IN THIS ISSUE: ABI October 2025: Billings continue to decline at architecture firms / German office manufacturer seeks self-administration to secure future / MillerKnoll Strengthens Taiwan Presence by Appointing York Business Interiors as its Authorised Dealer / U.S. Office Construction Activity Stalls As Vacancy Holds Near Record Highs / Economist: Office Leasing Could Rebound as Workforce Outgrows Current Space / Foot Traffic To The Office Steps Up In Q3, Survey Finds / Ford gets a huge new headquarters for an ambitious new era / Robert Propst Invented the Cubicle. But Don’t Blame Him if You Hate It. / What JPMorgan’s New HQ Can Teach Landlords About Workplace Demand / Office Market Recovery Is Real Only For Elite Districts, Leaving Most Cities Struggling / Designing for Perpetual Change: JLL's Stephen Jay on Building Workplaces People Choose to Use / How Acoustic Design Is Evolving for the Modern Workplace / Creating Spaces That Adapt, Inspire and Connect – The New Workplace Experience / and much more…

IN THIS ISSUE: HON Reimagines Chicago Presence with New Fulton Market Space / The Future of Work Is Being Built by Furniture: Europe’s Office Market Heads Toward $25.63 Billion / Designing a Better Tomorrow: MillerKnoll’s 2025 Better World Report / Danish office furniture brand pulls out of UK after costly expansion / CEKA emerges from insolvency with new investor partnership / Data Center Work Holds Up the Entire Construction Industry / Sun Belt Office Markets Heat Up as Companies Migrate South / Los Angeles Lags As The Country's Office Market Shows Signs Of Healing / Can MillerKnoll’s Saudi Expansion Redefine Its Global Growth Ambitions? / Why Experience — Not Efficiency — Is Now The Workplace Design Metric That Matters Most / Glassdoor Data Exposes Rising Worker Frustration Across U.S. Companies / Is The Flex Industry Growing Well — Or Just Getting Bigger? / and much more…

IN THIS ISSUE: DIRTT Reports Steep Sales Decline and $3.5 Million Loss as Tariffs Bite and Projects Stall / Creative Office Resources Expands to the Midwest with Acquisition of Continental Office / Pedrali makes debut at Interihotel with immersive hospitality installations / US residential furniture orders dip slightly as consumer confidence remains muted / Big Tenants, Small Leases: Changing Dynamics in Office Leasing / Chicago's Office Utilization Is Steadily Creeping Up / Shaky Economy, Travel Slowdown Hit Hospitality Companies / The chair of tomorrow / The Next Workplace Blueprint Requires a Technology-Centric Approach / 4 Generations, One Office / More Than Just a Seat: The Lounge as the New Travel Destination / Countries where the workweek is getting shorter fastest / Return-to-Office Mandates Are Driving Women In Tech To Quit, Survey Shows / Rising Costs, Shifting Market Have Office Landlords Tightening The Purse Strings On TI / WeWork CEO On The Flex Boom — ‘We’re Not Taking Down Space Fast Enough To Meet Demand’ / and much more…

IN THIS ISSUE: Commercial Furniture Dealers Brace for Soft Landing / HNI Posts Solid Q3 with Workplace Furnishings Momentum and Steelcase Deal on the Horizon / Humanscale opens APAC headquarters and showroom in Singapore / U.S. Office Market Sees First Vacancy Drop In Years As Forecasts Turn Positive / The Office Market Is Shrinking — Flex Space May Be The Only Way Back To Growth / Office Demand Fractures Along Remote Work Lines / Fall High Point Market Recap / Tenant Buildout Costs Outpace Allowances as Material Prices Climb / Manhattan Property Sales Surge To Highest Quarterly Volume in Three Years / Trump Fires Federal Design Board Ahead Of Ballroom, Arch Projects / U.S. Office Market Rebounding Faster Than Expected, CoStar Finds / Several Insiders Invested In Virco Mfg Flagging Positive News / Return-to-office mandates are about to backfire / Upholstery tariffs get the headlines. De minimis is the headache / Designed for What Purpose? Rethinking the Role of the Office / We Can’t Optimize Flexible Work Until We Agree On What It Actually Is / Coworking’s Quiet Takeover Goes Coast to Coast / and much more…

