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Educators and administrators have a lot to think about these days when it comes to safety, sanitization, and adherence to CDC guidelines. And many may not know where to find the right products and solutions to meet their needs.

We spoke with Kandice Tjebkes, HNI’s Director of Colors, Materials, and Finishes, and John Schwind, a senior textiles engineer for HNI, to learn more about easy-to-clean materials that will keep schools and their occupants safer in the upcoming year.

For many children across the United States, school is back in session – and it’s shaping up to be a school year unlike anything they have ever experienced.

The classroom will look different this fall, but at HON, we’re committed to developing solutions that support ongoing learning opportunities in and out of the classroom.

Everyone knows that work and how we do it has changed dramatically since last spring. The giant, global “work-from-home experiment” has become the “maybe it’s time work evolved permanently” movement.

This shift in thinking has meant that nothing, from our desks to our chairs to our living spaces, has escaped being evaluated, updated and adapted to better suit our new day-to-day lives.

“You have joined the meeting.”

Welcome to 2020, folks, where nothing is normal but “normal” looks different.

Working from home has prompted plenty of changes to our daily routines, some more easily adaptable than others. One work-in-progress aspect is how we meet, which has seen video conferencing companies become some of the fastest growing in the world.

We’ve mentioned this before, but “Zoom” has almost become a verb. It’s now part of what we do.