MillerKnoll Rides the RTO Train - Shares Climb / Profits up, sales down at MillerKnoll / Kimball International is the First Manufacturing Company to Achieve WELL Equity Rating / BuzziSpace Appoints New CEO / Office Conversions Double as Space Goes Underused / Creative Office Resources Announces Move to 16 Madison Square West, New York City / Office Usage Maintains Post-Labor Day Bump: Kastle / Office Vacancy Ticks Up Again in San Francisco / Weber-Knapp To Remain Locally Owned; IDA Approves Loan For New Ownership Group / More workers returning to NYC offices than previously reported / HB Workplaces: Sprague Studios Celebrates Grand Opening / Workplace absenteeism soars to its highest level in over a decade / Office Design Trends Through the Decades / Workers are starting to sue over RTO mandates / Poor workplace design means a quarter of people may consider quitting job / and much more…

Steelcase Reports Revenue Declined in the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2024 / Creative Office Resources Acquires OFI / How much does Haworth plan to invest in second India production factory? / What RTO Mandate? Vacancy Rates Keep Rising / Steelcase Partners with Ecomedes to Make Sustainable Product Sourcing Easier / A Story of Noise / Pilots in Practice: Key Insights Shaping the Future of Work / Why Zoom implemented a return-to-office policy / The Secret Incentive to Bring Employees Back to the Office / Will RTO put the kibosh on napping at work? / Work-from-home debate: This unlikely generation is most against RTO / As Return-To-Office Mandates Threaten To Get Serious, Management Scrabbles For Strategy / What should I wear back to the office? Workers are divided in RTO era / and much more…

Humanscale Opens First Showroom in Seoul, South Korea / First MillerKnoll Showroom Debuts in Dallas / McCann Becomes Indiana Furniture’s CFO & Vice President of Finance as Kreilein Retires / Allsteel's 345 N. Morgan Experience Center Achieves LEED Gold Certification / Virco Mfg. Corporation Reports Earnings / US Commercial-Property Crisis: Office Vacancy Rate Exceeds 2008 Highs / Some Encouraging Signs in the Office Sector / Workplace Neurodiversity is Redefining How Companies Operate / Fear of becoming obsolete hits a new generation of workers / Weirdly Shaped Office Chairs Are Popular on TikTok. Are They Actually Good for You? / Exploring the Hoteling Phenomenon in Modern Workspaces / and much more…

ERG International Announces Acquisition of West Coast Industries / TOKO honored with Best of Products Award by Architects Newspaper / Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams files for bankruptcy - is Steelcase to Blame? / Herman Miller Announces Launch of Herman Miller Vintage / DIRTT to Voluntarily Delist from Nasdaq Exchange / Phase Two of the Merger between Officescapes, Floorz and Elements / Storm Clouds Gathering Over Sun Belt Office Markets As Pace Of Migration Slows / Remote Work And Rising Interest Rates Are Changing The Landscape Of Commercial Real Estate / New research explains why returning to the office will be a struggle for our brains / Working from home won’t last forever… will it? / Here are the winners and losers of RTO mandates / Not many people want fully remote work, but nearly everybody wants a better office / and much more…

Humanscale's Path Chair Garners Triple Honors in Fast Company’s 2023 Innovation by Design Awards / Banks Get Tough on Return-to-Office Laggards After Summer Break / Canadian Financial Giant CIBC Pulling Back From U.S. Office Real Estate / How to spot fake Eames Furniture? Experts respond in new Collector's Guide / Open AI Shopping for Larger Space as Workforce Doubles / Remote Work Will Persist, Goldman Forecasts, Bringing More Pain For Office Landlords Through 2030 / U-Turn Permitted: Companies Rethinking Office Abandonment After RTO Mandates / 'All The Energy And Action Is On Display Here': Office Workers Have Returned To Century City / Despite changes office furniture still in demand / Bargain leases in Chicago's Loop draw a new group of tenants / Survey: Remote Work Isn’t Going Away — and Executives Know It / and much more…

It could happen: The return of the cubicle. / Carl Hansen & Søn Acquires Danish Lighting Manufacturer Pandul / Trellis acquires commercial cleaning firm Luxury Janitorial Services / Net Absorption of Office Space Continues to Shrink in Q2 / Empty offices are surprisingly better for the climate / The challenge for office acoustics is to make people feel at home / Cracking The Code On Remote And Hybrid Work: It's All About People / Cisco Looks for the Future of Office and Reality of Hybrid / Generation Z, Office Design and Human Connection / Firms look to consolidate office space in response to persistence of hybrid working / Workers to employers: We’re just not that into you / What the office of the future will really look like is the office of today / and much more…

