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Posted by
Expert Gadget Reviewer on Tuesday, 11 January 2011
Allsteel Inc. continues to be recognized for their innovative design, earning two
2010 GOOD Design awards from the Chicago Athenaeum and The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, for expansions to their Stride Workstation platform.
Awards were earned for its Stride Benching System
and for Stride's unique Sit to Stand application, which can be integrated into any of Allsteel's workstations:
I still find that a lot of my clients equate today's open plan workstations to Dilbert's cube. Those days are long gone, and the spaces being designed today look nothing like the cube farms of yesterday.
If you haven't seen current workstations (2007 and newer), click (
HERE) to check out the Stride website and to see what good design is all about.
Posted by
Expert Gadget Reviewer on Tuesday, 4 January 2011
What would the start of a new year be without a review of what happened last year... With that in mind here are the Top Interior Design Product Picks of 2010, courtesy of
Contract Magazine.
View the complete list: (
HERE).
Allsteel's Stride - a Top 10 Selection
Posted by
Expert Gadget Reviewer on Monday, 29 March 2010
A good article in
Contract Magazine offers a nice summary of the current thinking in office furniture design. Some highlights:
- 4 Generations in the same workplace - Creates major challenges of "blending" workstyles together (Boomers desire private offices, Gen-Y'ers have no use for them)...
- Personalized Furniture - We can currently "personalize" our ergonomic chairs, workers desire that same degree of personalization across the board.
- Bye-Bye Walls - Space and furniture needs to be designed to promote collaboration and team-work, and allow for heads-down work. This means lower walls and panels, but smarter designed workstations.
- Technology Integration - Current furniture allows for basic technology (power-voice-data), near future furniture is being designed to accommodate a much broader range of technology (I-Pods, various smart phone compatibility, etc...)
- Sustainability - LEED is today - beyond LEED is early tomorrow morning... with manufacturers and designers taking a deeper and broader look at issues such as life cycle assessment and non-obsolesence.
To read the complete article click (
HERE).
Posted by
Expert Gadget Reviewer on Monday, 25 January 2010
Allsteel has added an elegantly simple height adjustable worksurface to its award wining
Stride product line.
Operated by a simple pneumatic lift that raises and lowers the desk surface, users can easily adjust the surface height from a common sitting height of 26 to 32 inches, to a standing height of 40 to 46 inches. The worksurface mounts directly to the panel frame, requires no electricity, and unlike other adjustable desk systems, there are no obtrusive mechanics, freeing the space beneath the worksurface for storage, footroom, and a greater range of motion.
The surface is designed for use with a range of worksurfaces sizes, and conforms to the BIFMA GI-2002 Ergonomic Guidelines and can withstand a total load of 250 lbs. in a fixed position.
For more information on the Stride worksurface, click (
HERE).
Posted by
Expert Gadget Reviewer on Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Allsteel Inc. earned a 2009 GOOD DESIGN Award from the Chicago
Athenaeum and the European Center for Architecture art Design and Urban Studies.
Allsteel was honored in the furniture category for Stride, a new workplace solution designed by
Mitch Bakker.
Allsteel Stride
Stride is Cradle to Cradle certified, Indoor Advantage Gold Certified and compliant with the 2008 passage of
BIFMA Design for the Environment. To see all the 2009 GOOD DESIGN award
recipients, click (
HERE).
To learn more about Stride - visit the interactive website (
HERE).
Posted by
Expert Gadget Reviewer on Tuesday, 21 July 2009
I've written about the sustainability features of
Allsteel's newest workstation introduction
Stride, but one of the coolest and most useable features is Stride's Sit to Stand worksurface:
To See Stride Adjust - Click HERE:
Stride offers a cost effective alternative to the typically expensive Sit to Stand adjustable height worksurfaces (which isn't to say it is cheap). The surface can be placed at any 1" increment on the panel, and then infinitely adjusted within a 14" range. The surface is designed to move easily, and to adjust within the BIFMA G1-2002 ergonomic guidelines.
The worksurface is not "freestanding" (it integrated into the panel system) - but for companies looking for a sustainable furniture product that also provides great ergonoimcs, Stride is one of the best new solutions we have seen.
Allsteel's Stride is Cradle to Cradle Certified Silver, SCS Certified Indoor Air Advantage Gold and Sustainable Choice Gold, and won Silver for the 2009 Best of Neocon.
Feel free to contact us at Sam Clar or CSG for more information on Allsteel's Stride.
Posted by
Expert Gadget Reviewer on Monday, 22 June 2009
A final update from Neocon 2009, showcasing
Allsteel's newest product offering:
Stride
Allsteel's newest product offering Stride, winner of the Neocon 2009 Silver Award:
Allsteel Stride with Allsteel Acuity Executive Chair
Stride provides a variety of solutions, from a traditional panel environment to a completly open environment
Stride is currently in standard production, please feel free to contact me at: john@samclar.com, or visit us at Sam Clar or CSG to learn more about Stride, sustainable furniture, or if I can answer any questions related to your office interior requirements.
Posted by
Expert Gadget Reviewer on Thursday, 18 June 2009
Neocon 2009 (the annual contract furniture show in Chicago Il.) has concluded, and general reports have attendance being down anywhere from 10% to 20% (depending on whom you ask).
The show was a success for
Allsteel, with their new modular workstation line
Stride winning
Silver in the "Best of Neocon".
Allsteel's Newest Product Line: Stride
Unlike a lot of new products that aren't "ready for prime-time", we have already found a number of client applications for Stride, specifically for clients that are looking for an alternative to the standard "cube", and are focused on sustainability.
Stride is on display at the Allsteel Resource Center in San Francisco, for more information, or if you have any questions about office furniture or interiors in general, please contact me at:
john@samclar.com.
Posted by
Expert Gadget Reviewer on Sunday, 7 June 2009
The current concept of
Cradle to Cradle was introduced by architect
William McDonough and his colleague, German Chemist Dr.
Michael Braungart in their 2002 book
Cradle to Cradle, Remaking the Way We Make Things.
In its simplest form, Cradle to Cradle is a method of re-thinking how we make things. In essence it breaks materials into two categories:
A) Technical Nutrients: which are non-toxic, non-harmful materials that can go through continous use cycles without breaking down (for instance aluminum in a chair frame)
B) Biological nutrients: which are organic materials that can be disposed of in a natural environment and will decompose into the soil.
Mcdonough and Braungart posit that the recycling process is really "downcycling" where materials are continually reduced in form until they can no longer be used and ultimately become waste. In contrast, the Cradle to Cradle process creates no waste and leaves no waste.
Which bring us to the Office Furniture world:
MBDC (McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry) is the primary 3rd party body that certifies products as
Cradle to Cradle. Some current examples of
Cradle to Cradle certified office furniture are the
Stride workstation line from
Allsteel
Both of these product lines offer high quality sustainable products at a "standard" price point.
Cradle to Cradle manufacturing processes and products show the on-going commitment to sustainability that the office furniture industry has embraced.
For more information regarding a complete list of
Cradle to Cradle certified office furniture, please contact me at
john@samclar.com.
