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Happy New Year! This is our final Examine newsletter. While we are sad to see it come to an end, this year we are offering a monthly edition that captures the latest furniture trends across the entire commercial furniture industry. If you'd like to add our monthly newsletter into your inbox, opt in here!
HCD’23, one of the world's largest healthcare design trade shows, was a smashing success for furniture. We are pleased to see so many of our furniture partners win the Nightingale Award series including: Spec, Stance, Global, Carolina, and Pineapple, just to name a few. Check out the full list of winners here.
We hope that you enjoyed the holidays and the family time. If you haven't yet written a New Year’s Resolution, write it down and make yourself accountable by telling friends. Happy 2024!
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It seems everyone is talking about AI, and for good reason. Wherever you or your firm is on the love-fear AI spectrum, there are tools that are worth exploring. Read ThinkLab's recommendations of the five AI tools you and your firm must try.
As our understanding of mental well-being has evolved, so too has the approach to office design. Modern office design is not just about functionality, it is about supporting the mental health and wellbeing of employees. Read Boss Magazine's recommendations - from greenery to lighting!
Gentle and calming rocking motion can help reduce tension. The Ryno Rocker is manufactured in a unique one-piece design from robust, fire retardant, water resistant, UV stabilized material. The ultimate in strength and stability.
Designer lounge meets healthcare. Crest is crafted with elegant stitching details and seating comfort is enhanced with the addition of an attached headrest pillow. Additionally, base selections include tapered wooden legs, metal tubular legs, and a flat polished aluminum base for the Crest lounge pieces, as well as for the matching ottomans.
Booths are also swiftly becoming the perfect addition to hotel lobbies, high-end education settings, and airport lounges thanks to their privacy and acoustic benefits. Sail can be used in a multitude of locations, easing the sometimes overwhelming feeling of an open-plan office, atrium, or lobby by introducing more individual and private settings, without the need for partition or division.
Via Seating has teamed up with URBANTIME to launch a collection of stunning outdoor pieces. The signature outdoor landscape furniture collections under this brand were designed to make the everyday moments of life more comfortable—when we are waiting for a train, enjoying an ice cream in a park or taking a minute to recover before the next training circuit along a cycling path.