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Greek luminaire manufacturer ALPHABET BY ZAMBELIS’s new website functions as a planning tool for creating the right lighting concepts, as well as helping professionals communicate their ideas to customers.

Minimal in profile, ORAMA MINIMAL FRAMES’ high-tech aluminium frames mean an architectural lightness of touch. But don’t be fooled. Their high load-bearing capacity brings the engineering smarts.

Dutch office specialist DATAFLEX offers planners and specifiers a range of sustainably manufactured monitor and cable management solutions – modular systems that help to make working spaces not only more efficient but more beautiful, too.

Which kind of light is best for working? The one you have to think about least. With LIGHTPAD, Swiss manufacturer REGENT LIGHTING has created a modular system that optimally lights the workspace – whatever the time of day.

What future the office? If these projects are anything to go by, tomorrow’s communal workplace will be more about social interaction than interacting with spreadsheets.

Danish furniture brand MENU means business. Its Norm Architects-designed Snaregade Conference Table comes in a range of high-quality materials and with optional work-friendly features such as cable tray and seat runners. Watch the video to learn

Lighting brand ZERO present HOOP: a luminaire designed by fellow-Swedish design group Front. An elliptical globe of light sits within a system of wire loops – its technology hidden to give it a magical feel. Watch the video to find out more...

FURNITURE DESIGN WEEK: Designing agility into workplace projects is here to stay. Furniture that responds to, and even drives this, is required now more than ever. Italian brand MARA, with its Follow family of tables, has the answer.

FURNITURE DESIGN WEEK: Open Wall from Bochum-based office furniture specialist FLEISCHER is a flexible, modular partition system that allows planners and designers to reimagine our workspaces – shaping not only where we work, but how we work.

FURNITURE DESIGN WEEK: Raumplus launches an immersive, virtual fair-stand and digital house for architects and planners.

FURNITURE DESIGN WEEK: ‘Live Ekstraordinær’ – so goes BoConcept’s new motto, a call for us to embrace our individuality and an offer to architects and planners to embrace the unique qualities of the Danish brand’s contract-loving products.

FURNITURE DESIGN WEEK: Find out what long-term BoConcept collaborator Morten Georgsen knows about designing for contract settings. (Spoiler: it’s a lot.)

FURNITURE DESIGN WEEK: While Denmark’s BoConcept has long been a household name when it comes to household design, its contract division has, in recent years, become a trusted, go-to planning partner for architects.

Advances in software provide architects today with virtually unlimited possibilities for designing fantastical facades, but the deployment of simpler geometric forms can pack an equally powerful visual punch.

German office specialist SIGEL’s new MOVE IT system provides workers with the tools they need for navigating the world of New Work, with the emphasis on flexibility, agility and mobility.

Made from recycled household plastic, the new N02 Recycle chair from Danish brand Fritz Hansen has the sustainability credentials to match its versatile good looks. Find out more in the video below and by signing up to Fritz Hansen’s newsletter for

Watch now to find out how contemporary architecture and intelligent technologies are harmonising in Busch-Jaeger's new film series.

How to design offices in the current climate and still manage to maintain interpersonal contact? KÖNIG + NEURATH offers an answer to the question that every planner is asking themself at the moment.

Light straight out of the power socket? With Plug & Light, German think-tank Insta is setting new standards for the connecting of low-voltage LED luminaires to the mains supply – and more and more luminaire manufacturers and planners are

Ergonomics are back in fashion, thanks to the seismic shift to home working. For AERIS, however, they never went out. For a quarter of a century, their Swooper ‘active’ seat has been keeping workers’ backs working.

VORWERK’s colourful acoustic-tile range boasts not only aesthetic and functional benefits, it has strong environmental credentials, too – and with its online configurator, Vorwerk lets you create perfect flooring patterns from the comfort of your

How to maintain all the benefits of open office life while also creating socially distanced spaces where you can quietly concentrate, hold a meeting or enjoy a break? PALMBERG’s answer is the new, space-defining CLAMP system.

Designed by Stefan Diez and winner of a German Sustainability Award for 2021, AYNO is the first draft of a new Midgard lamp since the 1950s, and spans an arc from the origins to the present of adjustable lighting – in the truest sense of the word.

Ypsilon Connect by Pedrali is no ordinary space divider. Designed by Jorge Pensi, the super-flexible, sound-absorbing panel offers office planners both a range of space-optimising options as well as customisation choices.

