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Business of Furniture - October 19, 2026
- PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: KI Earns Best of Competition, Best of Innovation, and Eight Other Nightingale Honors at Healthcare Design Conference + Expo 2026 - Cognetic Technology™ and the Kiaura Collection™, invented and designed by Aaron DeJule, are recognized for innovations supporting movement, comfort, and human performance in healthcare environments. KI earned 10 Nightingale Awards at the Healthcare Design Conference + Expo 2026 in New Orleans on October 19, recognizing Cognetic Technology and the Kiaura Collection across four categories: Technology-Integrated Solutions, Guest/Lounge Seating, Conference Seating, and Clinician Support Furniture.
- Kimball International Earns Innovative Extension Award During CET Experience Conference - Kimball International won this award for their DesignSuite Integration extension, a part of the Kimball International extension. "True innovation isn't always about creating something new," said Jill Frazier, Director of Design Solutions and Digital Tools for Kimball International.
- ASK STEPHEN - "RH Is Buying. Are You Selling?" - Stephen Viscusi - Anyone still dismissing it as a furniture store with a restaurant needs to take another look. Dennis & Leen, Formations, Michael Taylor Designs, Dmitriy, Joseph Jeup, and Waterworks bring established reputations, design knowledge, and expertise. RH has the opportunity to introduce those strengths to a much larger audience.
- Lacasse Opens New Showroom in New York City, Reinforcing Its Commitment to the Dealer and Design Community - Located at the New York Design Center (NYDC) in the heart of Manhattan's vibrant design community, the new space serves as a destination where dealers, architects, designers, and end users can experience the manufacturer's latest workplace and healthcare solutions firsthand.
- Coalesse Expands the Boundaries of Design with Co.Lab NYC - An immersive collaboration with culinary artist and designer Laila Gohar brings bold, beautiful, and brilliant design to the table. Coalesse brings its Co.Lab experience to New York City, celebrating Steelcase's 30 years at 4 Columbus Circle with an immersive celebration of design, food, and collaboration. Opening October 14th, this installation spotlights Coalesse and its thriving presence within the design community.
- AROUND THE INDUSTRY - Ultrafabrics Strengthens Global Design Reach Through New Partnership with Gabriel / Henricksen Appoints Brenda Lemmer as Senior Business Development Manager, A+D / BŌK Modern Appoints New Principal & General Manager and Creative Design Lead / Chemetal Curates 10 Black and Darkened Metals for Commercial Interiors / Introducing Aster: A New Rug from Kasthall / Artcobell To Unveil Four New Collaborative Learning Soft Seating Shapes at EDspaces / Koroseal Interior Products Acquires Gage Corporation to Expand Decorative Architectural Metal Solutions / Maharam in Melbourne and Sydney / Performance Meets Personalization: Herman Miller Gaming Launches New Color Combinations for Embody Gaming Chair / Kimball International Releases New Healthcare Trends White Paper Highlighting the Future of Healing Environments / Wolf-Gordon Reissues Archived Patterns by Frank Tjepkema, Mae Engelgeer & Me & General Design
- Carnegie Introduces the Latest Installment of The Capsule Collection - The expansion brings five new patterns inspired by English gardens and heritage textiles to commercial interiors.
- Carolina to Debut Its Most Comprehensive Offshore Collection and New Healthcare Textiles at HCD - Guided by "Design is the Quietest Form of Care," Carolina will showcase expanded product collections, new healthcare textiles, acoustic research, and immersive environments.
- Humanscale Brings Human-Centered Workplace Strategy to the Forefront in Saudi Arabia - A three-city speaking tour explores how ergonomics, employee experience, and regional workplace needs can shape healthier, higher-performing offices.
- ORGATEC 2026: The International Workspace and Contract Industry Prepares to Gather in Cologne - The outlook is positive for ORGATEC 2026: From October 27-30, Cologne will once again serve as the global hub for everyone involved in planning, designing and developing the next generation of working and contract environments.
- USAI Illuminates Fordham University's New Campus Hub - It's 7 p.m. on a Tuesday at Fordham University's new McShane Campus Center. Dinner service is winding down in the ground-floor marketplace. Upstairs, a study hall is about to become a movie screening once someone drops the retractable screen. Three floors up, that same building will host a board meeting by nine the next morning.
- Studio TK Introduces Harbour with Hybrid Storage Seating and Tables - Alyssa Coletti's collection grows to meet the fluid rhythm of hybrid work.
- Arcadia Expands Healthcare Initiatives with New Introductions, Enhanced Resources and Strategic Growth Plans - Arcadia is strengthening its focus on the healthcare market through an expanding portfolio of specialized products, enhanced digital resources and a growing emphasis on partnerships and outreach.
- KI Puts the Learner at the Center of Education Design at EDSpaces 2026 - Booth 2001 will explore how understanding the individual student can shape more responsive, engaging, and human-centered learning spaces.
- PLACES - Takeda Offices – Warsaw | Adopting a hybrid work model enabled functional optimization of the interior, while creating engaging, multifunctional spaces allows for more efficient office management.
