Allsteel Inc., a leader in workplace furnishings, has won a 2017 GOOD DESIGN award in the furniture category for Retreat, a collection of space-defining lounge pieces. As an award winner, Retreat now becomes part of the prestigious Permanent Design Collection of the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, a co-organizer of the GOOD DESIGN awards program.
Designed in partnership with Niels Bendtsen of Bendtsen Design Associates, Retreat’s coordinating family of upholstered lounge pieces—a wing-back, a high-back, a low-back and an ottoman—work to solve the challenge of underutilized social and collaborative areas. The collection has a refined, residential look, thanks to Bendtsen’s long experience creating timeless pieces in the category. Allsteel drew on its expertise in the workplace to make Retreat’s geometry, size and scale ideal for comfortable, active work. Retreat’s statement of line allows for flexibility and many possible applications across the floorplate.
About Allsteel
Since 1912, Allsteel Inc. has offered a world-class, comprehensive range of workplace products and solutions. We simplify the office planning process by helping our customers align their workplace strategy with their business strategy. The result is fit-to-business solutions that deliver meaningful change in a way that works for them today, as well as tomorrow. Headquartered in Muscatine, IA, the company has showrooms in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. For additional information, please visit www.allsteeloffice.com or follow Allsteel on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube.
About GOOD DESIGN Awards
Now in its 67th year, GOOD DESIGN is the world’s oldest and most recognized design awards program. Founded in 1950 by legendary architects Eero Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames and Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., the annual program is organized by The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design in cooperation with the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies. Truly international in scope, GOOD DESIGN covers new products designed and manufactured in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. For additional information on GOOD DESIGN awards, please visit chi-athenaeum.org/about-good-design.html