Bringing New Life to Work: Instilling Soul

What’s the factor that makes a design ageless? Timeless? What sustains a design over time and elevates it to the status of a classic?

The answer is soul.

Soul is the unseen element that animates a piece or product, giving it meaning. Giving it beauty and usefulness that extend beyond the current day. Soul is what binds a design to people’s lives and experiences.

Designing with soul is part of the Coalesse ethos. We’re here to develop furniture and create workspaces that support people’s passions — and that make work more human. As our new brand book puts it, our work is to instill workplaces with warmth, vitality and soul.

Why we design with soul

We believe that the best design thinking, from past to present, begins with empathy — an awareness of what our fellow humans are feeling and what they need.

When designers can empathize, they can connect. And those human connections can inspire solutions that are masterful and elegant. Designs that work — and that matter.

What we often discover in these timeless designs — what we find when we experience them — is the soul of the designer shining through.

Enduring lounge and café spaces. With its easy comfort, versatile functionality and intriguing mix of materials, the Lagunitas Lounge System makes room for meaningful work and conversations in the office. The growing collection is the award-winning outcome of our collaboration with Milan-based designer Toan Nguyen.

Soulful artifacts for the office. Endlessly customizable, the carbon fiber LessThanFive Chair invites users to show their personality. Choose from one of our nature-inspired patterns or apply a design that’s uniquely yours — with color options as vast as your imagination.

Designing spaces with soul

Just as these timeless furniture pieces reflect their designer’s soul and personality, so the look, feel and function of the workspace can reflect the individuality of the interior designer and architect.

Soulful spaces give workers a sense of connection to the past and the future — to enduring traditions and a progressive vision. They’re spaces that attract, engage and inspire teams to do their best work.

They’re lounges, work cafés and in-between spaces that feel less sterile and more personal. Less dormant and more stirring. Less like the office and more like home.