The OM Workspace® team offered its annual Twitter® and Facebook® updates live from the show floor at NeoCon®.
NeoCon is North America’s largest design exposition and conference for commercial interiors. It’s where the contract furniture industry kicks off its year with new thinking, new resources and new products. NeoCon 2011 featured concept designs and new offerings from top manufacturers around the country, along with innovative speakers and forward-looking educational seminars. Manufacturers exhibited solutions for collaboration, storage functionality and workspace personalization.
Below are the tweets by OM Workspace® that feature news and products, along with some photos taken at the show. For the complete OM Workspace® NeoCon photo album, visit the OM Workspace® Facebook page.
Global Total Office HON® izzy+ National Office Furniture Teknion ANEW Bentley Prince Street Bluworld Maxon Furniture Patrician
1. #NeoCon11 Fun Fact: Global Total Office DUET seating can stack 40-high on a dolly.
2. Global Total Office PRIMACARE: Quality healthcare seating w/a streamlined, modern look.
1. Preside Conference Collection by HON: Highly functional new series connecting people to each other, technology.
2. HON’s Voi series: Solutions for any workstyle from private/semi-private ofc to teaming, touch down & open plan.
3. HON is hardwired: Cabling/cords feed through storage components & work surfaces for unobtrusive power access.
4. @honcompany has expanded its Nucleus line to include stools.
1. Designed by Lucy.D, @izzyplus Layla creates an adaptable mtg environment w/ storage & display functionality.
2. Learning about conversation connectedness and community from Chuck Saylor, @izzyplus CEO and founder.
3. @izzyplus Webster chair: Colorful, tough, versatile. An inspired choice for inspired spaces, on-campus or off … *Best of NeoCon 2011 Silver award for stacking seating.
1. Time to get creative w/ contrasting fabric options — National announces partnership w/ ArcCom adding 100+ new patterns.
2. National’s Confide lounge seating: Sturdiness & comfort, w/ features ideal for everyday or healthcare environs.
3. National unveils new modern casegood, Epic, w/unique storage options & a powered epicenter for multiple users.
1. @Teknion Livello tables foster collaboration, create multifunction workspaces, exceed industry ergon standards.
2. @Teknion MAST arms/accessories by Carl Gustav Magnusson support today’s workplace tech & demands of tomorrow.
3. Teknion VP of Design John Hellwig reinterprets traditional private office requirements w/ Dossier executive furniture.
4. @Teknion Workstation Enhancers like Behind-YouScreen personalize, control and maximize space.
1. Sustainability tip from ANEW: Look to repurpose any furniture or fixtures that are in fair or good condition.
1. @bpscarpet Illuminare cut using 45-degree tech. Instead of tile squares, make design w/triangles & diamonds.
1. Guess what this is? @bluworldofwater custom water feature using post-consumer glass and stone.
2. Bluworld aqua soffit & iAqua plasma, great for hotel and corporate entryways.
1. Maxon Furniture introduced new fabrics, paints & laminates. We tested combos on their inspiration boards.
1. Demure by Patrician is a great solution to extra seating — chairs fit in the bottom cabinet section!
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