Design Services
Our Approach
Our Approach
Our experienced design team works in partnership with A&D to support in creatively transforming a customer’s vision into reality.
We support you by:
– Serving as a supporting role on your design project team
– Creating thoughtful furniture solutions that meet your company culture, vision and budget
– Working collaboratively with A&D to create floor plans utilizing our furniture solutions
– Providing furniture finish materials & options
– Developing realistic renderings & drawings that help you visualize your space
– Producing a detailed furniture installation package to ensure accuracy
– Saving you time and resources!
We have several NCIDQ-certified designers on staff, ready to assist!.
Some of our designers gathered at the Boston WorkLife
Live Design
Collaboration is at the heart of what we do. The most impactful way to design is collaborating side-by-side. Using CET Designer, we are able to work with you to make changes to your space in real time. CET outputs a line item bill of materials, allowing us to design to your budget.
Check out our video to see how easy it is to create and alter designs on the fly!
Software Tools
We use the latest technology to help you visualize your new space, from CET Designer, to Sketchup to AutoCAD. We offer technical expertise needed to ensure that your designs are accurately translated into product applications, typicals and installation drawings.
Design Capabilities
In order to stay competitive today, organizations must be agile, adapting quickly to changing needs and attracting and retaining a new generation of employees. There is a critical need for workplace transformation today – creating flexible office environments that adapt to support how we work now and in the future. Conceptualizing, planning and implementing a new space or changes to your existing space can be challenging. Our designers work in conjunction with your team to support your vision throughout the process.
Supporting Workplace Change
Steelcase workplace experts, in conjunction with your project partners and Red Thread designers, can analyze your organization’s current state and provide a suite of tailored services to help support your change process. Through a collaborative process, we work with your leadership, management and employees to create alignment within your organization and deliver strategic solutions.
Furniture Space Planning
By examining how information, tasks, and interpersonal communication flows throughout your organization, our designers can be a valuable resource to your team in maximizing your space. Space planning and design options include: furniture floor plans, renderings and finish options.
Product Application & Selection
With hundreds of furniture options from leading manufacturers to choose from, aligning functional needs, product features, style preferences, and budgets can be a daunting task. Starting with a detailed needs analysis, we guide you through a streamlined selection process to meet your budget parameters.
Specification & Installation Drawings
Using the latest tools, our design team can help transform your vision into reality:
– Site conditions review
– Master specifications
– Installation drawings
– Closeout package
Designing for Sustainability
We are committed to creating sustainable environments, and have many LEED-accredited professionals on staff. Red Thread’s Boston showroom was designed and built using LEED concepts from the ground up. We also support Well Building principles and certification.
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