For the second year in a row, the OM Workspace® team provided live Twitter updates from the show floor of NeoCon World’s Trade Fair. This year, expanded content was available through the newly launched OM Workspace® Facebook page. NeoCon 2010 was chock-full of newly launched products, about-to-launch products, concept furniture pieces and tools to help businesses support the changing world of work. Many manufacturers offered solutions for a multi-generational workforce, ways to inspire creativity in collaborative spaces and diverse options for reception and lounge areas. Following are the tweets by OM Workspace® that cover news from some of our preferred partners, as well as some photos OM Workspace® took at the show. For the complete OM Workspace® NeoCon photo album, visit the OM Workspace® Facebook page.
Global Total Office HON® izzy+ Krug National Office Furniture Teknion ANEW General show trends
1. Global showroom introducing new finish: winter cherry
2. Global’s Princeton worksurfaces: personal storage, filing & organization offer max functionality in collaborative environments
3. Global’s Graphic chair offers Euro style & a slim profile that moved easily from keyboarding to conferencing — by Zooey Chu
4. Global’s ML series: Contemporary, minimalist w/ distinctive design & international flair for dining, lounge, bar & sofa
Received the 2010 Manufacturer of the Year Silver Award from the Office Furniture Dealers Alliance (OFDA), announced at NeoCon.
1. @honcompany exploring how to redesign the office in a unified look — starting w/ seating
2. Wolfgang Deisig discusses his design of the @honcompany Ceres chair
1. Concept pieces from izzy+, Joey Ruiter, JRuiter Studio show how informal space can build community
2. Penny by Harter occasional table (@izzyplus): designed using recycled/recyclable materials, minimal impact on indoor air quality
3. @izzyplus Dewey 6-top table gives students spur-of-the-moment space to meet & use tech in class, library, union … *Best of NeoCon Gold award for education solutions
4. @izzyplus “Third Space” — not quite private, but provides collaborative, focused space in open work environments
1. Krug’s Revo mobile/modular tables: state-of-the-art technology interface, high performance, easy-to-use meeting spaces
2. Krug introducing multiple casegood options in laminate
3. 3 yrs of R&D = Krug’s Juno & Trevisa casegoods: advanced design, infection control & high recycled content for LEED credits
4. Artemis Open Plan (Krug’s 3rd expansion of this line) will offer flexible workspaces suitable for all open work environments
5. Krug Aqua management seating has multi-purpose appeal: conference, training, private office, open plan, hotel & hospitality
View all product introductions from National
1. National celebrating 30th year with some of its first products!
2. National’s Renegade casegood: Go anywhere, contemporary style, certified level 2, layered surfaces and storage
3. National debuts Mix-It mesh task seating: cushion edge, ergonomic w/ adjustable lumbar, stool & guest chair
1. Teknion dna lounge seating: collaborative w/ flexibility, reconfigurability & access to power & communications
*Best of NeoCon Gold award for Seating: Benches
2. Teknion District: efficient use of space w/ clever compact storage
3. Powermat by Teknion: wireless technology providing power when device and surface are in proximity
4. Teknion’s partnership w/ Acer Design, Denmark, brings electric height-adjustable tables, including mobile flip-tops.
1. ANEW offers decommissioning strategy for building materials, tracks & measures results
2. When buying new furniture, what do you do with the old furniture? ANEW's slogan, "Doing what's right with what's left," rings true in its decommissioning services. Depending on its quality, used furniture and building materials are repurposed, recycled or even transformed from waste to energy. Benefits people, planet and profit.
1. Steel healthcare furnishings instead of wood = added durability. Focus on style & comfort while following institutional standards
2. New offerings with anti-microbial protection at Global and National
3. Companies exploring wireless tech in furniture. @izzyplus & National still in R&D stage, but Powermat by Teknion is available now
4. NeoCon photo album on OM Workspace Facebook page
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