Company:Coalesse
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Short description: American furniture company
| Formerly | Brayton, Metro, Vecta |
|---|---|
| Type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Furniture |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Grand Rapids, Michigan , United States |
Areas served | North America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) |
| Products | Office furniture, architectural and technology for office environments and the education, health care and retail industries |
| Parent | Steelcase |
| Website | coalesse steelcase |
Coalesse is a United States –based furniture company founded in 2008.[1] It is a division of Steelcase and creates products with the goal of encouraging collaboration.[2] Coalesse is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with their design headquarters in San Francisco and their main showroom located in the Merchandise Mart in Chicago .[1][3][4]
Company overview
Coalesse launched in June 2008 at the NeoCon World's Trade Fair in Chicago.[1] It is a combination of Steelcase's Brayton, Metro, and Vecta brands, but also includes pieces made by Carl Hansen & Son, Walter Knoll AG & Co., Viccarbe, and PP Mobler.[4] Their original brand focus was on designing office and home furniture that appeals to what the company called “live/work lifestyles, but later shifted their focus away from creating home-oriented pieces toward creating more work-oriented pieces.”[1][5]
In 2012, it was announced that Coalesse was planning to expand their business operations into Europe.[3]
Design studio and designer collaborations
Coalesse has a 4,000 square foot in-house design studio and a team of seven to eight internal designers, with many partners worldwide, such as:[6]
- Patricia Urquiola, Hosu chair [7]
- Michael Young, LessThanFive chair[8]
- Jean-Marie Massaud, Massaud collection[9]
- Scott Wilson, SW_1 collection[10]
- Emilia Borgthorsdottir, Sebastopol table[11]
- Cory Grosser, CG_1 table collection[12]
- Brian Kane, Bindu chair collection[13]
- Arik Levy, EMU Pattern collection[14]
- Lievore Altherr Molina, sixfivezero_CO collection[15]
- Toan Nguyen, Lagunitas lounge and table[16]
- Jess Sorel, Denizen collection[17]
- Otto Williams, Denizen collection[17]
Projects
Coalesse has worked with companies such as Campbell Ewald, Scape, DirecTV, Grand Valley State University, Tolleson, and Quicken Loans to design some of their office spaces.[18]
Awards and recognition
Some of Coalesse's products have received awards at the NeoCon World's Trade Fair:[19][20][21][22][23]
| Year | Product | Award |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Denizen Collection | Gold Award |
| 2009 | Emu Heaven Seating | Silver Award |
| 2010 | SW_1 Table | Innovation |
| 2011 | Sebastopol Table | Gold Award |
| 2012 | Free Stand | Technology Support |
| 2012 | Free Stand | Innovation |
| 2012 | Free Stand | Editor's Choice |
| 2013 | Lagunitas Bench | Gold Award |
| 2014 | LessThanFive Chair | Silver Award |
Other awards and recognitions
- 2009 Bronze Award from the Industrial Designers Society of America for their Vecta Akira tables[24]
- 2009 Good Design Awards from the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design for their Andoo and Holy Day lines of chairs and tables[25]
- 2009 Bronze IDEA Award for their Akira collection of tables[26]
- 2010 Sustainability Award from Designs With Dignity[27]
- 2013 Red Dot and Gold iF Design Awards for their Hosu chair[7]
- 2015 Red Dot award for the Massaud work lounge with ottoman[28]
- 2017 Gold iF Design Award for the LessThanFive chair[29]
In 2016, Coalesse's LessThanFive Chair was included in an exhibit at Grand Hornu in Belgium that showcased the work of designer Michael Young.[30]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "GIVING VOICE TO THOSE WHO CREATE WORKPLACE DESIGN & FURNISHINGS" (PDF). Office Insight. 20 October 2008. http://media.officeinsight.com/CurrentIssuezxc/OI102008.steelcase.pdf.
- ↑ "A Preview of 20+ Worth-a-peek Offerings at NeoCon 2016". Design Applause. 8 June 2016. http://designapplause.com/design/a-preview-of-20-worth-a-peek-offerings-at-neocon-2016/197731.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Why Steelcase is placing bet on Europe now despite continent's economic upheaval". MLive. 22 June 2012. http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2012/06/steelcase_ceo_now_is_the_time.html.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Coalesse: Live/Work Office Furniture". Core 77. 18 August 2008. http://www.core77.com/posts/10847/coalesse-livework-office-furniture-10847.
- ↑ "New Potrero415 from Coalesse Gives Control to Designers". Contract Furnishings News. 8 May 2016. http://www.cfn.news/features/2016/5/6/new-potrero415-from-coalesse-gives-control-to-designers.