The STRING shelf may be an icon, but it’s not resting on its laurels. On the contrary, it’s aiming to prove itself anew in a different environment: the office.

What happens when you marry a seven-tonne Alpine boulder with premium Bauwerk parquet flooring and views of verdant Swiss hills?

With its latest raft of super-flexible, task-oriented furniture, borne out collaborations with the likes of Jorge Pensi, PEDRALI is liberating our minds and bodies from traditional work cultures.

How to maintain a real-time face-to-face work dynamic safely, during pandemic times? The FLEXup OptiSpace system from interiors-specialist LINDNER offers a convincing answer.

Colourful, infinitely versatile, and easy to install, Procédés Chénel’s Drop Stripe ceiling system adds personality to any office or retail space. Watch the video to learn more.

With D2 Office, WAGNER has created a system that brings together design and flexibility at the highest level – or rather, ‘clicks’ together.

In a work landscape that puts so much emphasis on agility and flexibility, how to bring a sense of style to overall room structure? WAGNER’s answer is the D2 Office system.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s the ‘Wagner Design Lab’ – a floating pavilion set among the green surroundings of Langenneufnach, whose facade required the fabrication of the world’s largest glass panels.

Lighting plays a crucial role in modern office design, where smart, thoughtful approaches help create the holistic, dynamic, creative atmospheres demanded of these spaces.

Lucas Goy, director at Lyon-based lighting office les éclaireurs, discusses the specificity of his discipline, his company's approach and the future of the industry.

The story of how a Connecticut-based design distributor is introducing some of the best classic and contemporary European lighting designs to choice projects across North America.

Whether hot-desking or sharing space in an open-office, it’s all about TEAM work. Tobias Grau’s new networked system is the smart way to optimise office lighting – with TEAM 1 which easily clamps to height-adjustable desks, or the freestanding

Danish furniture brand BoConcept has been bringing Scandinavian comfort to private homes since the 1950s. More recently, however, its contract division is delivering similar levels of Hygge to large-scale rental projects.

Too big to offer customised solutions? Think again. It’s precisely because of its global reach and resources that BoConcept is able to bring individuality and personality to even the biggest of contract interior projects.

Whether setting up a space at home to function as a comfortable home office, or, conversely, trying to recreate home comforts in the real office, BoConcept is on hand to help make light work of it.

EVAVAARA DESIGN’s sshhh sound solutions are designed to help people work better, but their uses stretch well beyond the open-plan office. Find out how...

Whether working from home or creating workspaces that feel like home, Danish furniture brand BoConcept helps people to live, work and play.

Meet Status, ANDREU WORLD's new minimalist conference table, which combines smooth curves and premium materials. Watch the video to learn more.

INTERSTUHL is expanding 50 years of seating expertise to the entire office space with SPLACES – a new, comprehensive service concept for office planning and furnishing.

Italian furniture brand POINTHOUSE specialises in creating products that put people’s needs front and centre every time. Watch the video to find out more.

Lights that work as hard when they're off as when they're on. German lighting brand ENDLIGHT is on a mission.

Go large! Bavarian furniture manufacturer ZEITRAUM’s new Okito Ply Dining chair features an extra-large backrest. Welcome to extra comfort and versatility.

Enviable design collaborations and unparalleled Made-in-Germany quality are only part of the VORWERK story. The premium carpet manufacturer has always had sustainability in the weave.

In your search for innovative materials, inspiring formats and intriguing textures, you might stumble upon the long format bricks from Randers Tegl. They are labelled Ultima – and after a closer look at the Danish-produced brick, the name is quite

Car- and bicycle-sharing services are nothing new, but how about chair-sharing? Enter DAUPHIN's Stilo ES modular office chair, which takes the concept a step further.

Dauphin’s Fiore and Stilo ES chairs provide smart, colourful solutions for modern workspaces that, more and more, look to promote sharing and flexibility. Watch to find out more…

Offices today increasingly radiate energy, agility and fun. Witness Trendoffice’s new ‘to-swift’ stool, which lets users stand-up and sit-down all at once.

Contemporary open-plan workspaces are perfect for creativity and collaboration, but for those times when you need to take a step back, there’s bosselino.

Flexible workspaces call for flexible furniture. When it comes to office chairs, they don’t come much more flexible and fun than Fiore.

Pip, Pip, hooray! RICHARD LAMPERT’s fireproof furniture system Pip is as easy to assemble as a childhood stacking game.

