Kimball Office Wins Innovation Silver Award at IIDEX
Posted: 09.24.09
By Andrea Rohleder
We headed north this week, excited to participate in IIDEX Canada. Little did we know we’d be a hit – winning a coveted Innovation Silver award for Fluent! IIDEX Innovation awards honor excellence in product designs that demonstrate problem solving, budget strategy, environmental responsiveness and marketing objectives.
Fluent, our newest product line, was designed to bring flexibility, luxury and sophisticated design to any workplace. Designer David Allan Pesso worked with our team to develop a desking solution that goes from private office to open plan with ease. At our Chicago Showroom Event in June, Fluent was hailed as being “better than European design.” We won’t argue whether it’s better, but we can agree that Fluent is one gorgeous product.
It’s also a sustainable product. You didn’t think we’d design something beautiful without considering its environmental impact, did you? As a Kimball Office product, Fluent is BIFMA level certified, and features our proprietary Pura UV finish. It’s also certified to meet the USGBC LEED indoor air quality requirements and has an available option of FSC certified wood.
We’re thrilled to win this award – thank you IIDEX for sharing the honor!
Kimball Office Goes to Canada…Get Ready for IIDEX 2009!
Posted: 09.15.09
By Andrea Rohleder
Canada has produced quite a few greats over the years: Wayne Gretzky, Canadian bacon, Jim Carrey, Celine Dion…but you haven’t seen anything until you visit IIDEX, Canada’s biggest trade fair.
We hope you can make it to Toronto next week, because we’re excited to debut two new product lines in the Canadian market: Fluent and our Kimball Office | Interstuhl chairs.
You can join us at booth #1123 to test the Fit chair, winner of the Innovation – Best of NeoCon 2009 award. Check out Fluent, a desking solution that takes you from private office to open plan with luxury and ease. And don’t forget to have a seat in our very own Hero. Just for You!
If you stop by, you can even meet one of the product designers who helped create Fluent. Our partner, Interstuhl, will join us from Germany – so be sure to ask them how our world-class chairs came to life. We’ve also entered Fit, Hero. Just for You., and Fluent into the IIDEX product competition – so wish us luck!
Facebook fans: keep up with our latest from IIDEX on our fan page. You can also find our pics on Flickr, and if you’re on Twitter, follow us @KimballOffice. Don’t forget to use the hashtag #IIDEX09!