How does the furniture shown in Milan keep up with hybrid work?

At Salone del Mobile 2023, in the Workplace 3.0 section, the CH3 team saw how corporate furniture companies are adapting their products to the new reality of flexible work. With the physical workplace split between home and office, corporate spaces have been reconfigured, and furniture has followed that change.

Recurring features

• Modularity: systems of sofas, benches, poufs and side tables that combine in many ways, such as Arper's Ralik line and La Palma's Plus line.
• Multifunctionality: Fantoni's Panorama system serves collaborative spaces, informal meetings and individual work in a single set.
• Ergonomics: built into the design of chairs and workstations.
• Removable covers: on the Plus line, the upholstery is 100% removable for easier cleaning.
• Compact solutions: La Palma's AP stools are light, comfortable for quick or informal meetings and nest together easily.

Furniture that moves between office and home

A direct example of this thinking is the ergonomic chair from Belgian brand Bulo. With a distinctive design and upholstery, shown in velvet, it can move from the office to a home office without the typical look of corporate furniture. It responds to the fact that employees now work in two places and expect comfort in both.

Privacy in an open-plan office

The phone booth has gained value as a solution for moments of individual or small-group privacy in open-plan offices and coworking spaces, with designs from Tecno and Fantoni. The Panorama system, for its part, can be fitted with louvers to control privacy or incoming light, and it includes accessories for planters and hooks for coats and bags.

For your company, these solutions together point one way: layouts that change easily, pieces that serve more than one use and spaces that welcome people who come to the office only a few days a week.