 8th Consecutive Pittsburgh Smart 50 Honor
Week of November 15, 2021
QUESTION: Is there office furniture in the Metaverse? / Kimball International, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2022 Sales Rose 6% / CBI Expands Into Los Angeles as Part of Strategic Growth Effort / Configura Holds Largest CET Experience Yet / Ep. 159: Clever Extra - Innovating for the Future of Furniture Design — Clever: A Podcast About Design / New research provides insights into post-pandemic workplace / Pilots + Prototypes: When the Workplace Becomes a Laboratory / This London startup wants to rent out pop-up offices / Eames Demetrios picks five highlights from exhibition 80 Years of Design / Adobe: Future of Work Looks More Flexible and Independent / Head of Marble's quest to fix the furniture industry / X-Chair Launches X77 Massage Chair / FXCollaborative Announces New Directors of Interiors Practice / SPACE, Inc. Awarded $2M in Orders from the Department of State / FireKing International Announces New CEO
Week of November 8, 2021
Cheat Sheet: You can only claim supply chain "issues" if you have orders / Humanscale Launches Residential Designer Trade Program / DIRTT Third-quarter revenue fell short of expectations as loss grew / Flexible workspace provider Uncommon launches first office furniture collection / Office Furniture Supplier Aims for Record Year Despite Shipping Delays / Shopify makes a major design industry acquisition / Promoting Well-being in the Workplace Using Restorative Design / 3form's Exteriors Team Unveils a Giant Acrylic Lantern, a Dramatic Underpass, and More / Recycled plastic REX chair by Ineke Hans is sold with a refundable deposit / Móz Design's Backlit Laser Cut Column is a Beacon of Innovation for Residents / Flos introduces Oblique Qi - a compact table lamp with wireless charging base / Celebrate the Re-opening of the Groupe Lacasse New-York Showroom / Shaw Contract Design Awards 2021 Winners Named
Week of November 1, 2021
Number 2 Steelcase hits the acquisition trail / HNI Corporation Reports Third Quarter Workplace Sales Climb 11.3% / Vinnie Johnson shutters Haworth office furniture dealership Airea / HPFi Price Increase / Significant Year-Over-Year Growth Across North America - Pipeline Index Remains Robust, above 50% / How Hybrid Work Will Transform Our Workplaces / A chair for everyone / The Reimagined Workspace / Teknion Introduces WithIn / This is What Hybrid Work Looks Like in Action / Getting Brands to Net-Zero / New Laboratory Testing Proves Fellowes Air Purifiers Removes 99.9999% of COVID-19/Aerosolized SARS-CoV-2
Week of October 25, 2021
The office just got a lot simpler. / West Michigan's Largest Furniture Manufacturers to require COVID-19 Vaccine / ABI September 2021: Architecture firm billings end the summer on a strong note / Extremis Openings Permanent Chicago Showroom in The Merchandise Mart / Goodmans Interior Structures becomes Arizona's exclusive distributor for Herman Miller and Knoll. / The pandemic changed coworking needs—WeWork and Feather have partnered to meet them / How Younger Workers’ Preferences and Workstyles Will Define the Future Workplace / Corporate Interior Systems Establishes Preeminent Partnership with Haworth / Interview with Daniel Stromborg from Gensler about "Mixu" / Emeco introduces “Truss” collection by Erwan & Ronan Bouroullec / Kimball Introduces EverySpace – A Creative Framework for the Future / Back at the office with noisy coworkers? This privacy hood keeps sounds and nosy people away. / HAT Collective Introduces E2 Articulating Monitor Arm And Kita Height-Adjustable Base
Week of October 18, 2021
You can't hide from the data. But so what. / Tangram Announces Strategic Partnership with Symbiote / Richard Schultz, Designer Who Made the Outdoors Modern, Dies at 95 / ClearOffice announces Rebranding, changes name to Reseat and launches Reseat ID / New Steelcase CEO sees opportunity in rapidly shifting office furniture industry / Cisco releases new hybrid work index based on millions of data points / Planning a return to the office? JLL has some thoughts. / Workers Back At The Office At Highest Rate Since Pandemic Began / AIS Wraps a Successful Show at NeoCon 2021 / Steelcase Hybrid Solutions Receive NeoCon 2021 Awards / Allsteel Receives 4 Awards at NeoCon / QUORUM MULTICONFERENCE by Lacasse / Unika Vaev Introduces Four New Acoustic Products from Instyle / North America Custom Acoustics Manufacturer Launches Biophilic Moss Design & Engineering Company / HAT Collective Introduces the M-Series Quad Workstation / WallGoldfinger Furniture's Doko line earns Special Mention in Architizer A+Product Awards / Tarkett to Relocate Showroom to Chicago's Fulton Market / The Independent Office Products and Furniture Dealers Association / WeWork Done Cutting Locations, Projects $1.5B Loss In 2021
Week of October 11, 2021
10 Thoughts about NeoCon 2021 / Haworth forms new partnership with Emeco / Armbruster is now Steelcase president and CEO / The Great Office Furniture Reshuffling / The clever trick one firm is using to design furniture for the hybrid / Donati introduces New Components and Programs to US Market / NeoCon Highlights / MMQB's Game Day(s) Scrapbook / NARBUTAS Opens a New Chicago Showroom During NeoCon 2021 / Logicdata announces Historic Move to "One-Stop-Shop" for Customized Adjustable Legs, Frames / DARRAN's Honey Collection wins Best of NeoCon Competition and NeoCon Gold / Ultrafabrics, global leader in performance fabrics launches Uf Select its first offering made in North Americ