IN THIS ISSUE: JPMorgan Chase opens $3 billion NYC headquarters, reshaping the city's skyline / Architecture’s Long Slowdown: The ABI Hits a New Low as Firms Brace for a Prolonged Downturn / MillerKnoll Announces New Chief Financial Officer / Doshi Retreat: A Haven on the Vitra Campus / A4LE and EDmarket Unite to Shape the Future of Learning Environments / Office Market Enters New Cycle as Vacancy Declines for First Time Since 2019 / San Francisco’s U.S. Leading Office Visitation Growth Could Spread California-Wide / Manhattan Investment Sales Nearly Triple As Big-Ticket Office Deals Return / Wilkhahn: New ‘WiChair’ swivel chair / Allsteel Explores the Office as a Hub for Collaboration, Culture, and Connection / Making Work Fun Is The Secret To Getting More Done / Office Foot Traffic Rebounds as RTO Mandates, Fall Routines Drive Recovery / Office Operators Weigh Consolidation, ROI and Engagement / The New Economics of Sports Venue Design / Workplace design that support health, learning and growth / and much more…

IN THIS ISSUE: Momentum Acquires B+N Industries, Bridging Architectural Systems and Interior Surface / U.S. Office Vacancy Declines For First Time Since 2019 / Humanscale joins WORKTECH Academy as global furniture partner / Hybrid Work Sparks 164% Boom In Flex Spaces Outside Big Cities / Gateway Markets See New Rent Highs Amid Improving Office Fundamentals / What is the radical future of the workplace? / What Fashion Week’s Return To Corporate Chic Tells Us About The Future Of Work / The Office Market Is Shrinking — Flex Space May Be The Only Way Back To Growth / Flexible Workspace Occupancy Holds Steady At 72.5% / Innovation hubs are struggling. Here's what's next / 5 Non-Negotiables for the Tech-Enabled Office / JPMorgan Unveils the Office Tower of the Future / Experience-Based Working: Putting People First is the Way Forward / The 7 Trends Shaping The Coworking World In 2025 / and much more…

IN THIS ISSUE: DIRTT Gains Over $7 Million in New Projects as Market Activity Accelerates / Fursys Expands into Southeast Asia as Domestic Sales Stall / Teknion on the New Collaboration in the Workplace / Trump tariffs drive up US prices as consumer burden rises / Atlanta’s Office Sector Sees Positive Absorption for First Time in 2025 / 3 In 10 Companies To End Remote Work By 2026 / Here’s Where Remote and Hybrid Work Are Headed Next / Manhattan Office Now Set for Strongest Annual Leasing Since 2014 / A Multigenerational Workforce Demands Multigenerational Design / The Future of Real Estate Metrics: Human Connection / Who is Designing AI Workplaces? / Flexible Workspaces Are On The Rise, But Managing Them Is The Real Test / Remote Or Bust: Workers Would Rather Lose 25% Of Their Pay Than Give Up WFH / The real reason why your workplace strategy isn’t working / Miami’s Office Visitations Outpace Gateways Including Manhattan and Dallas / and much more…

IN THIS ISSUE: NeoCon 2026 to Offer Preview Day / What to know about the new furniture and cabinetry tariffs / Trump's sweeping furniture tariffs spares UK and EU / Chicago Office Vacancies Hit Record as Tenants Flock to Trophy Towers / Steelcase 2025 Impact Report Highlights the Strength of Community and Progress Toward a Net-Zero Future / AI Companies Accelerate Office Leasing In Manhattan / U.S. Hiring Plans Collapse To Lowest Level Since The Great Recession / Frank Lloyd Wright, coming soon to a theater near you / Why Some Investors Still See Life in Office Buildings / MillerKnoll Expands Research-Backed Workplace Planning Guidance to Support Employee Wellbeing / Beyond Mandates: The Future of Hybrid Work / 30 Rare Eames Designs Hit the Auction Block / Thonet celebrates 100 years of Bauhaus-inspired tubular steel furniture / No Evidence Of AI Jobs Apocalypse (Yet), Yale And Brookings Study Finds / The Office Power Shift: The Future of Corporate Real Estate Is No Longer In The Hands Of The C-Suite / Service charges rise as firms invest to encourage people to spend more time in the office / and much more…

