Teknion: A Canadian Commercial Furniture Brand With a Strong US Presence
Teknion was founded in Toronto in 1981 and has grown into one of the more respected commercial furniture manufacturers in North America, with a particularly strong footprint in the corporate offices of major cities — including New York, where the brand has been specified for financial services firms, technology companies, law firms, and large corporate […]
Allsteel: Over a Century of Commercial Furniture — and a Brand Worth Knowing
Allsteel doesn’t always get the same headline recognition as Herman Miller or Steelcase, but in the commercial furniture industry, it’s a brand with serious credibility and a history that stretches back to 1912. Originally an innovator in metal office products, Allsteel went on to popularize the modular office desk and actually invented the lateral filing […]
Humanscale: The Ergonomics-First Brand That Quietly Dominates Premium Office Spaces
Humanscale is a New York story. Founded in the city in 1983 with a simple but radical philosophy — that furniture should adapt to people, not the other way around — Humanscale has spent four decades building some of the most thoughtfully designed ergonomic products in the commercial furniture industry. Unlike brands that make everything, […]
Steelcase: Over a Century of Workplace Research, Translated Into Office Furniture
Steelcase was founded in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1912 — originally as the Metal Office Furniture Company, producing steel wastebaskets as a fire-resistant alternative to the wooden ones common in offices at the time. Over the following century, the company grew into one of the largest office furniture manufacturers in the world, developing a reputation […]
Knoll: The Modern Standard in Furniture Design since 1938
Knoll’s commercial office furniture — as opposed to its residential and studio collections — is built to contract-grade standards for heavy daily use. The Generation chair, the ReGeneration chair, the Dividends Horizon workstation system, and the iconic Saarinen conference tables are all products that age remarkably well in professional environments. Because Knoll pieces are almost […]
Herman Miller: What You’ll Find in Most High-End Office Spaces
Herman Miller is one of the most recognized names in commercial office furniture — and for good reason. Since the company introduced the Aeron chair in 1994, it became the gold standard for what serious ergonomic seating looks like. Decades later, it’s still the chair most people picture when they think “premium office seating.” But […]
Filing Cabinets and Office Storage: The Overlooked Asset in Every Office
Filing cabinets are the furniture equivalent of change found in a couch cushion. Nobody thinks about them until it’s time to move — and then suddenly there are 40 of them to deal with and no plan. Here’s what most companies don’t know: quality lateral and vertical filing cabinets hold resale value well, and there’s […]
Your Conference Room Is One of the Most Involved Rooms to Decommission
Ask anyone planning an office exit what they’re most worried about clearing, and you’ll usually hear the same answer: the conference rooms. Big tables. Heavy, complicated chairs. AV equipment bolted into walls and ceilings. It feels like a problem. Here’s the reality: conference room furniture is among the most consistently valuable inventory in any commercial […]
Don’t Overlook the Lounge: Why Soft Seating Has Strong Resale Value
Reception sofas. Breakroom lounge chairs. Collaboration pods. The soft seating scattered throughout a commercial office tends to be among the nicest-looking pieces in the building — and among the most overlooked when it’s time to clear the space. That’s a costly oversight. Why Soft Seating Holds Up So Well Lounge and soft seating in commercial […]
Private Office Furniture: The Hidden Value in Executive Suites
When companies decommission an office, the open floor plan gets most of the attention — workstations, cubicles, rows of task chairs. But tucked in the back, behind the glass doors and along the wood-paneled corridors, is often the most valuable furniture in the building. Private office furniture — executive desks, credenzas, bookcases, lateral files, conference-style […]