Summerlee Office Furniture: A Decade of Change

Office Furniture: A decade of Change

An embarrassment of riches may be a good way to describe the office furniture world today. At no time in the past has freedom of choice been greater than it is now in the contract office furniture market.

Technology advances, environmental concerns, generational works styles, manufacturing techniques, base materials, and even rising real estate costs and government legislation have all influenced the industries advances in furniture design in the past decade.

Manufacturers in our business spend an immense amount of time reading the market and polling office workers to develop the next great answer to current and upcoming workplace trends. In the past decade we have seen wireless technology remove the cable tether from many workstations, we have seen ergonomic awareness bring height adjustable worksurfaces and advanced seating into play, we have seen rising real estate costs shrink the workstation footprint resulting in innovative storage walls to divide space. We have also seen the greening of our industry at a rapid pace. Some products will support a corporations environmental goals while others could seriously harm it.

At Summerlee, our job is to immerse ourselves in the furniture world to make sense of it for you. We work with many of the industries best manufacturers, architects, interior designers, and customers to distill the latest thinking and the latest solutions. We listen, we learn, and we share….so we can help you make great decisions.