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May 15, 2023

Sedus Stoll AG and Watson Furniture Group Agree on Strategic Cooperation / HAT Collective Expands to UK Market / Room & Board's Commercial Arm Announces Rebrand as Room & Board for Business / HNI Corporation Reports Earnings for First Quarter Fiscal Year 2023 / DIRTT Reports First Quarter 2023 Financial Results / MillerKnoll Inks Expansion at 251 Park Avenue South / This is How Bad Tech Office Leasing Has Become / Law Firm Leasing Sets First-Quarter Record In 2023 / Office furniture giant Flokk opens showroom in heart of Manchester / AI Will Mean Fewer IBM Staff To Fill Office Space (For Now) / Employees care more about work culture than flexible working / 4 Trends Driving the Workplace Forward / and much more…

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May 8, 2023

Kimball International Reports Third Quarter 2023 Pre-Acquisition Results / CBI Expands with the Acquisition of Long-Standing Dealer CSI Fullmer / Insidesource Expands Its Reach in the Pacific Northwest with the Acquisition of Environments, Portland, Oregon / Teknion considering exporting from India to APAC & Europe soon / Manhattan Office Leasing Falls Below 2020's Pace / One in Three Office Buildings are Ripe for Residential Conversion / Kilroy Realty Anticipates Uptick In Return To Office Soon / After 'pity city' speech, MillerKnoll CEO learns key lesson in how to deliver a message / People-Driven Alternate Workspaces / Firms missing the chances to implement hybrid working and adopt new technologies / and much more…

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May 1, 2023

Office Utilization Surges As Spring Emerge / VEL and Haworth Partner on Work Cafes / A Bleak Outlook for Manhattan’s Office Space May Signal a Bigger Problem / HOK Signals its Investment in Downtown Los Angeles with Studio Relocation to the Arts District / Virco Reports Full Year Revenue Increased 25% / Can in-office libraries help improve the work experience? / Swivel Chairs are back, plus 4 other design trends to keep on your Radar for 2023 / Evaluating Hybrid Work Models And Office Reintegration / Review: Salone del Mobile.Milano and Milan Design Week 2023 / How New Technologies are Changing the Way We Work / and much more…

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April 24, 2023

After Five Straight Monthly Declines, Architecture Billings Index (ABI) Reports Slightly Improved Business Conditions / HPL Contract to Expand Plant in California / Knoll debuted new brand pavilion and refreshed design direction at Salone Internazionale del Mobile / More Startups are Leasing Office Space / Turf Makes Big Commitment at theMART / Hybrid working is the new normal and is here to stay / Sam Zell Thinks Workers Will Return to the Office / Collaboration drives the post-pandemic workplace / Kohler's colorful bathroom fixtures are back / 'A World Of Hurt': Call Centers Vacate 30M SF Of Offices As They Embrace Remote Work

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April 17, 2023

3form Announces Just Label for Company-wide Social Justice / The State of Interior Design Industry Report / Keilhauer Opens New Showroom in Downtown Toronto / 'Still More Pain In Front Of Us' As Boston Office Vacancy Hits New Highs / Remote working and ChatGPT fuel rise in people doing multiple jobs on the hush-hush / Meet the Return-to-Office Whisperers / As the pandemic wanes, is the home office category still strong? / The past and future of the office: a visual timeline of workplaces / Can Branding Bring Employees Back To The Office? / Collaboration Has Driven Return to Office, but How Is It Measured? / and much much more…

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April 10, 2023

Zanotta acquired by Cassina becomes part of Haworth Lifestyle Design Group / AIS’ New Casegoods Lines Position the Company for Even Greater Industry Leadership / Haworth Invests in Showrooms to Demonstrate Hybrid Workspaces / Creative Office Resources Acquires De Clercq Office Group / Bisley founder passes away / Law Firms Pull Back on Office Leasing / U.S. Offices With Biggest Vacancy Jumps All Have A Lot In Common / JLL CEO Sees a Recent 'Uptick' in Office Use / Flexible working is the new "work-life currency", claims new report / How companies are using behavioral data to inform office design / and much more…

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April 3, 2023

MillerKnoll Fireside Chat / Home Office Furniture Market Size / MillerKnoll's Nemschoff Chairs to close Sheboygan plant by September / Logiflex Office Furniture Invests $40 Million to Relocate to New Sherbrooke Industrial Park / Google Not Pausing New Office Projects Despite Layoffs / The Mart Experiences Impressive Growth Ahead of NeoCon 2023 / Manhattan Office Vacancy Hits Record High / Office Defaults, Foreclosures Expected To Escalate In Dallas / Eames chairs are classics. So are Eames tables. / Which companies have the best workplace culture? Employees pick 25 / Rise of Vibe Managers: Workplace Design Evolves to Earn the Commute

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March 27, 2023

Steelcase and MillerKnoll Results / The rise of 'office peacocking,' and how it can lure back — and inspire — employees / No, Remote Work Didn’t Bring About SVB’s Demise / The Coming Storm: What Activity-Based Workplaces Mean For Landlords / Are destination offices the new norm? / Most hybrid workers worldwide don't think they'll return to old ways of work / Paving the Way for the Future of the Workplace With the Metaverse / Herman Miller Brings Back 8 Archival Alexander Girard Originals / M&A Update: Spring 2023

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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™

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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 

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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