Formerly | Brayton, Metro, Vecta |
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Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Furniture |
Founded | 2008 |
Headquarters | Grand Rapids, Michigan , United States |
Areas served | North America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) |
Products | Office furniture, architectural and technology for office environments and the education, health care and retail industries |
Parent | Steelcase |
Website | coalesse steelcase |
Coalesse is a United States–based furniture company founded in 2008.[1] It is a division of Steelcase and creates products with the goal of encouraging collaboration.[2] Coalesse is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with their design headquarters in San Francisco and their main showroom located in the Merchandise Mart in Chicago.[1][3][4]
Coalesse launched in June 2008 at the NeoCon World's Trade Fair in Chicago.[1] 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.[4] 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.”[1][5]
In 2012, it was announced that Coalesse was planning to expand their business operations into Europe.[3]
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:[6]
Coalesse has worked with companies such as Campbell Ewald, Scape, DirecTV, Grand Valley State University, Tolleson, and Quicken Loans to design some of their office spaces.[18]
Some of Coalesse's products have received awards at the NeoCon World's Trade Fair:[19][20][21][22][23]
Year | Product | Award |
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2009 | Denizen Collection | Gold Award |
2009 | Emu Heaven Seating | Silver Award |
2010 | SW_1 Table | Innovation |
2011 | Sebastopol Table | Gold Award |
2012 | Free Stand | Technology Support |
2012 | Free Stand | Innovation |
2012 | Free Stand | Editor's Choice |
2013 | Lagunitas Bench | Gold Award |
2014 | LessThanFive Chair | Silver Award |
In 2016, Coalesse's LessThanFive Chair was included in an exhibit at Grand Hornu in Belgium that showcased the work of designer Michael Young.[30]
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