One Workplace and Uhuru Launch Heirloom Design

Heirloom Design, a new joint venture between One Workplace and Uhuru Design, was formed to slow the carbon-intensive cycle of furniture refresh. The commercial interiors industry offers programs to refurbish or recycle some products, but founding partners Dave Bryant and Jason Horvath want to transform the current model so as to meet the urgent need to eliminate waste. Indeed, with buildings and the contents inside making up as much as 40 percent of our collective embedded carbon footprint, it’s an idea whose time has come. Heirloom Design brings together makers and manufacturers on a platform that showcases new offerings and – once available – pieces for reuse and resale will also be featured on the site. Bryant is vice president at One Workplace, the leading interior solutions provider on the West Coast, offering contract furniture, design services, and technology under one roof. Always striving to find out what’s next for …