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KI Spotlights New Furniture Technology At NeoCon East
10.15.09 | Baltimore, MD | KI displays the latest
furniture solutions and current offerings for corporate, healthcare and
education environments at NeoCon® East 2009 in space 2057.
Market experts from KI are also on hand to discuss the latest market trends and furniture’s role in enabling healing environments, collaborative work settings, and advanced learning spaces.
“At KI, we pride ourselves on providing architects, designers and facility managers with market insights, industry knowledge and expertise, and custom solutions,” said Shawn Green, vice president of product management, KI. “NeoCon East allows us the opportunity to talk with customers about their challenges and show them some of the products we’ve developed to help meet their unique needs.”
What’s New?
Making headlines at NeoCon East is a series of new products from KI: eCoupled™ Wireless Power Technology, Altus™ task seating, Dante™ casegoods, the Enlite® Table Collection, and Sela™ Lounge Collection.
eCoupled provides wireless power management to any applicable furniture surface. Without the conventional restraints of cords, connectors or contact points, eCoupled seamlessly provides power to common office devices, including laptops, cell phones, PDAs, digital cameras, and more with over 98 percent efficiency. KI serves as a development partner with Fulton Innovation, creator and licensor of eCoupled technology.
Technology abounds with KI’s introduction of SpecEngine ®, a new specification tool that makes design and installation of KI’s Genius® architectural walls even easier by generating drawings, pricing and materials listings in real-time, significantly reducing lead times and improving product accuracy.
KI’s Dante casegoods makes its NeoCon East debut. Dante provides durable, attractive storage solutions at an affordable price. Dante features a transitional aesthetic that complements any environment and inspires the creation of healthcare spaces with a residential look and feel. The Dante collection makes it easy to design appealing, flexible environments while staying within budget.
Also shown for the first time at NeoCon East is the Enlite Table Collection,featuring mobile casters, light-scale tabletops, wide-ranging shapes and a non-angular transition-end design. Enlite allows educators and students to easily and stylishly accommodate changes in classroom environments. Enlite tables enhance learning environments and facilitate interaction among students and between students and instructors.
KI’s Sela Lounge Collection is revealed this year, offering comfortable, durable and functional lounge solutions to encourage learning outside the classroom. Sela lounge chairs feature a relaxed posture and spacious size to meet a variety of seating preferences. Sela’s residential style creates welcoming environments and features a transitional aesthetic that complements many education interiors.
KI’s Altus family of seating will also be introduced to showcase its consistent comfort and design continuity. Its contemporary linear style displays a strong aesthetic with precise finish details. The Altus family includes a fabric task chair, mesh task chair and conference chair and offers such features as a lumbar adjustment and supportive mesh pocket.
Pallas® Textiles also brings its latest upholstery collections, Ground Breaking and Two Timing, to NeoCon East. Designed by Laura Guido Clark and Lucy Aiken-Johnson, respectfully, Ground Breaking and Two Timing both impart a classic aesthetic into corporate, hospitality, healthcare and education spaces.
Showroom Highlights
In addition to new products, KI’s showroom features a series of proven furniture designs for healthcare, education and business markets:
Strive® Seating Collection
The latest innovation in “flex-back” seating, Strive offers users enhanced comfort at an attractive price point. Crafted by internationally renowned furniture designer Giancarlo Piretti, Strive is the first chair collection to use the natural properties of reasonably priced and 100 percent recyclable polypropylene to achieve a flexible back.
Soltíce® Collection
KI’s broadest healthcare collection, including a loveseat, lounge sleeper, recliners and multiple seating, Soltíce makes it easy for interior designers to carry a consistent visual signature from a hospital’s public space to the patient room environment.
Genius® Architectural Walls
Revealing a series of aesthetic enhancements, including concealed sliding door components, streamlined panel-to-panel connections and flush connectors, Genius walls establish a clean, seamless look in any environment.
Arissa® Collection
KI’s Arissa collection is a family of lobby and lounge seating that encompasses sophisticated design within a functional form that comfortably accommodates virtually any body type. The vision of designers Dan Cramer and Paul James was to create a collection that accommodates the needs of larger users while still looking like a standard lounge solution. The end result is a collection that relies on a unique seat geometry that can support up to 750 pounds yet can accommodate a wide range of users, without appearing oversized or overly delicate.
U-Series™ Storage
KI’s U-Series storage makes prudent use of space while gaining a wide range of organization opportunities. U-Series is an active and accessible storage collection designed to augment existing KI systems configurations, including WireWorks®. Highly accommodating, the U-Series storage collection delivers more relevant, efficient and economical options for today’s modern workplaces.
700 Series® Filing and Storage, a workspace solution that adapts to the way users work. The stylish filing and storage options allow users to create an attractive office environment that can also increase efficiency and productivity. An essential part of KI, 700 Series lateral files, pedestals, storage units, bookcases, and vertical files are compatible with a variety of furnishings.
KI manufactures innovative furniture and movable wall system solutions for education, healthcare, government and corporate markets. The employee-owned company is headquartered in Green Bay, Wis. and operates sales offices and manufacturing facilities in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe and Asia. KI tailors products and service solutions to the specific needs of each customer through its unique design and manufacturing philosophy. For more information, visit www.ki.com.
