MMQB Editorial Staff MMQB Editorial Staff

March 20, 2023

DIRTT Agrees to Reimburse 22NW for Expenses Related to Contested Director Election / Freeform Has Acquired Brutzman's Office Solutions in the Tri-Cities / Mir Steps Down as President and CEO of 9to5 Seating / Banking Crisis Expected To Drag Commercial Real Estate Values Down Even Further / Office market continues to fail on environmental standards .... say landlords / Younger Generations Work Differently. What Does This Mean for the Future Workplace? / Are private C-suite offices returning to the workplace?

Read More
MMQB Editorial Staff MMQB Editorial Staff

March 13, 2023

HNI to acquire Kimball International for $485M / Closed auto plant reborn as hub for HNI distribution network / Court official calls DIRTT’s legal action against Falkbuilt “a waste of time” / Working from Home More of a Big-City Phenomenon / Less than a third of businesses know how energy efficient their office is / Frövi calls Floor 11, Suite 101 of The Merchandise Mart their Chicago home / Adobe designed its new color-coded office tower with neuroscience / More Companies Offering On-Site Daycare In Renewed Back-To-Office Push

Read More
MMQB Editorial Staff MMQB Editorial Staff

March 6, 2023

Carnegie Announces the Passing of John Stein, Founder of Kirei / The busy furniture hustlers of Silicon Valley  / 81,700 Office Chairs Recalled After 10 People Hurt in Falls / Twitter Is Dumping Most of Its New York Office / U.S. Return To Office Lags Europe, Asia 3 Years Into Covid / More Office Occupiers Are Looking to Their Buildings for Edge Computing / Keep The Empathy And The Talent With Human-Centric Design / One in four people will work from abroad this year, and many won't tell their employer / Firms get that people want flexible working, but are still slow to act / The New Aeron Chair Index

Read More
MMQB Editorial Staff MMQB Editorial Staff

February 27, 2023

Here comes the 4-Day Work Week / Auditor deems City of Vancouver high-end office chairs bought with 'due regard' for value / Fellowes Announces the Extension of Its Brand into Contract Furniture / Loll Designs Grows Its Contract Team In Anticipation of New Distribution Model / ABI January 2023: Architecture firm billings decline at slower pace / DIRTT Reports Fourth Quarter 2022 Financial Results / Haworth Reports Setting Global Sales Milestone in 2022 / HNI Corporation Reports Earnings for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2022 / Office Furniture Dealers Reinvent after the Pandemic / More Companies Are Adding Space Than Removing, But Only a Year Out / Office Demand Is Alive and Well in These Cities

Read More
MMQB Editorial Staff MMQB Editorial Staff

February 20, 2023

Sedus Stoll AG on course for further growth / Bisley signs with Google to create office furniture for California HQ  / As budget woes continue, NYC turns to high-end furniture designer to outfit offices / Amazon To Mandate 3 Days A Week Of Office Work / Inside Meta’s Push to Solve the Noisy Office / Could a Four Day Work Week Be the Key To Getting People Back Into the Office? / ‘The workplace has become more nuanced’: how 2023 will impact work / How Roles in Workplace Interior Design Have Changed / The Old Office is Dead. Long Live Intentionally Human-Centered Office. / 3 Surprises Impacting the Return to the Office

Read More
MMQB Editorial Staff MMQB Editorial Staff

February 13, 2023

The Death of Office Culture Leads to Boom Times for Used-Chair Salesman / LINAK U.S. Inc. acquires new building, expanding Louisville campus / These Cities Lead the Way for New Office Projects / Tech Layoffs Aren’t An Office Disaster Everywhere / So Far 2023 Is Not Shaping Up to Be the Year of the Return to the Office / Finance, Insurance Industries Top Tech in Office Leasing / Remote Work is Just E-Commerce Déjà Vu All Over Again / Offices Need To Learn How To Get You in the Mood / The Ultra-Portable Power Solution - TUCK™

