Introduction of More than 20 New Products Aims to Enhance Employee Well-Being in the Workplace
West Elm Workspace with Inscape, the brand celebrated for bringing its
residential sensibility to the modern office space, will debut its third
assortment of designs at NeoCon 2017 in Chicago June 12 – 14. Since its
launch in 2015, West Elm Workspace has worked closely with social
research and design consultants to sharpen its understanding of emerging
workplace concepts, identifying three key values that continue to inform
its designs: well-being, residential inspiration and choice. Furthering
its dedication to holistic design innovation, the assortment of more
than 20 new workplace products and solutions also includes new
collaborations with world-renowned design firm Gensler and product
design innovators Qdesign.
“We are connected to our consumer every day and understand their
preferences from lifestyle to workstyle,” said Catherine Schwartz,
senior vice president of West Elm Workspace. “Our goal with the 2017
West Elm Workspace collection is to create solutions that enhance the
total well-being of employees and support the varied movement of today’s
worker. Our research and residential expertise allow us to design a
comprehensive approach to ‘unofficing the office’ and address the needs
neglected by traditional office plans by infusing workplaces with warmth
and residential familiarity.”
“In today’s changing business landscape, offices require customizable
spaces that support the work styles of cross-functional teams,” said Jim
Stelter, president of Inscape’s West Elm Workspace division. “The West
Elm Workspace product line provides organizations and users with choice
and control over how they shape and engage with their work environments
and takes it a step further by introducing residential form and function
through elements like material, lighting and texture.”
True to its values – well-being, residential inspiration and choice –
the 2017 West Elm Workspace assortment focuses on a number of key touch
points that aim to enhance employee well-being. Products feature visual
and physical tactility, connections to nature and solutions that permit
the creation of easily transformable spaces:
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The 48” round Parasol Meeting Table offers a flexible, yet
focused environment with an integrated dimmable light. The stand-alone
fixture serves as an adjunct conference room, acting as a community
hub – a perfect space for collaboration within open floor plans and
offices with limited meeting areas.
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A wide array of seating and lounge options tap into the warmth of
residential forms and support the growing need to create multi-purpose
work environments:
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The Billow Seating Collection showcases refined
proportions often seen in the classic club or tuxedo chair
typology. Made with soft lines and available in a high-back
option, the collection is designed to create an intimate meeting
place or quiet area for retreat.
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Guest and conference chair choices – such as the upholstered Theo
Conference Armchair and the stackable Pebble Chair – achieve
aesthetics through soft silhouettes and mid-century design details
without sacrificing desired functionality. The Pebble Chair is
offered in two versions; stackable with metal legs and an
upholstered version with solid wood legs, ideal for use as a guest
chair.
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With four base options, the Clove Chair provides unmatched
versatility and is available as a task chair, guest chair,
conference room chair or seating for larger public spaces. It is
offered with or without an upholstered seat pad in a choice of
fabric and leather options.
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The Brio Task Chair is an ergonomic task chair solution
that embodies the functionality of synchro tilt chairs but with a
residential overtone. With its simple, refined form and subtle
reference to mid-century design, the Brio Task Chair works in a
variety of applications such as executive, conference, home office
and general task chair usage. It offers users a degree of choice
and control through a unique, simple and user-specific interface,
allowing functionality and adjustments to be made with the weight
and posture of the user and a single handle reserved for height
adjustability.
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The customizable Elevate Height Adjustable Meeting Tables collection
is available in more than 60 configurations with several sizing and
finish options, including Hot Rolled Steel and Dover White.
Height-adjustability creates a more flexible meeting environment by
offering the user the choice to sit or stand with just the press of a
button.
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New Linear Wood LED Lighting provides energy-efficient lighting
using warm materials and modern forms with aesthetic details such as a
walnut body and brass-plated accents.
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Seven new fabric design introductions from textile company, Designtex,
add to an array of more than 20 high-performance, contract grade
textiles made to complement any office style.
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Five new high-performance flooring styles from Interface, the
world’s largest manufacturer of commercial carpet tile, come in a
range of colorways and patterns, and are made with 100% recycled nylon.
To meet the evolving demands of the modern office, West Elm Workspace
tapped leading industry experts to develop unique atmospheres within an
open floor plan:
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Conduit System Designed in Collaboration with Gensler: West
Elm Workspace has collaborated with world-renowned design firm Gensler
to introduce the Conduit System, an innovative office
system designed to offer flexibility and choice in its reconfigurable
solutions, allowing businesses to alternate between a branching system
to a traditional benching system with ease. Privacy carrels create
touchdown spaces that quiet the visual and auditory distractions
prevalent in the open office, all the while adding color and texture
to the topography of the office landscape. Details like the
wholly integrated Power Wall and enhancements such as height
adjustable work surfaces, shelves, coat racks and screens, cater to
the user’s desire to personalize his or her workstation.
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Haus by Qdesign: In its first collaboration with Illinois-based
design group, Qdesign, West Elm Workspace set out to create an office
structure that was both functional and restorative. Using the “model”
of a home – four walls, a roof, accessories and access to media – the
Haus system of private workspaces addresses the need for people to
work solo with easy access to others. It provides the user with a
retreat from an open plan environment and allows the organization to
create a diverse community of both individual and collaborative
workspaces. Designed as freestanding units, Haus is available in three
distinct modular “homes”– the single, the large “lounge” and the large
“clubhouse” – that can be clustered and configured to create private
atmospheres for individual concentration or group collaboration.
West Elm Workspace with Inscape will debut these new products and
solutions at NeoCon 2017, June 12-14 in the Chicago Merchandise Mart,
showroom #11-91. The full product suite will be available to view
in a temporary offsite showroom located at 444 Lake Street during
NeoCon. For more information please visit www.westelmworkspace.com
and follow @westelmworkspace
on Instagram.
About West Elm
Headquartered in Brooklyn, NY since 2002, West Elm opened its first
store in DUMBO, the neighborhood it still proudly calls home. With a
mission of harnessing the power of design and human connection to enrich
lives, everything West Elm does is designed to make an impact in
everyday life, from creating unique, affordable designs for modern
living and commitment to Fair Trade Certified, from LOCAL and
handcrafted products to community-driven collaborations and events. The
brand operates 99 retail stores in the United States, Australia, Canada
and the UK, ships internationally to customers around the world and
operates stores in Mexico, the Middle East and Philippines through
unaffiliated franchisees. In addition to home furnishings retail, West
Elm operates West Elm Workspace in the commercial furnishings industry
and announced its expansion into the travel and hospitality industry
with the launch of West Elm Hotels. West Elm publishes the blog Front+Main
and is part of an active community on Facebook,
Instagram,
Pinterest,
Twitter
and YouTube.
West Elm is a member of the Williams-Sonoma, Inc. portfolio of brands.
About Inscape
Inscape, an award-winning designer and manufacturer of office furniture,
has been initiating change in workspace design for the past 125 years.
With an emphasis on quality, innovation, technical design and
unparalleled delivery and service, Inscape has been consistently awarded
for its design, including 4 Gold and 1 Silver Best of NeoCon Awards at
NeoCon 2014, North America's largest design exposition and conference
for commercial interiors. Inscape collaborates with leading European
partners and manufactures their designs in North American facilities.
Their systems, storage, seating and wall solutions delight users, foster
agility and empower technology in the workplace. Flexible and designed
for sustainability, Inscape products enable easy customization and
readily adapt to keep pace with changing needs in the workplace. For
more information visit inscapesolutions.com