Market experts from KI are also on hand to discuss the latest market trends and furniture’s role in enabling healing environments, collaborative work settings, and advanced learning spaces.
“At KI, we pride ourselves on providing architects, designers and facility managers with market insights, industry knowledge and expertise, and custom solutions,” said Shawn Green, vice president of product management, KI. “NeoCon East allows us the opportunity to talk with customers about their challenges and show them some of the products we’ve developed to help meet their unique needs.”
What’s New?
Making headlines at NeoCon East is a series of new products from KI: eCoupled™ Wireless Power Technology, Altus™ task seating, Dante™ casegoods, the Enlite® Table Collection, and Sela™ Lounge Collection.
eCoupled provides wireless power management to any applicable furniture surface. Without the conventional restraints of cords, connectors or contact points, eCoupled seamlessly provides power to common office devices, including laptops, cell phones, PDAs, digital cameras, and more with over 98 percent efficiency. KI serves as a development partner with Fulton Innovation, creator and licensor of eCoupled technology.
Technology abounds with KI’s introduction of SpecEngine ®, a new specification tool that makes design and installation of KI’s Genius® architectural walls even easier by generating drawings, pricing and materials listings in real-time, significantly reducing lead times and improving product accuracy.
KI’s Dante casegoods makes its NeoCon East debut. Dante provides durable, attractive storage solutions at an affordable price. Dante features a transitional aesthetic that complements any environment and inspires the creation of healthcare spaces with a residential look and feel. The Dante collection makes it easy to design appealing, flexible environments while staying within budget.
Also shown for the first time at NeoCon East is the Enlite Table Collection,featuring mobile casters, light-scale tabletops, wide-ranging shapes and a non-angular transition-end design. Enlite allows educators and students to easily and stylishly accommodate changes in classroom environments. Enlite tables enhance learning environments and facilitate interaction among students and between students and instructors.
KI’s Sela Lounge Collection is revealed this year, offering comfortable, durable and functional lounge solutions to encourage learning outside the classroom. Sela lounge chairs feature a relaxed posture and spacious size to meet a variety of seating preferences. Sela’s residential style creates welcoming environments and features a transitional aesthetic that complements many education interiors.
KI’s Altus family of seating will also be introduced to showcase its consistent comfort and design continuity. Its contemporary linear style displays a strong aesthetic with precise finish details. The Altus family includes a fabric task chair, mesh task chair and conference chair and offers such features as a lumbar adjustment and supportive mesh pocket.
Pallas® Textiles also brings its latest upholstery collections, Ground Breaking and Two Timing, to NeoCon East. Designed by Laura Guido Clark and Lucy Aiken-Johnson, respectfully, Ground Breaking and Two Timing both impart a classic aesthetic into corporate, hospitality, healthcare and education spaces.
Showroom Highlights
In addition to new products, KI’s showroom features a series of proven furniture designs for healthcare, education and business markets:
Strive® Seating Collection
The latest innovation in “flex-back” seating, Strive offers users enhanced comfort at an attractive price point. Crafted by internationally renowned furniture designer Giancarlo Piretti, Strive is the first chair collection to use the natural properties of reasonably priced and 100 percent recyclable polypropylene to achieve a flexible back.
Soltíce® Collection
KI’s broadest healthcare collection, including a loveseat, lounge sleeper, recliners and multiple seating, Soltíce makes it easy for interior designers to carry a consistent visual signature from a hospital’s public space to the patient room environment.
Genius® Architectural Walls
Revealing a series of aesthetic enhancements, including concealed sliding door components, streamlined panel-to-panel connections and flush connectors, Genius walls establish a clean, seamless look in any environment.
Arissa® Collection
KI’s Arissa collection is a family of lobby and lounge seating that encompasses sophisticated design within a functional form that comfortably accommodates virtually any body type. The vision of designers Dan Cramer and Paul James was to create a collection that accommodates the needs of larger users while still looking like a standard lounge solution. The end result is a collection that relies on a unique seat geometry that can support up to 750 pounds yet can accommodate a wide range of users, without appearing oversized or overly delicate.
U-Series™ Storage
KI’s U-Series storage makes prudent use of space while gaining a wide range of organization opportunities. U-Series is an active and accessible storage collection designed to augment existing KI systems configurations, including WireWorks®. Highly accommodating, the U-Series storage collection delivers more relevant, efficient and economical options for today’s modern workplaces.
700 Series® Filing and Storage, a workspace solution that adapts to the way users work. The stylish filing and storage options allow users to create an attractive office environment that can also increase efficiency and productivity. An essential part of KI, 700 Series lateral files, pedestals, storage units, bookcases, and vertical files are compatible with a variety of furnishings.
KI manufactures innovative furniture and movable wall system solutions for education, healthcare, government and corporate markets. The employee-owned company is headquartered in Green Bay, Wis. and operates sales offices and manufacturing facilities in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe and Asia. KI tailors products and service solutions to the specific needs of each customer through its unique design and manufacturing philosophy. For more information, visit www.ki.com.
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