Read More
MMQB Editorial Staff MMQB Editorial Staff

February 6, 2023

Kimball Sales Climb 21% / HAY Expands Wholesale Business in North America / Office Occupancy Hits New Milestone As Employers Regain Leverage / DIRTT Announces Leadership Changes / Kastle's Return-To-Office Barometer Tops 50% for First Time / Miami Has Become The Coworking Capital Of The World / Tech Leasing Plummeted 57 Percent in Fourth Quarter / Emotion’s Leading Role in Designing Positive Workplace Interiors / Navigating The Complexity Of The Hybrid Workplace Design Process / What Office Collaboration Will Look Like in 2025 

Read More
MMQB Editorial Staff MMQB Editorial Staff

January 30, 2023

Material Bank Expands Global Presence with Launch in Europe / Designing Office Environments That Evoke A Happy Work Experience / INSCAPE Announces Delisting of Subordinated Voting Shares from the Toronto Stock Exchange / Heller Partners with digby to Guarantee Design Legitimacy / The Value of the Invisible in Workplace Design / Offices valued as a place to get work done, not just connect / Logovisual feature-packed mobile walls designed to divide and connect / Unika Vaev Introduces its latest Acoustic Product Collection

Read More
MMQB Editorial Staff MMQB Editorial Staff

January 23, 2023

Companies still in hiring mode despite economic fears / Allsteel Moves Iowa Sales Group to Fulton Market / Herman Miller extends use of ocean-bound plastic with Sayl chair / Saul Feldberg, Founder of Global Furniture Group, Dies at 87 / Nonresidential construction spending expected to moderate through 2024 / Ultrafabrics Launches the Awakening Palette / The rise of the uber-luxurious office / Is flexible working expanding the gulf between desk-based and deskless workers? / Why more businesses are changing their minds about the value of remote work / How the Future of Work Is Influencing Workplace Design

Read More
MMQB Editorial Staff MMQB Editorial Staff

January 16, 2023

Inscape Files for CCAA Protection / Gensler hired Disney's former head Imagineer to lead experience design / Korn Ferry To Cut Staff, Reduce Office Footprint / Year Of Recovery For NYC Office Market Ended With A Whimper / Starbucks CEO Requires Corporate Employees To Return To Office At Least 3 Days A Week / Post-Pandemic Offices Are Becoming Ghost Towns on Mondays Now, Too / Rising costs will oblige more companies to offer flexible working / People prefer flexible to hybrid working according to new poll / Balancing Open Design And Acoustic Privacy / Vocon’s Debbie Donley On Balancing Professional and Personal in Office Design

Read More
MMQB Editorial Staff MMQB Editorial Staff

January 9, 2023

Economy adds 223,000 jobs in December, showing resilience and cooling / Young Office acquires office furniture store McWaters / Inscape Announces Director Resignations / Manhattan Office Leasing Drops 43%, Despite 1.2M SF Fox Deal / Related Midwest Changes Course On Fulton Market Project, Plans New Office Tower Instead / A Shifting Workplace Paradigm for the New Year / The Front Line Of The Hybrid Work Tug Of War In 2023 Is In The Middle / Will Work From Home Continue in 2023 if There's a Recession? / Acer Unveils the eKinekt Bike Desk to Empower Active and Sustainable Lifestyles

Read More
MMQB Editorial Staff MMQB Editorial Staff

January 2, 2023

Steelcase jets don't survive industry headwinds / AIA: Billings Slow Again in November / MillerKnoll orders decrease 12.5% in latest quarter / Office Occupancy Is Too Complicated for One Number / Big Tech Like Google, Meta And Others Ditch Office Space In London And Europe / Did offices come back in 2022? / For some employers, remote work is here to stay / As offices evolve, is the role of receptionist dying out? / Plot Twist: Award-Winning Design and Universal Appeal

Read More
MMQB Editorial Staff MMQB Editorial Staff

December 19, 2022

Patricia Urquiola creates lofty showroom for Moroso in Manhattan / Virco Q3 Earnings Beat Estimates / Gen Z workers are not tech-savvy in the workplace – and it's a growing problem / CRE Sentiment Index Suggests Recession Will Be Shallow and Short / Office Absorption Likely to Significantly Slow In 2023 / Office Tenants Have The Advantage To Get More Demanding In 2023 / 'Remarkable And Unexpected' Backlog For Nation's Contractors Despite Economic Turmoil / The freelance workforce is becoming more highly skilled and highly educated / Modern workspaces can’t afford to be boring / and much more

