The group’s carbon reduction strategy is built on two main pillars: improving energy and material efficiency and replacing high-impact inputs.
The 26th Interior Design Show (IDS) Toronto, running January 23–26, 2025, showcased the best in Canadian and global design.
A new report by CBRE noted that overall vacancy held at 18.5 per cent and has remained in a narrow 30 basis point (bps) range for the last five quarters.
Despite a current international landscape that presents formidable challenges for the furniture industry, many signs point to an improvement as we move forward.
After weathering a few rounds with COVID and other macroeconomic issues besetting all trade shows, IMM is not only back, but also evolving.
According to the survey, 70 per cent of employers admitted that their promotion decisions are influenced by personal relationships.
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Editor’s Note: Below is a blog post that first appeared August 21, 2023 on Gensler’s Research & Insights webpage (reposted with their permission) and is part of a series on their new Product Sustainability (GPS) Standards. Click here to read more about what the GPS Standards mean for the industry and for Gensler’s sustainability…
The pandemic shifted work patterns and reduced the need for space, including shared offices. (Shutterstock) On Nov. 6, the co-working firm WeWork filed for bankruptcy. WeWork, founded by Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey in 2010, had a simple business model: it signed long-term leases on urban buildings, fitting them out with modern work facilities. Then, it…
New legislation aims to eliminate material suppliers bidding on the backs of slave labour.
AI chatbots are designed to convincingly sustain a conversation.
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In American writer Mark Twain’s autobiography, he quotes — or perhaps misquotes — former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli as saying: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”
In a marvellous leap forward, artificial intelligence combines all three in…