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This article reviews several office products such as the Get Set office chair from AllSteel, the McSort paper flow management system from Smith McDonald and the Ahrend 700 vertical desk system.

The article focuses on retrofit to a VRF system for a corporate Office building using design-bid-build project delivery. Topics inlcude the HVAC system selection and design intent are based on the process has outlined in ASHRAE Handbook 2020, the finalized system selection shall be decentralized HVAC systems and terminal fan coil units, and heating systems consist of six variable refrigerant flow (VRF) heat recovery systems integrated with six VRF heat recovery air conditioning systems.

Features various industrial furnishings and office supplies. Corrugated plexi-dividers; Work surfaces; Train tables.

Presents different products for use in the office. Debut of office-furniture system by Office Specialty Platform; Personal environment workplace hvac; Multi Tables by Vitra; Workstation by Reasons; Chimney-style vent hoods; Details on other products.

Covers information on the latest furnishings as of December 1987. Details on the New Elective Elements line of office furniture from Stow & Davis; Description of the Span line of sofas designed by Burkhard Vogtherr; Features of the Newhouse Group of office furniture from Herman Miller Inc.

Presents several office equipment. 217 desktop graphics workstation from Artech; Lite light table from Forester; Versacad Advanced computer-aided drafting program from T & W Systems Inc.

The article evaluates office equipment exhibited at the NeoCon trade show held in Chicago, Illinois including the Vertical Waves vertical blinds systems from Silent Gliss USA, the LR CT100 coffee table from Decca Contract Furniture and the Flip fabric collection from Steelcase.

Presents several office equipment available as of December 1996. Includes Allplan FT for Windows; Artlantis Render; ADA Design Assistant; FastTrack Schedule; Computer-Aided Design Workstation Bend Top; Proactive computer work station; Lightscape Visualization System; WildTools 2.0, a plug-in for PowerCADD; Specifications of the products.

Offers a look at some of the latest office furnishings including active chairs, stand-alone filtration system and console workstation.

Presents information on building and architecture products and supplies. Custom-built and designed office furniture from Specification Built Corp.; Electronic window opener from Andersen Corp.

The article offers brief information on various home and office products including the Olithas outdoor table and bench from Landscape Forms, the Precis Cascade Sink from Blanco America, and the Airblade dB Hand Dryer from Dyson.

The article features My Studio, a wall-based, office system designed by Douglas Ball for Herman Miller.

Evaluates holographic glass components for offices from Hspace. Functions; Features.

Evaluates a line of modular office furniture from MOBO Design. Features; Functions.

Evaluates a set of multiuse components for offices from Teknion. Features; Functions.

This article presents information on award-winning designer Richard Holbrook. Holbrook debuted a new collection of home/office furniture at the fair inspired by the look, lightweight design, and strength of classic Gibson guitars. The first item, Lucy, is a compact desk with an overhead shelf and coordinated work tools. The products are based on a new "hollowbody" tabtetop construction that creates a lightweight, rigid structure by fusing a thin, contoured, multiply top skin with a peripheral frame and bottom skin.

The Grand Rapids, Michigan based furniture manufacturer Steelcase Inc.'s new midpriced office chair, Think, is designed with a three-part "brain," flexors that adapt to the user's movements, a reclining mechanism that creates resistance proportional to the user's individual weight, and an adjustable back selector. The company worked with McDonough Braunguart Design Chemistry to give the chair a "conscience," as well. Comprised of 98 percent recyclable content and up to 50 percent recycled material, Think is the greenest office chair on the market to date.

Winner of the" Best of Competition" award at NeoCon 2002, the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based furniture manufacturer Nucraft has enhanced its Origin product line by creating two groupings, Casegood Systems and Contemporary. Casegoods, to address the needs of multitasking executives. The most significant difference between the two groupings is the way in which technology accommodation and access to power and communications are achieved. While the Casegood System relies on the Tech Wall to house power and data connections, the Contemporary Casegood offering features a variety of simple technology accommodation and access capabilities that allow for greater configuration options and more attractive pricing.

Known for his spare, austere forms, Dutch architect Wiel Arets's work has been referred to as" industrial poetry." Lensvelt, the Dutch manufacturer of office furniture dedicated to contemporary design and production methods, enlisted Arets to design both its headquarters and a new product line. Echoing the rigid geometric forms of his buildings, the Stealth collection incorporates conference furniture, storage, and benches. The storage system was specifically designed to divide space while maintaining acoustic integrity to the open plan.

Likened to a Swiss Army knife, the new Avid conference table from Nucraft Furniture Co. conceals a great deal of technology within a well-designed package. An easily accessible racking system, consisting of multiple vertical and horizontal compartments, runs under the center of the table, storing video, sound, teleconferencing and other equipment. Avid has a few surprises, too, including retractable lights that slip beneath the tabletop when not in use.

The Reform wall system from Inscape Corp. is 98 percent reusable and is manufactured in an award-winning, eco-friendly plant that is built on a reclaimed brownfield in New York State. The movable wall system features new fabrics, vinyls, glazing and paint-color options, and a flush glaze front option to create a storefront look while retaining its unitized modular construction.

Presents several office equipment and product literature. Information sheet from McDonnell Douglas AEC Information Systems; Brochure from James River Graphics, Inc.; Catalog from Engineering Systems Corp.

The article presents information on the flexible document holder, DokuMount, from Innovative Office Products Inc. The document holder is the first of its kind to help engineers, architects and industrial designers liberate their workspace from oversized blueprints and drawings. It features a floating radial arm that suspends large documents above the desk, freeing up desk space.