- So Much More Every Week - Industry Moments, Industry Portfolio, Industry Events, Industry Classifieds & Careers
Business of Furniture - October 12, 2026
- ASK STEPHEN - "You're Too Busy for BDNY. Who's Talking to Your Clients?" - Stephen Viscusi - I made this point in last year's column, and it remains the best reason to go: you never know whom you will run into inside the Javits Center. It may be an architect you know from a law firm project, a former client who has changed companies or a designer walking with an end user you would like to meet.
- The New Workplace Amenity? Choice. - Why personalization and control are becoming the workplace benefits employees value most. By Chris Dawson, LightCorp.
- PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: Pallas Textiles Brings Curated Colors, Nature-Inspired Patterns and Exceptional Performance to Healing Environments - "Healthcare design has to balance how a space feels with how it performs," says Dean Lindsley, vice president, Pallas Textiles. With care as the common thread, Pallas will showcase textiles designed to support the wellness journey at Healthcare Design Conference + Expo 2026 in Booth 1701.
- Humanscale Brings Human-Centred Ergonomics to a Culturally Rooted Indonesian Workplace - A workplace can communicate much more than a company's visual identity. It can express its culture, values, and ambitions while shaping how people feel and perform throughout the working day.
- How Human Performance Seating from KI Supports the Evolving Healthcare Experience - The Kiaura Collection™, built with Cognetic Technology™, designed and invented by Aaron DeJule, challenges traditional assumptions about sitting and explores how responsive movement can support human performance and comfort across the healthcare experience.
- AROUND THE INDUSTRY - Forward Space Launches Falkbuilt Branches in Chicago and Milwaukee; Welcomes Dennis Foote / Indiana Furniture Partners with IOS to Service Michigan / Atmosphere Commercial Interiors Announces Their New Headquarters Location at Excelsior Crossings in Hopkins, Minnesota / DARRAN and D&A Collab Announce Strategic Partnership to Serve the New York City Contract Furniture Market / The Design Drop Launches on SURROUND Podcast Network, Offering Candid Career Advice for the Next Generation of Designers / Kingspan Acoustics Acquires Unika Vaev / Boss Design Expands North American Reach with Two New Coastal Representative Partnerships / COE Distributing Named a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplace for Seventh Consecutive Year / NEWH, Inc. to Award $57,500 in Scholarships During BDNY 2026 / Landscape Forms Named by Fortune and Great Place to Work as a 2026 Best Workplace in Manufacturing & Production for a Seventh Year in a Row / Summit Furniture Appoints Kelly Gates as Vice President of Sales / KI, KI Wall and Pallas Textiles Bring an Integrated Approach to Human Performance at Healthcare Design Conference + Expo 2026
- Hightower Adds New Options to Kona Collection - Hightower has launched an expansion of its Kona Seating Collection, adding three new options: Kona Slipcovers, a new Kona Bench, and gator clip connections. These new offerings give designers more ways to reconfigure, renew, and extend the useful life of Kona, reflecting Hightower's ongoing commitment to its Considered Solutions ethos that responds to how people interact with furniture in their daily lives.
- Shaw Contract Reinterprets Marble at Architectural Scale with Monumental Porcelain - Shaw Contract continues its growth in the tile and stone category with Monumental, a porcelain tile collection inspired by the natural forces of time, pressure and movement that shape stone.
- Kettal Presents a New Vision for Contemporary Hospitality at BDNY 2026 - New collections by Jasper Morrison, Vincent Van Duysen and Patricia Urquiola come together with established Kettal designs in a setting conceived for today's evolving hospitality environments.
- An adaptive personal space that appears when you need it. FUSEBOOX makes its debut at DesignBlok 2026 - FUSEBOOX, an innovative built-in module that slides out into the room on demand to serve as an acoustically isolated workspace or creative space and then retracts back into the interior, is being unveiled for the first time at DesignBlok 2026, Prague.
- Herman Miller Commissions Tag Christof to Explore the Changing Landscape of Palm Springs Modernism - Exhibition debuts at the opening of Herman Miller Palm Desert, the brand's largest North American retail location.
- Blu Dot Teams up with Kvadrat Febrik and Note Design Studio for Pinny, a New Modular Sofa Collection - Good design is all about the details. And sometimes, those details are soft, squishy, and really nice to sit on. Blu Dot introduces Pinny, a new modular sofa collection designed by Blu Dot, with upholstery featuring Mylla, a knitted textile developed by Note Design Studio for Kvadrat Febrik.
- Designtex Introduces Alto, a New Velvet in a Full Spectrum of Color - Alto is a soft-to-the-touch, multiuse velvet available in a full spectrum of colorways—from bold, expressive hues to understated neutrals.
- Elegant, Durable Walls Three Ways: Meet Beacon, Aria and Lyra - Three new wallcoverings pairing quiet sophistication with Crypton® Wall protection for high-traffic spaces.
- PLACES - XPENG Motors Headquarters – Guangzhou | Modular furniture systems can be swiftly reconfigured into brainstorming hubs, focused work areas, or impromptu meeting corners—supporting seamless transitions between different modes of work.
- So Much More Every Week - Industry Moments, Industry Portfolio, Industry Events, Industry Classifieds & Careers
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