IN THIS ISSUE: Steelcase and MillerKnoll Deliver Steady Results—Is the Worst Finally Over for the Office Furniture Giants? / Trump announces new tariffs on upholstered furniture / Ikea in the crosshairs as Trump adds 50% furniture tariffs / ABI August 2025: Softness persists at architecture firms / RSC, LLC Celebrates 25 Years of Innovation and Service Excellence / Allsteel Reimagines Showroom Experience with D.C. Design Lab / America’s Office Slump Is Gutting City Budgets and Taxpayers Are Paying the Price / White House Threatens More Permanent U.S. Federal Workforce Layoffs In Shutdown Standoff / U.S. Office Recovery Splits as New York Gains and West Coast Vacancies Climb / Boston Office Demand Returns to Pre-Pandemic Levels / San Francisco Office Set for Positive Absorption Thanks To Small Tenant Demand / No More 'Asking For The Moon.' The Office Amenity Race May Finally Be Slowing / Big Employers Struggle to Enforce Office Return Mandates / How Hospitality’s Third Places are Supporting Remote Work / The Rush to Return to the Office Is Stalling / Designing for Joy and Delight / and much more…

IN THIS ISSUE: NeoCon to Launch Premier Lighting Exhibit in 2026 / Commercial Office Furniture Market Driven by Workplace Modernization, Ergonomic Innovations, and Sustainable Design Trends / DIRTT Reports Significant Project Wins and Increased Pipeline Growth / Mega Merger: Perkins&Will And A+I Forge A Bold New Era / KI announces 33.4k square-foot addition to manufacturing facility next to Green Bay HQ / India’s Flexible Office Boom Smashes Global Records And Leaves U.S. In The Dust / Why Flexible Workspace Is Now Central To Business Growth And Occupier Success Strategies Worldwide / AI-Driven Plug-And-Play Leads to Major Office Availability Decline in San Francisco / Office Visits Slip in August After Strong July Showing / 'The Extra Push': How Marketing Became The New Survival Tactic In U.S. Office Leasing / Designing a New Way to Think in the Age of AI / Why Flexible Workspace Is Now Central To Business Growth And Occupier Success Strategies Worldwide / The Product–Market Fit Crisis In Commercial Real Estate: Why The Cost Of Mismatched Portfolios Is Staggering For Landlords / Flexible working policies have only a limited effect on how people actually work  / and much more…

IN THIS ISSUE: MillerKnoll Honored by Fast Company on 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators List / Are Trump’s tariffs helping domestic manufacturers? / Why MillerKnoll (MLKN) Shares Are Sliding / CBRE Hires Former Facebook Exec To Launch Office Innovation Lab / "Furniture's ingredients have changed mostly for the better" says Bruce Hannah / JLL Report Finds Hybrid Work Is Now The Global Standard, Warns Buy-In Hinges On Office Design / 'The Office' vs 'The Paper': How The 2 Shows Compare / Silicon Valley Is Graying, Pushing The Future Of Innovation Out The Door / Experts Explain How Microdosing And Culture Change Are Shaping The Future of Workplace Wellness Programs / Women Lean Toward Hybrid Work While Men Prefer More Office Time / Design as Storytelling: How AI Is Transforming the Way We Imagine, Create, and Connect / The Product–Market Fit Crisis In Commercial Real Estate: Who’s Really Listening To Occupiers? / The winner of the World Design Medal 2025 has been revealed / and much more…

IN THIS ISSUE: MillerKnoll Announces Makes Major Executive Changes / Virco Reports Solid Operating and Net Income for Second Quarter and First Six Months, Despite Significant Reduction in Revenue / Global Office Furniture Market Size to Reach USD 88.58 Billion by 2033 / Global furniture industry braces for heavy blow from US tariffs / Lifestyle Districts See Office Rents and Sales Outpace Traditional Markets / Houston Leads The Nation In Discounted Office Sales / Surprisingly Strong August Adds Wind To NYC Office Developers' Sails / San Francisco Office Market Edges Toward a New Cycle / How to reduce emissions of office renovations / 19 questions with MillerKnoll CEO Andi Owen, who is done talking about return to office / Stanford Economist Debunks The Future Of Remote Work / A third of employees are quietly sabotaging workplace AI / Earlier Departures Expose the Costs of Office Mandates / After Mass Layoffs, DOGE Now Pleads For Tech Workers To Join Shrinking Federal Ranks / and much more…