by Brianna Crandall — July 11, 2016 — High-quality contract office furniture manufacturer Kimball Office unveiled a series of smart ecosystem collections and transformational concepts for the future workplace in Chicago at the company’s flagship showroom in June. A previous article on FMLink described Kimball’s recent initiatives and several of its new product introductions at the showroom. The company’s new KORE furniture collection and Pairings lounge-based system are detailed below.
KORE furniture collection
KORE is a comprehensive furniture collection designed by the award-winning product designer Daniel Korb. Inspired by Bauhaus Design for the 21st century environment, KORE was created with human needs in mind for work and living environments. KORE is built specifically for people, to add value, thus creating relevant environments that enhance performance.
KORE consists of conference, occasional, mobile and standing-height tables as well as benching applications complete with storage, privacy screens and technology options.
KORE consists of conference, occasional, mobile and standing-height tables as well as benching applications complete with storage, privacy screens and technology options. The KORE product portfolio also encompasses elements for privacy, media integration, and solutions for sharing and learning. Merging design, value and functionality, KORE can be imagined for a multitude of environments including classrooms, offices, conference rooms and more.
Pairings lounge-based system
Pairings is a versatile lounge-based system designed by the award-winning product design team pL-D. Inspired by the changing needs of today’s work environment, Pairings is a family of seating components that can easily be crafted together to create formal or informal settings that support today’s spaces-within-spaces work environments.
Pairings is a family of seating components that can easily be crafted together to create formal or informal settings that support today’s spaces-within-spaces work environments.
Known for creating relevant, adaptable office spaces and product collections, pL-D designers Pam Light and John Duffy created Pairings as a seating solution that inspires positive experiences throughout the workspace. pL-D’s fresh design thinking approach explores the rapidly changing workplace, new technology and changing human expectations. The Pairings platform, used individually as a simple sofa/lounge group or as a system, is a versatile seating solution that adapts to changing work styles and shifting postures through a smaller footprint.
Designed to promote work-play-gather spaces within the workplace, Pairings allows designers and specifiers the ability to craft a space that works in open and enclosed rooms, and provides space and acoustical separation in open areas. As the lines blur between the places and ways workspaces are approached, Pairings creates a third place, or “nest,” that offers multi-module adaptability and varying degrees of privacy through the options of high and low panels or walls.
Pairings’ walls mingle with varied seating options to provide solutions for environments of all kinds. In addition, the Pairings collection provides power and data distribution and can be combined with systems furniture and media for expanded work and meeting options.
The Kimball product introductions and photos are available on the Kimball Office Chicago 2016 launch page.
