September 28, 2026

In this issue… MillerKnoll’s mixed quarter, Tangram’s leadership transition, DIRTT financing, showroom expansion, architecture billings, and forecasts for contract and office furniture markets; an office-market check-in covering recovery in Denver and San Francisco, losses in Los Angeles, improving vacancy, looming debt maturities, and tighter AI-era leases; hybrid-work tensions around RTO, promotion visibility, retention, flexibility, suburban coworking, meeting-room costs, phone booths, home-office expenses, lighting, and workplace culture; features on Hans Wegner, design centers, Dutch “whisper spaces,” and the enduring value of physical experience; design strategies centered on ancillary spaces, adaptive reuse, circular retrofits, resilience, and modular adaptability; plus new sustainable textiles, seating, storage, lounge furniture, veneers, tables, and Ethnicraft’s fall collection.