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We work with manufacturers to design and develop new products and help take them from concept to full scale production.

Furniture Design

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Latch

Client: Spec Furniture 

Description: Reconfigurable furniture

Objective: To design a collaborative furniture collection that was easily reconfigurable by the end user. It was to include a broad range of components including tables, media, storage, etc.

Result: A furniture collection comprising of rectangle or half-moon tables, a shelving unit, a media wall, a whiteboard, a cart and accessories that all have a connecting rail at 30” high or 42” high which can be connected and disconnected easily from one another using a ‘Latch.’ With this, the end user can easily reconfigure their space without tools.

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TalkZone

Client: Spec Furniture 

Description: Privacy Booth 

Objective: To design an affordable, customizable privacy booth in which you could have a private conversation inside that someone on the outside is not able to hear.  It was also to have proper, active air circulation, a motion-activated light, power for charging accessories, and a glass door.

Result: A high-performance privacy booth for an affordable price. Constructed from particle board panels laminate with high-pressure laminate, the customer can choose almost any colour for their booth. The inside is lined with recycled PET panels which reduce noise by 20dB making it so anybody outside the booth cannot hear what you are saying inside. These panels are available is custom colours as well. The equipment for air circulation, power, motion sensor and light are all situated behind a steel enclosure in the corner of the booth maximizing space for the user. The air is circulated using 2 circulating fans and is activated by motion when the user enters the booth.

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Hardi Bed & Night Stand

Client: Spec Furniture 

Description: Behavioural Health Bed and Night Stand 

Objective: To design a behavioural health bed and nightstand that were strong, ligature resistant, floor mountable, fluid proof (fully sealed) and worked with a standard size mattress. In addition to these criteria, we wanted to design something with greater design appeal than those already on the market.

Result: A fully roto-moulded, HDPE, one-piece bed and nightstand design that is virtually indestructible. The bed is floor mountable, fluid proof, ligature resistant, and is tested up to 1400 lbs. Extra weight can be added by filling it with sand from the bottom. The nightstand is floor or wall mountable, fluid proof, ligature resistant and tested up to 500 lbs. Both have a biophilic wave design on the outer faces to bring an element of the outdoors inside and create a calming space for patients.

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Panel Mount Screen

Client: Mayhew 

Description: Systems panel mount privacy/sneeze screen

Objective: To design a Covid screen that could be easily mounted to top of a systems (cubicle) partition without using any additional hardware. This way it could be later removed without leaving holes. It was also required to fit panels of different thicknesses.

Result: A stainless-steel sheet metal clamp that is adjustable to fit partitions ranging from 1” to 3” thick. The top side of the clamp holds the plexiglass screen. A screen is fitted with 2 clamps and placed on top of a partition, forming a Covid ‘sneeze’ screen between two workstations.

OBI

Client: EzoBord 

Description: Mobile Acoustic Screen/Whiteboard 

Objective: To design a mobile acoustic screen that could be finished with an acoustic felt panel and/or a white board surface.  The screen dividers were also required to provide spatial separation within an office. 

Result: A particle-board substrate panel fastened to a ‘boomerang’ shaped, 2-layer, painted steel foot. The angled foot allows multiple screens to be arranged at 120-degree angles to each other, which can be used to create a privacy surround. The double layer, laser cut, sheet metal base is designed to hide fasteners and improve the overall rigidity of the screen.

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Docker

Client: Spec Furniture

Description: Collaborative Table

Objective: To develop a collaborative table line with the strength, versatility and finish choices of a metal support structure, but with a wood leg aesthetic. The table required a user-friendly integrated wire management system.

Result: The final design is a full breadth metal/wood table line that features an integrated wire passage and a snap-on (magnetically fastened) wood cover. It is designed to be configurable for heights of 30”, 36” and 42”, widths up to 42” and lengths up to 96”. It is also designed to be offered with casters or glides and to be shipped, knocked down.

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Foresight

Client: Swiftspace

Description: Mobile Bench System 

Objective: To redesign/re-engineer the existing Foresight mobile bench system to modernize the aesthetic and ultimately increase sales. 

Result: The Foresight table was re-designed by moving the legs inbound and underneath the work surface, as well as concealing the visible cable trough. When located side-by-side, it creates a seamless grouping of workstations that can double as a conference table. 

To achieve this, the structural trough and folding components of the work surface were modified to allow the work surface to fold over the outside of the legs. Simulation analysis was done in SolidWorks to confirm the table would pass the required BIFMA tests before prototyping. 

