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- 1. KI & CONTRACT FURNITURE • Furniture comes and go • Trends come and goes • Industry stayed the same for 70 plus years • KI remains a leader with no issues or concerns
- 2. NEW GENERATION & CHANGES • Architects and Designers (A&D) generation • Advanced technology for research • New concerns for research technology • Introduction of LEED for buildings • Global manufacturers and suppliers challenges • Major growth in Education and Healthcare markets
- 3. INTERIOR DESIGN INTEREST • Significant interest in LEED after 10 years • Introduction of level® for furniture and interiors • Air quality testing leading the way
- 4. CURRENT WAVE • Sustainability for Buildings and Interiors • Daylight and views for all employees • Flexible products • Stand up (adjustable-height) solutions • Collaborative/interactive spaces
- 5. CONTINUED GROWTH • Level® for products • Air testing for chemicals • Documents detailing environmental components • Healthy Hospitals Initiative (HHI) • Health Product Declarations (HPD) • Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) • WELL Building Standard
- 6. BRANDING & MARKETING • All products/materials viewable online (ki.com) • Easy to use and search • Show products in all applications and vertical markets • Promotes options for reuse/repurpose/recycle • Be a Resource to local A&D firm
Editor's Notes
- The furniture industry has been pretty standard up to about 10-15 years Trends have come and gone as I thought would be the case 15 years ago on environmental and sustainability rating systems Being Wisconsin based we were much different than the majors based in Grand Rapids Michigan
- So what's happened?? After several major economic downturns in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s many of the mature A&D folks retired and moved on As a result of the business and technology markets the A&D firms expanded to other markets such as Healthcare and education The folks were younger and turned to “online” stuff for research. As a result they see fewer sales people and engage sales folks only in review of the last ones being considered New young people, new vertical markets and now much concern and consideration on the environmental area of LEED, Leadership in Energy & environmental design Many companies had gone global for parts and product solutions to offer more with increased margins with little to no environmental information On top of all this was the move to new vertical markets such as Education and healthcare with new applications, products, and leaders in environmental/sustainability
- Now after many years of no concerns, sustainability runs the market with continued growth in interest and knowledge LEED is for architects and environmental buildings Level in the same but only for furniture product Air quality testing is leading as well Several newer environmental rating systems continue to be intorduced
- After the many years with no concerns, now sustainability is leading for both the building and interiors while Daylight and views of the interiors has increased productivity and communication Where adjustable/stand up products has become significate with this work group and design team while Interactive, collaborative and flexible space continues to grow in demand with this younger working environment The days of only office and conference rooms with desk and chairs has disappeared Flexible solutions with product made well is very current and growing in interest
- The sustainability areas of focus are: Level certification for furniture products Air testing for all possible chemical emissions A detailed document for each product capturing all this And now continue to see new introductions such as: HHI - Healthy Hospitals Initiatives HPD – Health product declaration LCA – Life cycle Assessments WELL building standards for healthy interiors
- Online is where they always start and simple and complete availability is key Ease is KEY Unlike the past products are used in many applications and markets and sharing these ideas is very important The life of the product is important with documentation to recycle as well For a rep and manufacturer “Move from being one of many vendors to an important resource”