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Steelcase Reinvents the Hospital Cart for the Health Care Revolution

A new medical cart called Pocket is flexible enough to serve nurses and doctors through both low- and high-tech tasks.READ»

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IDEO and Steelcase Unveil a School Desk for the Future of Teaching [UPDATED]

The Node chair adapts to the myriad activities that occur in the modern classroom.READ»

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Sitting Ovation

A stirring round of applause for Steelcase's Leap chair.READ»

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Sign of the Times: Economy Forces Steelcase to Vacate Its Iconically Weird HQ

The company's infamous pyramid, once bustling, will soon be as empty as a tomb.READ»

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Steelcase Goes DIY With Ecovative Home-Grown Packaging (It's Edible, Too)

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»

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Innovation Wednesday: On the Road with the Fast 50

Despite the amazing panoramic views in our new office, we still get the occasional case of skyscraper fever and have to hit the road. This year we took along winners of the Fast 50. The idea behind what we dubbed the Fast 50 ...READ»

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When Objects Object

James Ludwig is the director of design for Steelcase. In a relatively obtuse, verbose, and postmodern presentation at GEL, he talked about approaching products as objects, the history of space, and how form doesn't always need to ...READ»

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America's Greenest City

The Rust Belt city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, takes on a green patina -- and finds that it boosts businessREAD»

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We've Seen the Future of Work and It Works, But Very Differently

How the visionaries in Grand Rapids are getting your papers to float, your desk to travel, and your office to multiply.READ»

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The Future of Work Is Shared

I am an entrepreneur, a consultant in trend strategy with a virtual office. For 15 years I worked fulltime in offices and corporations as a designer, I am familiar with the cube-a-day world. These last ...READ»

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The Case for Design

Steelcase Inc. chief James P. Hackett on design as a competitive advantage, the collaborative shift, and coveting the life of a hotel-desk clerk.READ»

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My Greatest Lesson

Unit of OneREAD»

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The Ultimate 12-Step in Business

A Spy in the House of WorkREAD»

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Advertisers -- Issue 50

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See the Future@Work

This hands-on exhibit provides a glimpse into the work environment of the future.READ»

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Wall-E: Reconfigurable Walls at Stanford d.school Make Each Class the Perfect Size

Can classroom design influence the quality of learning? Anybody who's sat in the back row of a big lecture hall with empty seats up front can tell you it's a perfect setup for disengagement--or for updating your Facebook page.It's a ...READ»

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Inside the Lego-plex: No Wonder They Hatch Such Great Ideas

Lego is one of the world's most creative companies. What kind of office is equal to the task of housing its development staff? Here's a peek inside the company's work space, designed by Bosch & Fjord. It's clever enough, with ...READ»

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Advertisers - Issue 52

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Advertisers - Issue 53

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Advertisers - Issue 51

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Introducing Guest Blogger Laura Guido-Clark: Creating Beauty That's Skin-Deep

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»

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Introducing Guest Blogger Graham Button: Designing Experiences That Are "True from the Center"

While he didn't know it at the time, Graham Button hit a significant career turning point the day that Grey Worldwide won the Frontier Airlines account. In the course of working with the airline, Button, the ad agency's creative ...READ»

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Seats of Power

Two of the hottest chairs on the market suggest how ideas about work are moving.READ»