Week of October 4, 2021
Take off your jammies; it's NeoCon today! / Herman Miller Posts Higher Sales, Loss in Quarter / Tangram Acquires BKM Total Office of Texas / Configura acquires ProjectMatrix / Herman Miller Exclusive Manufacturer of the National Museum of Norway's Competition Chair Design Winner "Portrait" / MMQB's NeoCon Sunday Scouting Reel / NeoCon Pre-Game Photos / Steelcase Unveils First-of-Its-Kind Ergonomic Chair Designed for 21st Century Work / Gabriel Opens its Largest Showroom Globally in Chicago
Week of September 27, 2021
CHEAT SHEET - NeoCon... It's been 28 months. Time to shake the rust off! / Steelcase Posts Year-over-Year Sales Decline, Supply Chain Disruptions / MG West to Acquire Unisource Solutions’ Northern California Operations / British Design Brand Established & Sons Teams Up with Steelcase / New Facility for GMi Allows for Efficiencies & Consolidation of Production Operations / Tamping Down Expectations, HNI Corporation Provides Business Update / AIA: Billings Show Continued Strength in August / Ethosource celebrates a Milestone Mark of 20 Years in the Office Furniture Industry / NeoCon Scouting Report with AIS, Mercato Place, LINAK, HBF, Allsteel, Innovant, Designtex, HAT Collective, Ethnicraft, 9to5 Seating, Nook, Hightower, Smartbox, Pair, Concertex, 3form, and more!
Week of September 20, 2021
A Wave of Office Downsizing is Coming / Virco Reports Flat Sales, 5.8% Increase in Net Income for Second Quarter and Record Backlog / Mannington Commercial Completes Purchase of AtlasMasland Assets / Steelcase Outlines ESG Goals and Priorities in Annual Impact Report / Your office air is making you stupider / Ikea enters the gaming category. Look out Herman Miller! / Review: supersalone 2021 / Introducing the HAL Lounge Chair / Okamura Introduces Phlox / The Best of the Week on Instagram / CannonDesign Swaps Old for High-Tech for the CBOE Global Markets in Chicago / Mark Baker named CEO at Santa Clara-based One Workplace
Week of September 13, 2021
The MMQB Cheat Sheet - Play Calling: Loading up on the Multichannel / SitOnIt parent Exemplis acquires Future Seating / Interface to cut 5% of its workforce, close Thailand plant as part of restructuring / Inscape Announces First Quarter Sales Fell 30.9% / Herman Miller Announces First Ever Podcast Focused On the Future of Work / How Thomas Jefferson came to invent the swivel chair / Products / The Week on Instagram / Reading List / Trends in Commercial Projects / Industry Briefing | Events | Odds & Ends / Marketplace & Help Wanted / Contract.Careers
Week of September 6, 2021
The MMQB Cheat Sheet - Calling Bullsh*t on Herman Miller (or MillerKnoll) / HNI Corporation to open new Office Furniture Manufacturing Plant in Saltillo, Mexico / ABI July 2021: Business conditions remain strong at architecture firms / The Office-Demand Debate: Cushman & Wakefield Sounds a More Positive Tone / For the Office, the Future Is Now / Flexsteel finds success with a former HNI Executive / Products / The Week on Instagram / Reading List / Trends in Commercial Projects / Industry Briefing | Events | Odds & Ends / Marketplace & Help Wanted / Contract.Careers
Week of August 30, 2021
The MMQB Cheat Sheet - NeoCon Dress Code / Is this the Blueprint? Hybrid work schedules spur changes in office layout / Reimagining the office of the future in a post-pandemic world / New Report: Is Now The Time To Move To A Flexible Workspace? / Growing health concerns and preference for hybrid work among US employees / Those Anti-Covid Plastic Barriers Probably Don’t Help and May Make Things Worse / Products / The Week on Instagram / Reading List / Trends in Commercial Projects / Industry Briefing | Events | Odds & Ends / Marketplace & Help Wanted / Contract.Careers
Week of August 23, 2021
The MMQB Cheat Sheet - We left it all on the field / Material Bank buys Clippings / MillerKnoll CEO Andi Owen Named One of Fast Company's 2021 Most Creative People in Business / Boulder-based BC Interiors purchased by David Chapman and Laura Boyd Chapman / Steelcase teams up with Kontrol Technologies to provide air quality monitoring and viral detection technology / Adaptability in the Modern Office / Is the Office Tent the New Cubicle? / Products / The Week on Instagram / Reading List / Trends in Commercial Projects / Industry Briefing | Events | Odds & Ends / Marketplace & Help Wanted / Contract.Careers
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Week of November 29, 2021
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In This Weeks Print Edition:
Another Black Friday Dud / It Looks Like Allsteel is the Latest to Abandon theMART / Humanscale wants to own the home office / Office Gaining Momentum For Big Return In 2022, NAIOP Predicts. Good for the Contract Industry. / Here's How The Largest US Office Markets Fared Last Month / How are Companies Supporting Work-Life Balance in Hybrid Working? / How Companies Are Using the Office to Transition to the New Reality / Jasper Morrison creates lightweight cantilever plastic Evo-C chair for Vitra / State buys $918,000 worth of furniture for legislative staff |
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