Coalesse

Coalesse is a United States–based furniture company founded in 2008. It is a division of Steelcase and creates products with the goal of encouraging collaboration. Coalesse is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with their design headquarters in San Francisco and their main showroom located in the Merchandise Mart in Chicago. Company overview Coalesse launched in June 2008 at the NeoCon World's Trade Fair in Chicago. It is a combination of Steelcase's Brayton, Metro, and Vecta brands, but also includes pieces made by Carl Hansen & Son, Walter Knoll AG & Co., Viccarbe, and PP Mobler. Their original brand focus was on designing office and home furniture that appeals to what the company called “live/work lifestyles, but later shifted their focus away from creating home-oriented pieces toward creating more work-oriented pieces.” In 2012, it was announced that Coalesse was planning to expand their business operations into Europe. Design studio and designer collaborations Coalesse has a 4,000 square foot in-house design studio and a team of seven to eight internal designers, with many partners worldwide, such as: Patricia Urquiola, Hosu chair Michael Young, LessThanFive chair Jean-Marie Massaud, Massaud collection Scott Wilson, SW_1 collection Emilia Borgthorsdottir, Sebastopol table Cory Grosser, CG_1 table collection Brian Kane, Bindu chair collection Arik Levy, EMU Pattern collection Lievore Altherr Molina, sixfivezero_CO collection Toan Nguyen, Lagunitas lounge and table Jess Sorel, Denizen collection Otto Williams, Denizen collection