As part of my trip to Grand Rapids, MI, for the 100th Anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Meyer May House, Steelcase treated a group of editors to a tour of its LEED Platinum certified WorkLab. The space is a massive example of workplace collaboration and sustainability located within Steelcase University. In its epic rebranding effort [...]
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Steelcase Launches Come Together, a New Website
April 10, 2009 – 1:22 pm
Steelcase has launched Come Together, a new website that serves as a showcase for its collaborative office solutions c:scape, media:scape and its newest collaborative seating, cobi and i2i. The site is meant to present to visitors a portrait of the changing landscape of work as well as the latest design trends for the office environment, [...]
3 Questions: Thomas Overthun of IDEO
February 23, 2009 – 2:34 pm
3 Questions is a new weekly column that asks designers of all kinds to answer the same three questions. First up is Thomas Overthun, the Practice Director in the Consumer Experience Design practice at IDEO. Overthun recently teamed with Steelcase designing i2i, an innovative seating solution for collaborative settings – the seat pan and back [...]
Steelcase: cobi and i2i
January 31, 2009 – 1:19 pm
A video on the inspiration behind Steelcase‘s newest seating options, cobi and i2i. The focus of the two projects – cobi, designed by Luke Pearson of PearsonLloyd, and i2i, designed by Thomas Overthun of IDEO – was to encourage collaboration through seating in the workplace. See pictures of the chairs after the jump.
