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Learning is no longer limited by conventional classroom layouts. From flexible environments that support different styles of methodology to creative use of color, configuration, and innovative tools, these traditional, transitional, and progressive education spaces are moving in exciting new directions.
It all begins with a fresh outlook and clever design. Let’s take a look at three key strategies that encourage an innovative approach to a comprehensive classroom.
Featured Products: Build™, Class-ifi™, and SmartLink® desks
The screech of a scooting chair or desk used to be as dreaded as dragging fingernails across a chalkboard. Not anymore. Durably designed casters and smooth glides make moving furniture easy.
HON’s locking casters, like those found on Build™ tables, strike the perfect balance between safety and simplicity. SmartLink® chairs also incorporate an integrated handle and a fresh, clever sculpted design that keeps backpacks from sliding off. The distinctive shape even allows reversing the seat position and facing the seatback as another comfortable option.
You’ll find the same casters on Class-ifi™ mobile storage as well, a crucial feature for flexible organization that’s ideal to move around throughout the day.
“From tall storage that sets a space apart to shorter options also used as a bench, students get comfortable and lean into them,” notes Ryne Daum, Associate Product Marketing Manager at HON. “That’s why our casters quickly and easily lock in place.”
Roll Call™—a light scale, easy-to-use lectern—allows students and teachers alike to adjust, administer, and engage with ease. With the same clever casters—plus fun Colorwav™edge band choices for a punch of personality—Roll Call encourages young minds and educators to create an imaginative environment all their own.
Featured Products: Class-ifi™ mobile storage and Build™ Makerspace tables
Just like teachers and students inspire new ways to arrange classrooms for specific scenarios, they’ll find new uses for educational furniture as well. They’re designers too, creating every time they discover another way our products help them educate and learn.
What if those mobile totes and bins were used for more than storage? What if they housed a tiny art studio stocked with supplies, or a virtual reality lab with goggles and cables that can go anywhere? Many accessories across HON’s educational product lines are interchangeable, which makes for a highly multifunctional, creative environment.
“Sometimes teachers move between classrooms, so these mobile solutions are designed to move with them,” explains Daum. “Whether it’s a Makerspace table or Class-ifi mobile storage, we think holistically about movement. It’s why teachers rave about these products.”
Featured Products: Confetti™ and Tangram™ seating
There’s been a paradigm shift in how we define learning environments. Bringing students together in a more organic, fluid manner has resulted in dynamic instruction and inclusive connection.
“Students in younger grades may not even know what a traditional classroom is, so we’ve pulled elements from home into our products,” notes Daum. “Soft seating offers that familiar, comfortable environment.”
HON’s Confetti™ —colorful, portable, and customizable floor cushions and lounges—encourages young learners to sit where they please, gather with ease, and stay creative in their own way. And Flock® Minis—small scale poufs with hidden glides, casters, or active bases—lend colorful charm and instant mobility to energetic classrooms.
Featured Product: Tangram™ seating
And for a truly think-outside-the-box education solution, Tangram™ seating is ideal for evolved learning spaces. With various shapes and colors—plus endless configuration options, integrated power, and a variety of back height selections—this soft and inviting series fosters connection and engagement in multiple non-traditional scholastic environments.
“When furniture can define a space and adapt to it, students are more engaged, more collaborative. It makes the potential for learning limitless.”
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