Think office, think Eiermann – at least it might feel that way if you take a look around the workspaces of some of the world’s most pioneering creative offices.

Think you know BoConcept? Think again. The go-to Danish furniture manufacturer is as much a project partner for contract business as it is a successful consumer brand.

You only get one chance to make a good first impression, they say. The latest office facades do just that.

New additions to Italian manufacturer Midj's cast of product characters – in the form of lighting and other accessories – are ready for any ensemble production. Expect drama and a lot of joy.

Find out what’s behind Regent Lighting’s pared-down Purelite Slim architectural lighting. (Spoiler: a whole lot of innovation and pioneering technology!)

Award-winning architectural office HENN has translated contract-furniture specialist BRUNNER’s values into a tangible, physical form. Step inside its Innovation Factory.

Thanks to its radial-kinetic activation mechanism, the ray family from BRUNNER offers ergonomy as well as comfort – whether in the conference room, home or restaurant.

The name for jehs+laub’s chair for BRUNNER is a reduced as the design itself. Welcome to A-Chair.

How to manufacture functionally adaptable furniture families for the times we live in today? Meet Italian brand Quinti Sedute.

Unusual angles and special projects? For Bremen-based door- and storage-system specialists raumplus, this is music to their ears.

WAGNER has created a versatile and contemporary office furniture system D2 – developed live on site at graphic design studio Bureau Mirko Borsche.

An important goal that consecrates a path of growth full of successes, future-oriented.

The design-awarded floor lamp ensures standard-compliant illumination of the entire work area, more well-being and a reduction in energy consumption.

Thanks to the Trimension 3D movement mechanism, WILKHAHN's AT office chair ensures that the body remains in motion while the mind remains undisturbed and concentrated on work.

WILKHAHN's AT office chair cuts a fine dash whatever the working context, thanks to cleverly thought-out technology and high levels of individualisation.

The multi-award-winning AT office chair by WILKHAHN is now available in a comfortable and airy mesh version, allowing fresh air to flow where it’s needed.

German monitor manufacturer NOVIS creates technology that seamlessly integrates with furniture – and with no functional compromise.

When the Swiss National Bank underwent an extensive renovation, Swiss manufacturing experts BURRI were on hand to turn a new lighting concept for the institution into a luminous reality.

Combina D can respond to changing lighting needs thanks to its unique cutout hole and interchangeable elements.

‘Live Ekstraordinær’: so says Danish furniture manufacturer BoConcept in its latest slogan. But, much loved by consumers, the brand is also a cogent and creative project partner for professionals. Who knew?!

With their 2020 Outdoor Collection, MINOTTI offers a strong argument against going back inside at all.

Sound Balance, the acoustic solution from German office manufacturer SIGEL not only optimises workplace acoustics, it also quickly and flexibly separates different working areas, creating a safer environment for employees during the coronavirus

With BUSCH-JAEGER’s networked home control systems, safety, comfort, and energy efficiency in the home can be controlled more easily and flexibly than ever before.

German lighting specialist OLIGO’s unique modular-lighting system SLACK–LINE opens up a world of smart dynamic options for illuminating space.

With its iconic good looks and Dondola® dynamic sitting technology, the D1 by WAGNER helps you to make all the right moves.

With STREAM by REGENT LIGHTING, focus is put definitively on light itself, rather than the source of it – allowing space and light to become one.

INTERSTUHL's HUB System combines maximum flexibility and functionality with a clear, inviting design language.

Within the scope of the innovative SPLACES concept, INTERSTUHL offers planners and architects the opportunity to collaborate directly with experts on the design of creative and future-oriented new work scenarios.

The concept of New Work has turned working life on its head and raises some fundamental questions. With its HUB system, German manufacturer INTERSTUHL provides some convincing answers.

German, family-owned manufacturer AERIS launches an offensive against sedentary culture and back pain via its innovative dynamic-seating concept.

Modular and programmatic to their core, workplace-product innovators System 180 have launched a new, super-agile way to support collaborative working.

Don't be fooled by the refined appearance of ZEITRAUM’s new Okito Ply Dining chair – its large backrest makes it extremely comfortable too.

Within just a matter of weeks, our lives have fundamentally changed. Luckily, however, König + Neurath has already come up with solutions for keeping us safe and healthy in the workplace.

