SW_1 Collection: Did You Know?

Did you know that the SW_1 Lounge Seating and SW_1 Low Collaborative Tables combine the best attributes of lounge and conference furniture, creating a hybrid that eases conference room formality and promotes more relaxed postures? Learn more about our award-winning SW_1 Collection below. This post is part of an occasional series exploring the details of key Coalesse products.

1. Product Features

• SW_1 Lounge Seating and Low Collaborative Tables are set 3″ lower than conventional conference furniture, creating a more comfortable, intimate setting
• Lounge chairs, in high-back and low-back models, feature a seamless, mesh-style knit back plus an optional lumbar pillow
• With generous proportions and relaxed angles, SW_1 Lounge Seating supports leaned-back activity and encourages healthy shifts in posture
• An optional swiveling tablet is available for SW_1 Lounge Seating — ideal for situations where the chair isn’t paired with a collaborative table

SW_1 Lounge Seating with right-hand tablet.

2. Technology Features

• SW_1 Low Collaborative Tables (26″ high) feature optional pull-out tablets, so workers can draw their laptops closer
• The tabletop PowerPod contains 6 power outlets and has a cover that doubles as an accessory caddy
• Wire management option lets users route cords through a tabletop grommet and down the outside of the table leg

SW_1 Low Collaborative Table with convenient pull-out tablet.

3. Materials and Customizability

• Breathable knit back is a material innovation that conveys visual lightness and delivers cooling comfort
• Seating comes in 17 knit colorways derived from the Coalesse color palette — options such as Ocean, Goldenrod, Silver, Olive and Currant
• Table bases and swivel chair bases come with a polished aluminum finish or optional custom color finish through the Coalesse Color program

SW_1 Lounge Seating and SW_1 Occasional Table (15″ high) with custom-finished bases.

4. Designer Insight

• Designed by Scott Wilson, founder of MINIMAL, a Chicago-based design and engineering firm with clients such as Nike, Microsoft/Xbox, Motorola and Dell
• Winner of the Best of NeoCon Innovation Award in 2010
• “Collaboration is a lot more informal and social (in the design cultures that I came from), so that was really the driving inspiration behind the collection” — lead designer Scott Wilson, in a video shot at NeoCon 2011

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