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The business above your head.
Armstrong World Industries turned cork scraps into a ceiling business. Its next move is to sell more of what makes a room work - from sound control to custom-built architecture.
The Printer That Learned to Build the Room
A Menlo Park color lab survived the digital revolution by becoming something harder to replace: the crew that turns a designer’s file into a place people can actually navigate, touch, and remember.
Astek makes walls worth a second look
From Hollywood sets to hotel corridors, Astek turns artwork into surfaces. Its real craft is getting an imaginative idea through the decidedly physical business of ink, material, color, and scale.
Quadratura Makes the Furniture Fit the Room
An awkward wall can wreck a beautiful plan. In Guadalajara, Spain, Quadratura brings interior design and furniture supply together to work through the details that a catalogue cannot settle.
ONE NINE Architecture Has Plans for the Leftovers
The California design firm connects office renovations, custom interiors and nonprofit work. Even its fabric scraps get another assignment.
Tangram Interiors sells the office around the chair
A Steelcase dealer built a broader business by taking on the awkward parts of an office project: custom furniture, tangled technology and the move itself. Its best work starts with how people actually use a room.