Evocative is taking on non-biodegradable and toxic polystyrene by mixing agricultural products with a fungus. It is already working with Dell and Steelcase on packaging materials, and with Ford on bumpers and side doors. But can it compete when it has to grow a product instead of churning it out from a factory?READ»
The last time I wrote about Steelcase's media:scape telepresence product, I ended up emailing my colleagues at FastCo HQ to see if they wanted to go in on one together. (They sanely demurred.) Now Steelcase has made smaller, portable ...READ»
Take it from me: working remotely is awesome. But sometimes it would be nice to have some face time with my National Magazine Award-winning colleagues without having to fire up iChat in my dumpy looking apartment. Maybe my local ...READ»
When it comes to creative office spaces, “collaboration” and “flexibility” are the bywords of the moment. Companies happily invest in modular furniture and open-plan layouts that make it easier for workers to actually, well, ...READ»
Next time a company brags about their sustainable packaging, ask why they aren't growing it themselves. Steelcase, a Michigan-based office furniture company, is doing exactly that as part of a partnership with packaging startup ...READ»
A mainstay of the office furniture set, Steelcase is branching into less institutional territory with it's Coalesse brand. Like Bernhardt Design, it is pulling together creative, young, international designers to develop furniture ...READ»
If you want to get to know designer Laura Guido-Clark, you might start by tooling around her Web site. Slide your cursor, even to a mundane link--"Contact," say--and suddenly you've drawn a cool and sinuous patterned coral line on a ...READ»
Ferran Lajara believes that furniture design--which is all about convenience and comfort--also makes us lazy and fat. And so, working with Cristina Guardiola and Virginia Pol, he designed pieces that require us to get up and move ...READ»
It was a Power Point slide of Ettore Sottsass in a bowling shirt that first made Jim Hackett, CEO of Steelcase, want to get to know David Kelley.
Fifteen years ago, Hackett remembers, the Ideo founder had been summoned to ...READ»