- ↑ "Workplaces THE LATEST IDEAS, PRODUCTS AND PLACES". MAZ. March 2016. http://mazdigital.com/webreader/37770?page=78.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "The Coalesse Hosu chair Earns Two Prestigious Awards". Linstram. 15 May 2013. http://www.linstram.cz/en/news/the-coalesse-hosu-chair-earns-two-prestigious-awards.
- ↑ "This Carbon Fiber Chair Is Lighter Than a Two-Liter Bottle Of Soda". Gizmodo. 15 June 2014. https://gizmodo.com/this-carbon-fiber-chair-is-lighter-than-a-two-liter-bot-1590524907.
- ↑ "Coalesse Launches NYC Pop-Up Showroom". Interior Design. 18 November 2013. http://www.interiordesign.net/articles/8040-coalesse-launches-nyc-pop-up-showroom.
- ↑ "Scott Wilson: Do What You Think Is Right & Apologize Later". 99u. 13 May 2011. http://99u.com/articles/7011/scott-wilson-do-what-you-think-is-right-apologize-later.
- ↑ "Coalesse at NeoCon 2011: Emilia Borgthorsdottir's "Sebastopol" Table Takes Gold". Core 77. 17 June 2011. http://www.core77.com/posts/19646/coalesse-at-neocon-2011-emilia-borgthorsdottirs-sebastopol-table-takes-gold-19646.
- ↑ "CG_1 for Coalesse". Cory Grosser. http://www.corygrosser.com/filter/Coalesse/CG_1-for-Coalesse.[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ "COALESSE BINDU". Interiors That Work. 16 July 2012. http://interiorsthatwork.com/coalesse-bindu.
- ↑ "Evil Office Chairs, Begone! Here's How To Furnish Your Workspace". Architizer. 29 April 2013. http://architizer.com/blog/evil-office-chairs-begone-heres-how-to-furnish-your-workspace.
- ↑ "bde in Chicago: NeoCon 2014!". bde. 9 July 2014. http://www.bdeonline.biz/blog/bde-in-chicago-neocon-2014.
- ↑ "Welcome to the New Home Office". Wall Street Journal. 27 June 2013. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324021104578553533978355660.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Coalesse Denizen Office Furniture". Architect Magazine. 31 July 2009. http://www.architectmagazine.com/technology/products/coalesse-denizen-office-furniture_o.
- ↑ "CASE STUDIES". Coalesse. http://www.coalesse.com/case-studies.
- ↑ "IzzyPlus, Nucraft, Steelcase garner NeoCon awards". MLive. 17 June 2009. http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2009/06/izzyplus_nucraft_steelcase_gar.html.
- ↑ "Best of NeoCon® 2010 Winners Announced". Contract Design. 14 June 2010. http://www.contractdesign.com/news/Best-of-NeoCon-2010-2287.shtml.
- ↑ "Free Stand Receives Three Best of Neocon Awards". Think2Build. 13 June 2012. http://www.think2build.com/blog/?p=136.
- ↑ "NeoCon 2013: West Michigan companies rock awards, bringing home lots of gold, 'Best of Show'". MLive. 10 June 2013. http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2013/06/neocon_2013_west_michigan_comp_1.html.
- ↑ "NeoCon 2014: West Michigan office furniture companies win top awards for second year in a row". MLive. 10 June 2014. http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2014/06/neocon_2014_west_michigan_offi.html.
- ↑ "Coalesse Vecta Akira tables". Industrial Designers Society of America. 23 May 2010. http://www.idsa.org/awards/idea/office-productivity/coalesse-vecta-akira-tables.
- ↑ "Coalesse Receives Two Good Design Awards for Andoo and Holy Day Collections". Dexigner. 19 January 2009. https://www.dexigner.com/news/16725.
- ↑ "Coalesse Wins IDEA Award for Design Excellence". Dexigner. 6 August 2009. https://www.dexigner.com/news/18358.
- ↑ "Coalesse Receives Designs for Dignity 2010 Sustainability Award". Green Lodging News. 16 February 2010. http://www.greenlodgingnews.com/Coalesse-Receives-Designs-Dignity-2010-Sustainability-Award.
- ↑ "Massaud Work Lounge with Ottoman". Red Dot Award. http://red-dot.de/pd/online-exhibition/work/?code=22-05215-2015&y=2015&c=171&a=0&lang=en. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ↑ "LessThanFive / Chair". iF World Design Guide. https://ifworlddesignguide.com/entry/208357-lessthanfive. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
- ↑ "michael young exhibition at grand hornu is al(l) about aluminium". designboom. 29 May 2016. http://www.designboom.com/design/michael-young-grand-hornu-aluminium-exhibition-02-03-2016.
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