January 9, 2008—The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design has distinguished Kimball Office with a Good Design Award for its Scenario table line.
The Good Design program honors products, designers, and industry leaders for excellent, competitive, and enduring design.
An internal team of Kimball Office designers and engineers led by Senior Product Designer Jay Henriott created Scenario, which will be placed into the Museum’s Permanent Design Collection.
The Chicago Athenaeum received hundreds of submissions, including the new 787 Boeing airplane, from more than 26 countries. The jury selected Scenario for design distinction because of its innovation, form, materials, construction, concept, function and utility, noted Kimball Office.
With Scenario, Kimball Office has created a multi-purpose table with intuitive mechanisms that make Scenario easy to set up, move around, break down, and put away.
A tool-free ganging hitch provides flush table-to-table fit and straight-line storage arrangements. Modular electrical packages offer seamless technology integration, while the ability to nest and store with cabling and modesty panels intact contributes additional utility and convenience. A versatile range of shapes, sizes, base options, and accessories allows Scenario to handle any setup, work area, task, or gathering.
Good Design is one of the oldest and most important design competitions in the world, founded in 1950 by Edgar J. Kaufman, Jr., with some of America’s most influential designers, including Charles and Ray Eames, and Eero Saarinen.
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