Coalesse & Sagegreenlife Carve an Easier Path to Bringing Living Walls to Work

A couple years ago, Coalesse created a huge moss wall in their NeoCon showroom, then located on the 10th floor. People were drawn to the wall’s intense, textural, monochromatic feel. Coalesse designers created the wall themselves, stuffing moss into chicken wire, and as many NeoCon-ers can imagine, showroom visitors didn’t hesitate to reach out and touch the moss, even grabbing some off the wall and keeping it as a show memento of sorts. This past June at NeoCon 2018, many showrooms featured more explicit applications of biophilic design, with no shortage of real plant life shown in the workplace setting. Moss made a big appearance – and in many forms, with varying textures, colors and maintenance levels. Fully formed living walls are now entering the contract marketplace – not simply as part of the showroom experience, but as a product offering customers can buy directly from furniture manufacturers. Leading up to its …