It could happen: The return of the cubicle. / Carl Hansen & Søn Acquires Danish Lighting Manufacturer Pandul / Trellis acquires commercial cleaning firm Luxury Janitorial Services / Net Absorption of Office Space Continues to Shrink in Q2 / Empty offices are surprisingly better for the climate / The challenge for office acoustics is to make people feel at home / Cracking The Code On Remote And Hybrid Work: It's All About People / Cisco Looks for the Future of Office and Reality of Hybrid / Generation Z, Office Design and Human Connection / Firms look to consolidate office space in response to persistence of hybrid working / Workers to employers: We’re just not that into you / What the office of the future will really look like is the office of today / and much more…

The rise and fall of furniture startup Poppin / HNI Corporation Reports Earnings for Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2023 / HNI to divest its Poppin business unit / Trendway name is officially a thing of the past / AMQ Solutions showroom at Steelcase HQ caters to small businesses / Kittinger Furniture sees ongoing demand for custom pieces / WeWork Collapse Looms Over NYC Office Market / Amazon emails employees who don't come to the office / A real estate billionaire said Fridays are ‘dead forever’ for offices / Google is using old buildings to create new offices / Why Biophilic Design Is Crucial in the Workplace and Beyond / WeWork, Zoom News Doesn’t Mean the Flexible Work Trend Is in Trouble / Cyclical Office Trends Will Ultimately Outweigh Remote Work Movement / Attracting Generation Z With Workplace Strategy

WTF is tech neck? / DIRTT Reports Flat Second Quarter 2023 Sales / Interface Reports Second Quarter 2023 Sales Fell / Companies are seriously struggling to get employees back in offices / Latest Market Outlook Report shows Significant Lift in Dealer Bookings, Positive Bookings Forecast / How Much Are Office Buildings Worth? A Scary Amount Less Than They Used To / Vornado CEO Roth: Investors Have 'Short-Sighted And Emotional' View Of Office / Sentiment Around Office Is Worse Than The Reality / U.S. offices are sitting empty – business owners will have to adapt / "I have fought all my life against macho products" says Philippe Starck / Airbnb employee says returning to office would be a 'hard sell' after Work From Anywhere travel in South America / Step Inside Kimball International's Chicago Showroom By Eastlake Studio / and much more…

How Kickstarter Contributes to Landfills / U.S. economic growth keeps defying expectations / Americans in their prime are flooding into the job market / AI Startup Demand for Large San Francisco Offices Surges / US Office Space Is on Track to Shrink for First Time on Record / Meta To Spend More Money Downsizing Real Estate In Second Half Of 2023 / Hightower Completes Rigorous Process, Earns B Corp Certification / Return-to-work policies are leading to a surge in office use / Companies Ramping Up Workplace Branding Amid Rise of Hybrid Offices / Work From Home in Austin Becoming More Common Despite Tech Office Push/ and much more…

What would Barbie's dream office look like? / Steelcase lands partnership with leading esports organization / Ethnicraft invests $18 million in new High Point headquarters, warehouse / Haworth Launches DesignLab, Future-Focused Concepts for the Office Space / Banana Republic Wants to Outfit Your Home, Too / Office space shrink is good for used furniture dealers / Offices Overtake Malls as Most Distressed Real Estate / Most Federal Agencies Are Using Less Than 25% of Their Office Space / Class A Office Values Are 35% Down From Pre-Pandemic Peak / Midweek Manhattan Office Visits At 70% Of Pre-Pandemic Levels / People Have Choice in the Workplace, But Not the Choices They Need / Return to Office: If You Build It, They Will Come / and much more…

Too many desk chairs but not enough butts / Landscape Forms Acquires Summit Furniture / Haworth commits to increasing manufacturing footprint in India as it grows market share / MillerKnoll Comes Together in the Heart of New York City / MillerKnoll, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2023 Results / West Michigan economic signals remain positive despite headwinds / House Committee Grills Federal Real Estate Leaders On Low Office Usage / McKinsey: 'Moderate' Scenario Would See $800B In Value Erased From Major Office Markets By 2030 / Gen Z loves dupes. What does that mean for the design industry? / Office Values Down 27% Over Last 12 Months / HON partners with initiative to develop fabrics made from ocean plastics / and much more…

The Pity City Apology Tour Continues - for some reason / Design showrooms are increasingly setting up in Fulton Market / Reports of Greater Office Work Ethic May Have Been Premature / Ultrafabrics, global leader in high-tech performance fabrics announces its five years ahead of material innovation target / Installnet’s Ecoserv Program Receives Top Product of the Year Award from Environment + Energy Leader / The Bombshell Allegations Against David Adjaye / Nick Cave's Knoll Textile line brings his art to people's homes / Manhattan Office Vacancy Rate Rises, Leasing Tepid / What's the Future of the Workplace? Ask the Workers / The new job we should’ve seen coming 3 years ago / and much more…

