Coalesse is a

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-based furniture company founded in 2008. It is a division of

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and creates products with the goal of encouraging collaboration. Coalesse is headquartered in

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with their design headquarters in

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and their main showroom located in the

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Company overview

Coalesse launched in June 2008 at the NeoCon World's Trade Fair in Chicago. 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. 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.” In 2012, it was announced that Coalesse was planning to expand their business operations into Europe.

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: * Patricia Urquiola, Hosu chair * Michael Young, LessThanFive chair *

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, Massaud collection *Scott Wilson, SW_1 collection *Emilia Borgthorsdottir, Sebastopol table *Cory Grosser, CG_1 table collection *Brian Kane, Bindu chair collection *

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, EMU Pattern collection *Lievore Altherr Molina, sixfivezero_CO collection *Toan Nguyen, Lagunitas lounge and table *Jess Sorel, Denizen collection *Otto Williams, Denizen collection

Projects

Coalesse has worked with companies such as

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, Scape,

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, Tolleson, and

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to design some of their office spaces.

Awards and recognition

Some of Coalesse's products have received awards at the NeoCon World's Trade Fair:

Other awards and recognitions

*2009 Bronze Award from the

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for their Vecta Akira tables *2009 Good Design Awards from the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design for their Andoo and Holy Day lines of chairs and tables *2009 Bronze IDEA Award for their Akira collection of tables *2010 Sustainability Award from Designs With Dignity *2013

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and Gold iF Design Awards for their Hosu chair *2015 Red Dot award for the Massaud work lounge with ottoman *2017 Gold iF Design Award for the LessThanFive chair In 2016, Coalesse's LessThanFive Chair was included in an exhibit at

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that showcased the work of designer Michael Young.

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References

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