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Quick Station

Description: Desktop storage and privacy module 

Design: This product is designed as an add-on to an existing desk or table.  It is intended to instantly convert the desk or table into a workstation; complete with storage and tackable/acoustical privacy panel. The base unit is a non-handed, lockable storage bin that sits in the corner of the workstation.   

It has a patented sliding acoustical panel that can slide in and out of the cabinet itself. It has the unique feature of being readily adjustable to any work-surface length, without the use of tools. The product can be shipped assembled or knocked down.

When used in back-to-back pairs, it provides an extremely cost-effective workstation product. 

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Annex

Client: Spec Furniture

Description: Collaborative Table 

Objective: To develop a design for a robust steel leg that offers strength and power management capabilities, without the use of a full panel end gable, similar to Spec’s EndZone collaborative table product. 

Result: A ‘picnic table’ style steel leg was designed to create the feeling of an informal gathering place. The design utilizes a 2” x 4” painted steel tube, laser cut and welded together to form a large ‘X.’ Power cables can be routed down through the legs. 

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End Zone

Client: Spec Furniture

Description: Collaborative Table 

Objective: To design a table system that would encourage collaborative meetings in offices. Unrestricted leg room required long-span tables with fully integrated power supply capability. 

Result: A versatile table which scales well with long spans and deep table widths. It features a high-capacity cable/power trough and vertical wire managers. It can also be specified with a footrest or with the alternative 8” ‘plinth’ style legs. 

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Tailgate Power Access Door

Client: Spec Furniture

Description: Dual access tabletop power system 

Objective: Users on either side of a conference table often require access to power or cable interfaces that are concealed below the tabletop. The objective was to create a concealed power trough with a lid that could be lifted to open from either side of the table. 

Result: An extruded aluminum cover that is supported by pairs of injection molded lever arms; the pairs of arms allow the trough cover to hinge from either side. 

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Manhattan

Client: Spec Furniture

Description: Training Table 

Objective: To create a versatile table line that was simple, cost-effective and supported by a single column at either end of the table. The column required the option of an integrated wire manager/cover. 

Result: The foot of the Manhattan table features an almost flat, yet very strong, low profile foot with all the weld points concealed on its underside. 

Painted aluminum wire managers attach to the round steel support column with a unique combination of extruded support flanges and concealed screws. 

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Axle Concept

Client: Spec Furniture

Description: Table Flip Mechanism 

Objective: To develop a low-cost anchoring system for a table-top flip mechanism.

Result: The design features injection molded upper and lower bearing plates that fasten to the underside of the table. A “hub-cap” that can close off the circular axle housing, (for end-of-line configurations,) can be removed where the axle rod passes through the assembly. Intended to be molded with glass-filled nylon.

Volo

Client: Vekter

Description: Cup Holder Accessory 

Objective: This product was required as an accessory to an existing airport seating line called Volo. The cup-holder had to be simple and cost-effective, but also very strong. It was anticipated that the holder would be subjected to high weight loads (when used as an extension of the armrest) or if children climbed on the holder itself. 

Result: The final design is a diecast, powder-coated ring that utilizes the arm itself as part of the cup support. 

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Traversa

Client: Spacesaver

Description: Moving File Bank 

Objective: To create a high-density storage system that utilizes moving file ‘carriages’. 

Result: The carriages allow banks of files to move easily from side to side. In doing so, one aisle provides access to many banks of files and saves a tremendous amount of floor space. 

The desired aesthetic was a clean, uncluttered end panel and rotating handle that conceals, and provides access to, the locomotive mechanism.

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Twin-Bin (Straddle Bin)

Client: Inscape

Description: Shared workspace storage system 

Objective: This was a non-commissioned product development. We created and patented the concept, and subsequently sold the design rights to Inscape. 

Result: The bin is designed to be shared between users on opposite sides of an office furniture partition. It utilizes the space in the center of a panel, along with a small amount of space on each side of the partition. 

The result is that deep, (13+ inch) binders are stored and hidden from view, but the finished cabinet only projects about 5” from the partition face. Sliding doors slide over the opposite shared portion of the bin and are lockable. 

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Platform

Client: Inscape

Description: Shared workspace storage system 

Objective: This was a non-commissioned product development. We created and patented the concept, and subsequently sold the design rights to Inscape. 

Result: The bin is designed to be shared between users on opposite sides of an office furniture partition. It utilizes the space in the center of a panel, along with a small amount of space on each side of the partition. 

The result is that deep, (13+ inch) binders are stored and hidden from view, but the finished cabinet only projects about 5” from the partition face. Sliding doors slide over the opposite shared portion of the bin and are lockable. 

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