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Elastic thinking - School furniture revisited, The Guardian 8th December 2009
So many new school designs emphasise the importance of flexible spaces to enable students to make the most of technology and to support personalised learning. Which is fine as long as the furniture is equally flexible when you are folding back the room dividers.
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Education Today November 2009
Schools face a number of unique challenges: insufficient budgets, teacher shortages, student performance assessments and technology-driven lessons are just a few. A solution to these problems could be simpler than you ever thought. Amazingly, it could come down to the right kind of furniture! This is the belief of Jonathan Hindle, Group Managing Director at KI.....
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QA Education, Winter 2009
A new educational paradigm shift has occured within learning environments. This is driven by changes in our growing understanding of learning theory, shifts in campus and student culture, and advances in technology. Accordingly, new ways to design and deliver educational space must also be developed.....
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FX Magazine, October 2009
Designer's Judgement. In the latest of a new feature in which products are scrutinised by experts, KI's stackable Matrix chair is assesed for its suitability in education environments. Judged by Manong Lewis, senior interior designer, Scott Brownrigg.
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21st Century Schools, Vol 4:1
The New Line learning academy in Maidstone, Kent, has opened a new learning ‘Plaza’ – to accomodate up to 90 year eight students. This giant hall has furniture designed to be entirely moveable – to make the space adaptable for presentations, classes and assemblies. All the furniture is on wheels, including the tables – and students are regularly seen spinning from table to table to discuss their work with their peers....
www.teachingtimes.com/zone/future-schools.htm
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Sustainable FM, May 2009
Today’s educators, administrators and facility planners have more to consider than ever before when making decisions that will help students achieve their full potential. Furniture solutions that maximize flexibility for teachers and students are at the heart of a successful modern educational environment. KI is at the forefront of educational furnishing knowledge and expertise having designed and manufactured furniture for many global Educational Institutions.
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Mix, May 2009
Those fine Holbornites KI recently held a VIP champagne reception to mark the unveiling of a couple of major new product innovations - KI 800 Series and the Strive seating family.
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KI Manufacture Sustainable Education Furniture
With over 60 years experience, KI understands the distinct and evolving needs of the educational environment. They design furniture that facilitates learning and interaction between students and staff.
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KI Cleans Up Unilever's Offices
Unilever, one of the world’s leading suppliers of fast moving consumer goods and a portfolio which includes some of the world’s best known and most loved brands like Flora, Wall’s, Dove, Lynx, Persil, Domestos and Marmite, appointed KI to provide office storage solutions for their newly refurbished London Headquarters.
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HBOS Sustainable Office
HBOS chose KI's 700 Series lateral filing units and Daylight stacking chairs to compliment their new highly sustainable, environmentally conscious open plan office building in Bristol.
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Binder Keepers
Storage systems properly matched to workplace needs can help improve staff effectiveness and overall efficiency, says David Venables.
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Providing a Storage Solution
The storage specialists at KI explain to Estates Review how a well managed work environment can help a business operate more smoothly.
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