Swiss manufacturer REGENT LIGHTING’s Milano Slim luminaire is plain perfection, bringing shadow-free light into offices and classrooms with a reserved elegance.

Large multinational companies are increasingly using architecture as a powerful tool both to express their individual brand identities, as well as to engage, motivate and excite employees.

Enough with boring office chairs! WAGNER’s new D1, designed by Stefan Diez, not only promotes dynamic sitting, it looks great too.

German office product specialist SIGEL’s new Sound Balance acoustic solutions not only promote communication and optimise open-plan office acoustics, they help shape the workplace, too.

With its new Joker desk lamp, Swiss lighting specialist REGENT LIGHTING is revolutionising lighting for the workplace.

In their short film, Danish manufacturers BoConcept show how their products can be utilised equally well whether in a home, hospitality or office environment and give a taste of what contemporary living and work space can look like.

TRENDOFFICE’s to-sync collection is a simple and convincing office chair series for coworking spaces and start-ups.

ZÜCO may have been in business for almost a century, but that doesn’t stop the Swiss seating experts embracing the latest technology for enviable ergonomics.

Decades of experience has secured German manufacturer BOSSE’s position as a pioneer of room-in-room solutions – sustainable and comfortable spaces for trouble-free communication.

Light has a considerable influence on performance and well-being. LUCTRA VITAWORK brings biologically effective light to the workplace.

Print-graphics experts Arlon Graphics are moving into interiors with an architectural range of high-quality vinyl wallcoverings – spreading bubble-free creativity across both commercial and residential spaces.

Swiss lighting specialists REGENT LIGHTING's new rollable diffuser RUN+ finally makes uninterrupted, joint-free lighting planning possible. Nothing's going to stop us now.

Do not follow the flow, bring it where you want.

With its dynamic, contemporary workplace-furniture solutions, Berlin-based brand SYSTEM 180 tells it like it really is.

Interior-architecture office Kinzo discuss their latest project in Berlin for publisher Suhrkamp, and how instagrammability is not how they gauge success

Architects are adding value to the world of work via adapted workspaces that are small on carbon liability and big on creative solutions.

It’s fair to say that most people will do the right thing if given the chance – and with their new Better Effect Index rating tool, KINNARPS, the Swedish furniture manufacturer, are putting this theory to the test.

Munich-based company OCCHIO has been revolutionising the light in our rooms for 20 years – systematically, brightly, with future-oriented technologies towards a new culture of light. And that’s only the beginning.

In cooperation with Frame, Danish manufacturer MONTANA is calling on young designers everywhere to take part in a special design challenge.

Casual encounters can often turn out to be the most meaningful. PALMBERG's continuously reconfigurable, soft-seating system MELOUNGE is changing the face of the office meeting.

Premium contract-furniture manufacturer Kusch+Co is using design to transform traditional work cultures into something altogether more welcoming.

In addition to health and office, Kusch+Co demonstrates how seating for transport projects remains one of its enviable core competences.

With a new owner, a new look and new strategy, established German furniture brand Kusch+Co is setting its sights even higher.

With their ultra-flexible room-in-room systems, German manufacturer KÖNIG + NEURATH offer solutions to every imaginable layout scenario required of the modern office – without interfering with the existing structure.

Light is an essential component for well-being in the workplace. With VITAWORK, the German manufacturer LUCTRA has developed a flexible floor lamp that can illuminate entire offices with both direct and indirect light.

Fabrik N°09: an office concept that brings new and sustainable life to an existing structure and depicts modern working environments in an innovative high-tech area.

Flexible working in Swedish: Modern office locations with LED light from ERCO

In order to create bespoke solutions for various different areas of application, INTERSTUHL has undertaken a detailed analysis of today’s work processes.

With its new SPLACES concept, INTERSTUHL combines its high-quality product portfolio with a comprehensive planning service.

The German INTERSTUHL brand is transforming itself from a chair manufacturer into an integrated provider of office solutions, developing optimal work scenarios together with architects and planners.

Same chair, same desk, same office – not anymore. Today's office workers are increasingly demanding more from their workspaces and designers, as well as manufacturers, are responding. 

WAGNER's new D1 office chair family by Stefan Diez dispenses with complex mechanics but is nevertheless movable on all axes – resulting in aesthetic as well as comfort benefits.

Thanks to the equally simple and ingenious Dondola 4D joint from WAGNER, ‘sitting’ now becomes a thing we ‘do’.