Haworth to tap new business center as real life, real time workplace R&D lab

The opportunity to study workplace environments and apply the knowledge to new office furniture innovations could invigorate West Michigan's office furniture industry. A Newaygo-based remote workplace community catering to telecommuters provides the ideal environment for researching current and future work trends.

According to excerpts from the story:

Development of a business center in downtown Newaygo to cater to telecommuters provides Haworth Inc. a potential laboratory from which to learn. Haworth hopes to use the Stream Community Business Center to study the physical and social workplace environments of so-called remote work sites and apply the knowledge to product development.

"The field is ripe to harness in terms of learning," said David Fik, a workplace strategist in Haworth's Ideation R&D unit. Holland-based Haworth will supply all the moveable walls and office furniture for the project, which also could demonstrate how the company's modular products work in interior design and readily reconfiguring an office. Fik said the information gained from the Newaygo project could prove valuable.

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