Read More
MMQB Editorial Staff MMQB Editorial Staff

December 12, 2022

Twitter is selling Knoll Generation chairs from its San Francisco HQ to the highest bidder / Inscape Announces Second Quarter Sales Declined. Survival at Stake / ULTRAFABRICS X PANTONE - A Collaboration / Jasper considering tax abatement for $2.1M investment by Versteel / Companies Are Lowering Their Office Size Requirements Even as Employees Slowly Return / Some Firms Backtrack On Work-From-Anywhere Policies. Office Owners Shouldn't Get Their Hopes Up / MillerKnoll Retail HQ Awarded Prestigious WELL Certification Platinum / WeWork Default A 'Real Possibility' After Fitch Downgrades Coworking Provider

Read More
MMQB Editorial Staff MMQB Editorial Staff

December 5, 2022

Pantone's Color of the Year 2023 Is Viva Magenta / Shipping Prices, Volumes Plummeting During Logistics' Traditional Peak Season / Weak Financial Prospects Seem To Be Dragging Down Steelcase  / DIRTT Announces the Closing of Private Placement / Maiden Home Introduces Contract Program / For Second Straight Month, New Demand for Office Space Rises / Manhattan Office Leasing Down 50% In Typically Busy November / Coworking Spaces Embrace Luxury To Woo New, Stable Clients

Read More
MMQB Editorial Staff MMQB Editorial Staff

November 28, 2022

Will they or Won't They - The Drama at Inscape (and OSU) / Bargains galore in the market for office furniture / U.S. Office Outlook Worsens As Finance World Balks / Hybrid Work Will Continue To Subvert Office Demand In 2023 / High Tech Office Occupancy Remains Complex / Sustainable Office Furniture: Promoting Circular Design in the Workplace / Remote jobs are in high demand, but positions are drying up

Read More
MMQB Editorial Staff MMQB Editorial Staff

November 21, 2022

Architecture Billings Decline For First Time Since January 2021 / DIRTT Sales Climb / Herman Miller Expands European Gaming Business with Dedicated Gaming Webshops in Denmark, Finland and Sweden / Emerging Tech Markets Continue to Dominate Office Recovery / Hybrid Work’s Contribution to a More Sustainable Future / Why Return To The Office? It’s Time To Unleash The Workforce / Hybrid working is now an essential part of many job offers / Designing Human-Centric Workplaces Is Key To Hybrid Program Success

Read More
MMQB Editorial Staff MMQB Editorial Staff

November 14, 2022

Coworking Demand Heats Up As Supply Lags / Here's What JPMorgan's Head of Global Real Estate Sees As the Future of the Office / New Study Indicates That Demand for Satellite Offices May Be on the Horizon / Office Leases Are Shrinking In Size And Length / Tech Industry U.S. Office Leasing Falls to Lowest Share in 5 Years / Companies still have way too much office space, and they can't sell it / Meet Flex Space’s More Chaotic Cousin: Gray Spaces / Hybrid Works Best When It's Close to Home / Art in the Workplace Improves Employee Well-Being, Study Finds

Read More
MMQB Editorial Staff MMQB Editorial Staff

November 7, 2022

MillerKnoll Debuts New Headquarters for Global Retail Business / Kimball Reports First Quarter 2023 Results / Bisley owner gifts staff over half of company shares in succession move / Interface Reports Third Quarter 2022 Results / Meta Bails On Third Office Space, This Time In Austin / Companies Are Turning To Coworking To Support Their Larger Teams / Power to the People: The Human-Centric Workplace / Workplace tech is changing fast. Are companies keeping up?

Read More
MMQB Editorial Staff MMQB Editorial Staff

October 31, 2022

Companies Ramp Up Coworking Expansions, A Rare Office Market Bright Spot / The future of the home office is multifunctional, mobile and modular / Office Design Strategies for A Positive Workplace Culture / What Does Meta's Recent Office Downsizing Say About the Market? / Hybrid isn't working for many people because nobody can agree what it is / Rieke Interiors rebrands / Creating a Hybrid Work Friendly Conference Room

Read More