Attendance was low but spirits were high during the first week of October as close to 20,000 professionals in the commercial interior design industry descended upon theMART in Chicago for the return of an in-person NeoCon. Perhaps unsurprisingly, a “future of work” theme figured prominently as showrooms and exhibitors rolled out new product offerings including…
Humanscale's Trea chair and L6 Laptop Holder
Humanscale announces the launch of its new residential designer trade program . The program will support residential designers and architects to create ergonomic and sustainable home workspaces for their clients.
The new trade program is open to all licensed and accredited interior designers and architects in the…
Nuez Lounge BIO | Andreu World
With this lounge chair, Patricia Urquiola has not only extended the chair, armchair, table and bench family but jacked its sustainability properties to a new level. With a carbon footprint equivalent to wood, it is in fact created from a natural non-fossil thermopolymer generated by live microorganisms that gives it…
“I don’t think the pandemic is bringing as much change in new ideas. It’s putting forward what we already knew were the best practices, but there’s a new importance given to those.” — Nicolas Lapierre
ISSADESIGN and A+ present the new research and development centre of Behavox, a data analysis company based on artificial intelligence, in Montreal. The project was designed and built during the pandemic, and proved to be a major challenge for the entire design team.
Photo credit: Maxime Brouillet
The challenge for the design agency was to design…
Approaches to workspace design focused on wellbeing, health, and inclusivity that were already in play prior to the pandemic have taken on new importance as we return to the workplace. The quest for work-life balance and wellness, expressed and experienced through the work environment, is top of mind as organizations define their new normal. A…
