HBF together with visionary Swedish architect Henrik Schulz will offer new additions to the Scandinavian-inspired seating series: the Mod Collection. HBF’s best-selling lounge collection to date, Mod epitomizes plannable, refined interior possibilities for contemporary spaces. Conceived with a humanistic approach, the collection comprises handsomely designed contract seating solutions that look and feel “at home” in public spaces while allowing for various scalable seating arrangements for both lounge and work applications.
Keeping the comfort of Work From Home (WFH) in mind, the Mod Highback showcases a dynamic duality for ideal relaxation and active productivity that goes “beyond the desk.” With three options, Mod Highback Lounge Chair, Mod Highback Two-Seater Sofa, and Mod Highback Three-Seater Sofa, the collection is designed to minimize distractions and encourage focused work, delivering a privacy-lounge experience that integrates seamlessly into the Mod series and any open-plan space.
Meanwhile, Mod Work offers new height options to experience a new standard in comfortable collaboration and communication, pairing perfectly with laptop tables and low occasional tables. The entire Mod Collection can now be configured for a tailored work experience at the “relaxed” 16” standard or the more “engaged” 181⁄2” seat height. These two different leg heights offer unparalleled comfort by allowing users to adapt their workspace to fit their unique needs, allowing them to enjoy formal or informal gatherings with flexibility and comfort. Engineered with serviceability, interchangeability, and long-term maintenance in mind, all of Mod’s seat, back, and arm cushions are crafted for circularity and can be removed from the Mod panel assembly independently to be replaced, repaired, or refreshed.
As the great ‘Return to Office’ continues to confound organizations that seek to bolster company culture in real life with a pre-pandemic playbook, HBF offers a solution to empower designers to deliver high-quality, commute-worthy work landscapes with its new Mod designs. Tapping into a design strategy rooted in the concept of ‘New Hospitality for Work’, HBF layers vibrant, amenities- driven product applications onto today’s fluid workplaces. With the Mod Work and Mod Highback offering healthful ergonomics, flexibility, and choice at their core, the new designs help foster purposeful encounters and communication exchanges among colleagues.
“The workplace has changed a lot, especially after the pandemic, and it has to be more attractive than before,” says Schulz. “People are not comfortable in cubicles anymore. They want to feel at home and at the same time be a part of a group. There must be a reason for people to get back to work, companies will have to fight harder in the future to attract new employees and office design is one way of doing just that. That is why we created a flexible piece that works in any space.”
