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overing more than 12,740 square feet, the WorkLife Centre allows visitors to experience human-centeric spaces designed for collaboration and individual focus-tasks, as well as high-performance shared spaces that are based on Steelcase’s six key ancillary principles: privacy, posture, proximity, personality, productivity and psychological comfort. Customers are greeted in the Oak Café and WorkCafé, informal spaces, where guests and Steelcase employees can dine, meet, socialise and connect, imbibing the need for workplace settings that allow focus, collaboration, connecting and rejuvenation. The blueprint of this WorkLife Centre pays tribute to the city’s traditional past while honouring its technology-driven present and future. Inspired by India’s ‘Garden City,’ the architecture makes use of natural materials, textures and colours, letting the diligently curated collections to be the focal point. Praveen Rawal, Managing Director of Steelcase India, SARRC and Design Application APAC said, “The opening of this new WorkLife Centre in Bengaluru comes at a time when leaders and organisations in India are focused on staying ahead in the disruptive economy. This space will serve as a platform for our customers to experience our innovative workplace solutions surrounding people, place and technology, helping them create a new kind of work space and culture that will lead to better employee experiences and support their business growth.” Products and solutions showcased here are wide. They include the Migration SE Pro, a new generation
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Steelcase Opens New WorkLife Centre
Steelcase, the front runner in workplace solutions, furniture and technology, officially inaugurated its Bengaluru centre.
1 The WorkLife Centre allows visitors to experience human-centeric spaces
height-adjustable desk platform that can be ergonomically customised. The Flex collection, winner of the NeoCon 2019, is an integrated range of furniture and accessories you can find here. The collection includes moveable desks, tables, marker boards, carts, screens and accessories that are easy to move. Alongside the Flex collection, Orangebox’s award-winning Air³ acoustic pod can act as a freestanding meeting room, private space, phone booth or touchdown room. On the other hand, the Umami seating, tables and screens offer a variety of configurations, sizes and material options designed to create informal spaces that promote creativity. Providing high performance comfort and support, the Brody WorkLounge featured has a patented LiveLumbar™ technology that reduces neck and shoulder strain, while the SW_1 is a lounge-inspired conferencing solutions collection designed by Scott Wilson.
Also available here is the LexCo desk system with modular configurations that open up the workspace, while the Series 1 office chair (one of Steelcase’s signature seating products) has adjustable lumber support, adaptive bolstering and 4D adjustable arms.
Steelcase Bengaluru WorkLife Centre is located at 1320, Indiranagar Double Rd, Eshwara Layout, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka. Contact web: www.steelcase.asia
Covering more than 12,740 square feet, the architecture makes use of natural materials, textures and colours
