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Geek of the Week: Furniture designer Ethan Pearl on the future office and how COVID rearranges it all

Friday, 21 August, 2020

Six months into a global health crisis that has redefined where and how many of us work, Ethan Pearl is ready to talk about what we’re missing at the office. Specifically, the office furniture designer wants us to reimagine what it will mean to go back, how we can do it safely and where everyone will sit.

As an industrial designer for Poulsbo, Wash.-based Watson Furniture Group, Pearl’s job is to bring ideas to life, sketching, computer modeling and hand crafting physical prototypes. Our latest Geek of the Week is a Pacific Northwest native who graduated from the Industrial Design program at the University of Washington.

 

Watson Launches New Meeting Tables As Part Of Its Award-Winning C9 Furniture System

Tuesday, 04 August, 2020

POULSBO, Wash.Aug. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Watson, the premier manufacturer of commercial office furniture and public safety dispatch consoles, has launched a collection of C9 Meeting Tables as part of its award-winning C9 furniture system.

“On the heels of the release of Olli, the personal work trolley, our C9 Meeting Tables can stand alone or provide endless runs. They are adaptable to any sized conference room,” said Lucas Pearl, VP of Product Development at Watson. “Overall, they will make it easier to collaborate at a distance in the new normal workplace.”