Adjustable desk specialist unveils major new Texas campus / Furniture Dealer MOI Relocating Showroom Within Downtown DC / Companies are redefining the purpose of the office / The office-as-playground is dead. You might prefer what comes next / Office Furniture Solutions Unveils Rebrand, Changes Name to Castell / Arthroto Launches to Revolutionize the Future of Housing with DIRTT / Return To Office Plateaus At About 50% Even As Employers Crack Down / Office Values Unlikely To Recover Before 2040 / The UnOffice: Workplaces for More Than Productivity / The pros and cons of taking a ‘workcation’ / and much more…

#The New Wave at NeoCon: Here Comes Gen Z! / Steelcase Posts Slightly Better Results / Sandow acquires Design MIlk site / A Third of Employees Work at Home on Normal Workdays / Office Vacancies Are Concentrated In 30% Of The Nationwide Office Stock / Vacant offices are piling up in Silicon Valley / Exploring the Link Between Office Market Dynamics and Early Stage Startup Density / In their great return to the offices, the technology companies have a surprise for their employees: they will be smaller / Are workplace gyms and other perks out of step with hybrid working? / The Effect AI Will Have on the Workplace Is Becoming More Clear / and much more…

NeoCon was SO cool! - Half of the World’s Largest Companies Plan To Slash Office Space / Houston Fumbles Its Early Return-To-Office Lead / NYC Comptroller: No "Doomsday" Scenario From Vacant Offices / Silicon Valley escalates the battle over returning to the office / Mid-century modern is the style that won’t die / Hybrid Is Here to Stay. So Is the Office. / Is lunch hour the new happy hour? / Hybrid Work Leads to Mid-Week Crowding and Need to Retain Space / How the Hospitality Sector is Influencing Office Design/ and much much more…

Quick - Find me a Saudi$$$! / NEOCON 2023 / Vetrina Way Investments LLC acquires Teknion Dealer Interior Contract Services / DIRTT adds Empire Office to its Global Partner Network / JLL CEO Says 'Worst Behind Us' for Office Market  / ‘It’s Not My Responsibility’ to Save the Office Economy  / Office Absorption Predicted to Turn Positive in 2024 / Yardi Acquires Workplace Services Vendor CloudVO / Half of big companies to cut desk space as bosses give up on back to office push / Top-Down Mandates Increasingly Seen As Only Way Workers Will Return To Offices En Masse / Google Gets Stricter About Employees’ Time in Office / AND MUCH MORE…

NeoCon version 54 on tap / Jobs Report Blows Out Expectations, Sets Up Chance for Another Rate Increase / HNI Corporation Completes Acquisition of Kimball International / ABI April 2023: Business conditions soften again at architecture firms / DIRTT Announces Results of Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders; Leadership Changes / NYC Planners to Study Hybrid Work Impact on Manhattan Economy / Remote Work Destroyed Even More Office Value Than Researchers Had Thought / Remote Work Deals Devastating $506B Blow To Office Property Values / Office refurbishments rise to all time high in London / Human-Centric Workplace Design/ AND MUCH MORE…

Global Industrial buys distributor Indoff for $69 million / Knoll Celebrates 75th Anniversary of the Iconic Womb Chair / The Software CEO Spending Millions on Offices That Double As Luxury Bars / ‘Persistent’ Remote Work Could Slash Office Values By 44% / The Surprising Correlation Between Office Vacancy and Office Occupancy / How Visual Collaboration can Improve Hybrid Workplaces / Work-life balance is their second priority. Work is their first. / How some people get away with doing nothing at work / What companies are missing about hybrid work / Offices Are Adapting to Three Day Hybrid Work Schedules (Again) / and much more…

Ahrend UK and Techo UK to merge / Current exec at Office Interiors of Virginia makes bid to buy company out of bankruptcy / Herman Miller Launches NYC Pop-Up to Celebrate 100 Years / Office furniture company commits to downtown Denver / Some Key Office Markets Hit Hardest by Tech Wreck / NYC skyscrapers sit vacant, exposing risk city never predicted / Demand for Creative Office Space Buoys Industrial-To-Office Conversions / The return to the office has stalled / Zombie Office Buildings Set to Invade Many Gateway Cities / A lot of offices are still empty — and it’s becoming a major risk for the economy / Why Employees Hate Hot-Desking / ExxonMobil is ending its executive office "god pod" / and much more…