ORGATEC 2018, the leading trade fair for equipping and furnishing offices and commercial projects, is just about to start. Once again there will be plenty of innovative and amazing ideas on furniture and office-related matters. Everything will focus on the modern workplace. This year's ORGATEC...
In the last part of the series we introduced you to Gerhard Schwenke: he gives the Klöber prototype chairs the “GS mark”, so that they can go into series production. Today the story continues in cutting and stitching. Under the management of Judith Schmidt, the...
A new megatrend is emerging in the workplace alongside digitisation, mobility and open office: we’re talking about individuality. Interest in personalised office furniture is higher than ever before. In terms of specification, looks and material, our ConWork chair is packed full of goodies. As well as...
We’ve been maintaining contacts with architects all over the world for years – offline and online. But what do the architects actually think of Klöber and our office chairs? We asked them: Architects test – the AIT Klimastuhl test Nine interior architects and architecture firms from all...
Nothing works without light! Lighting has a huge influence on health, safety and wellbeing. But what does an optimally lit office look like? We asked someone who knows all about this: Dipl. Psych. Torsten Braun is an expert when it comes to light planning. Mr Braun,...
As manager of the Klöber test laboratory, every day Gerhard Schwenke is faced with files of standards, all of which have to be met. In this interview he reveals why, as far as he is concerned, the standards do not go far enough and why...
Rapid changes in the workplace, such as new working models, coworking, New Work etc., require constancy from the management. Not the managers we know from the “old work” format, but true leaders. But what makes top-level leaders stand out from the rest? I did some...
2018 couldn’t have got off to a better start for our Connex2 chair. This successful model has already notched up two illustrious awards. At the start of February it received the German Design Award 2018, which was immediately followed by the iF DESIGN AWARD 2018. ...
Company celebrations, the Moteo Klimastuhl and branding communications for 2018 With the New Year well under way, we are in a position to look back at an exciting and successful 2017 here at Klöber. This was my first year at Klöber – that’s reason enough to...
In Part 5 of our “Stages in the life of an office chair” series, I would like to hand you over to my colleague Leo Kiefer, master upholsterer and developer at Klöber, who will show you the upholstery development workshop. This is the department where...
Too hot, too cold: nearly one in five people disagrees with colleagues where the room climate is concerned. Furthermore not only does the temperature affect performance, but also how comfortable you feel. But these problems are a thing of the past thanks to the Mera...
The subject of Workplace 4.0 is something we at Klöber are looking at very closely. Many trends and studies predict the transformation and digitisation of the workplace in different ways – but I want to gain a more accurate idea, so I asked someone who...
If you want to reduce the duties of a manager – regardless of industry or company size – down to three key points, they would be: 1. planning strategically, 2. making decisions and 3. taking responsibility for these decisions. The management office is where these...
Be it the move away from fixed workstations, digital nomads or co-working spaces – here at the Klöber Blog we have been addressing changing office environments for quite some time now. Today we would like to turn our attention to a seating possibility that is...
In the first three parts of this series, my colleagues explained the timeline followed by a new Klöber office chair, passing through the Product Management, Design and Technical Implementation departments along the way. My job? Tool and fixture making. As the name of my department suggests,...
We’ve extended the Klöber leather range exclusively for the launch of our premium seating collection Tasso 2.0. As well as pigmented and semi-aniline leather, our portfolio now includes a pure aniline leather, which is just right for this classy lounge configuration. Pure aniline, semi-aniline, pigmented?...
A good office chair needs time. Here at Klöber we spend an average of two-and-a-half years on a new product that will be allowed to bear our brand name. Today I am interviewing Christian Roth-Schuler, head of Product Development, to find out what happens during...
Brrr! The icy chills of winter can really get us down. While some people here at Lake Constance spend their spare time out on the frozen lake (don’t try this at home!), many office workers all around Germany are having the same discussion they have...
Market observation, trend research and inspiration: these are the first steps in the life of an office chair, as explained in more detail by my colleague Hagen Trischler, product manager at Klöber, in Part 1 of this series. I’m going to describe what happens next....
“Tired but happy” – that summed up the state of our team after a more than successful ORGATEC 2016. Five sensational, dynamic and tension-filled days are now behind us: with an increase in visitor numbers of a full 68.5 per cent (!) to the Klöber...
A workstation on short-term rent, a sophisticated infrastructure, an environment which encourages creativity and fellow occupants who are there to offer advice, practical help and even the odd order? Yes, that exists! What co-working looks like in reality and what we at Klöber have to...
Four months after the market launch of our Klöber Klimastuhl and during a seemingly never-ending summer, our innovative office chair is more relevant than ever. In the first part of the “Living Lab smart office space” blog post, Prof. Hoffmann, research director at the Technical...
When the thermometer breaks through the 30-degree mark, it's sometimes difficult for employees to concentrate or stay motivated. The proper use of the resources on hand, a few simple changes to the daily routine and our Klöber Klimastuhl® can all help to make summer in...
There has been plenty going on at Klöber recently! Over the past few weeks we’ve been touring Germany with our innovative product highlight, the Klöber Klimastuhl with our goal to showcase the Klimastuhl as a world first by allowing people to experience it first-hand. We’ve received...
At the moment it’s all about the new Klimastuhl here. But did you know that we were working on continuously improving the innovative chair with its “heating” and “ventilation” functions long before it went into series production? For instance the Klimastuhl has been a central...
We spend an average of about seven and a half hours a day sitting down. For most of this time, office-based workers are using an office chair. And that’s sufficient time to make it worth taking a closer look at this piece of furniture. I’m...
In an era of rising energy costs, growing awareness of climate protection and conservation of resources, energy management is becoming an increasingly important theme for companies. In this context, heating and air conditioning certainly rank amongst the main cost drivers, alongside electricity for office equipment...
Everyone’s talking about “Generation Y”. Narcissistic, superficial and focused on leisure – that’s how the media tends to portray people born after 1980. But what’s all the prejudice about? Are the young people’s values really so very different from those of the previous generations? We...
Every morning, 28 million Germans get up and go to work. On average each of them spends two hours per day travelling to and from their place of work. One-third of these people would prefer a more flexible, more independent way of working – but...
There’s always a general macroclimate in the office. It’s primarily caused by influences that are controlled centrally, such as heating, air-conditioning, window ventilation and direct sunlight – but it can also depend on the building structure. Of course it’s no wonder you can’t achieve the...
When I first started work in the marketing department at Klöber a few weeks ago, I kept asking myself the same question: How does that work – having development and production combined at one site? Gradually I got to know the different departments and employees,...
“A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier.” – sometimes I really do agree with this quote by German-American architect and designer Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. After all, one of our latest developments, the ConWork” office and conference chair, has...
Dear Readers, We’re in the process of bringing new momentum to the office. The market launch of our latest family member, the Klöber Klimastuhl, is just a few weeks away. But now it gives me particular pleasure to introduce the next highlight from the Klöber stable....
A laptop, a coffee cup, an inspiring environment – that describes where many employees would prefer to be. More and more people are choosing home offices and cafés over single workstations in the office – so that they can give free rein to their creativity....
I don’t think I’ve introduced myself yet? I’m Sarah Reichle. Cold hands and feet are normal for me. In winter I’m often to be found near a radiator, and even in the summer I rarely leave the house without a cardigan. Typical woman, some of...