Products & Services Interior Furnishings
BIFMA desk/table standard
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has approved the new edition of ANSI/BIFMA X5.5 Desk Table Products Standard. Copies of the new edition are available from the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) International.
This standard is harmonized with other ANSI/BIFMA Standards such as ANSI/BIFMA X5.9-2004 Storage Units, ANSI/BIFMA X5.6-2003 Panel Systems and ANSI/SOHO 6.5-2001 Small Office Home Office. The definitions, test set-ups, test procedures, and load applications, have been modified for consistency among these standards. For more information, see www.bifma.org/index.html
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KI issues new website
GREEN BAY, Wisc. – The KI.com website now enables quicker and more efficient specification of KI’s products and an enhanced experience for facilities managers, designers, architects, and other users.
The latest version of the site includes interactive design tools, cleaner page layout, reorganization of product categories and improved search functionality. Features for furniture specifiers include:
- See It…Spec It - Designers can click on thumbnail images of KI products to create their own virtual specifications, select from different fabrics and finish options, and zoom in and out for product details.
- Click 2 Zoom - Designers can preview fabrics by zooming in and out, to see product at thread-level detail.
- Online Price Lists - KI’s price lists are now easier to navigate and are available as downloadable PDFs, as well as terms of sale and product warranty information.
For more information, visit www.ki.com
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Adding accessories
Renton, WA—Maxon Furniture has
added several commercial-quality workstation accessories that
provide “the final touch” when creating new – or
reconfiguring existing – office furniture.
New Maxon accessories include:
- Adjustable flat-screen monitor arms (lift-and-pivot motion
technology, VESA-compatible, for single or dual monitors,
with grommet or clamp mount options);
- Keyboard platforms and mechanism combinations (twist-lock,
lift-and-lock and sit-to-stand mechanisms);
- Vertical-mount computer holder;
- Adjustable tray computer cart;
- Desktop task light (3' reach with knob-free adjustment);
and
- Adjustable footrest (with back-and-forth swivel for ankle
flexion and extension).
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For more information, visit www.maxonfurniture.com
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Four-step program
Renton, WA -- Maxon Furniture Inc. today introduced its four-step Guide
to the Perfect Office, a 40-page illustrated. The Guide complements
Maxon Furniture's Inspirations Color Binder, a resource
to help end users select fabrics, finishes, and colors that best
reflect their organizational image and office decor. The Guide
and Color Binder are based on Maxon product offerings. For more
information, visit www.maxonfurniture.com.
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Storage with style
Chicago – KI introduces Smart TouchTM files, a filing
and storage system created with a KI-exclusive slide suspension
to quickly and easily open drawers with a single touch. By eliminating
handles and knobs, the smooth look of the files’ flush fronts
enhances the design of the filing system.
Inspired by the sophisticated look of European storage and filing systems,
Smart Touch files enable designers to create banks of files with a clean, modern
aesthetic without compromising the functionality and versatility. Smart Touch
files are also environmentally friendly. Made from cold rolled steel, an average
of 33% of the product’s components are easily recyclable. For more information,
visit www.ki.com.
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Orgatec
shows off intelligent office chairs
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COLOGNE , Germany —At Orgatec,
designers had a chance to display some of their most creative
ideas in office chairs. Among the innovations poised to revolutionize
office life is an intelligent chair that recognizes when
its owner sits down and then sets up the immediate working
environment accordingly. A sensor in the seat surface registers
when someone sits down and then transmits a signal to as
many as 15 receivers integrated in the power points of, for
example, computers, monitors, printers, stereo systems, TVs
or other pieces of equipment. And should an employee have
to vacate his or her seat for several hours then the computer,
lighting, heating and any other connected systems within a
30-meter radius are automatically switched to standby mode
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Another new office chair, developed
in southern Germany , features an automatic reclining function
specially designed to promote realignment of the spinal column.
And a new swivel chair developed in parallel in Germany and
the U.S. boasts an asymmetric lumbar-support system that
enables the user to individually adjust the degree of support
on both sides of the spine in the lower back region. Further
developments were likewise designed to increase individualized
seating comfort. On show was an office chair with adjustable
seat hardness from “comfortable” to “firm”.
And another company has now completed the development of
a chair targeted at those who sometimes like to loll behind
their desks. When the user moves from an upright to a lolling
position, two special plastic elements suspended from the
body of the chair in the lumbar and neck regions change their
profile, creating space for the shoulders to sink back comfortably
into the upper part of the backrest. Though varied
in style and design the Orgatec mission remains the same:
to promote a healthier environment for office employees. |
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Innovative
Office Products introduces the EVO Tablet Arm
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A designer and manufacturer of ergonomic mounting solutions
for LCD monitors and keyboards, Innovative Office Products,
Inc., unveils the EVO Tablet Arm—a product line extension
of the EVO LCD mounting arm that won the prestigious 2006 red
dot design award. EVO levitates flat panel monitors above the
work surface, enabling intuitive fingertip adjustment of monitor
height and position. The EVO Tablet Arm is a floating
docking station for tablet PCs and notebooks, allowing the
user to create an ergonomic computing station at his or her
primary desk, without having to sacrifice the mobility of the
computer. A gas spring arm “floats” the computer
screen above the desk for comfortable viewing with quick attach-and-release
for work on the go. A full-size keyboard and mouse can be used
to recapture the comfort of a desktop PC. www.lcdarms.com |
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