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The Hum product was designed in coordination with Formway Design Studio, NewZealand for Kimball Office and introduced to the marketplace last June duringthe annual NeoCon trade show in Chicago. Designed to address the global demandfor collaborative workspaces, Hum is the result of three years of "cognitiveergonomics" research, studying how people actually work, mentally as well asphysically, as they continually shift between concentration and collaboration.Breaking new ground as a workplace desk system that facilitates easy shiftsbetween individual work to team interaction and back again, Hum helps usersattain peak productivity. Hum was also designed with the environment in mind, containing significantrecycled content, rapidly-renewable resources, low-energy consumption lights andis easily refurbished or taken apart for end-of-life recycling Hum is certifiedto meet the U.S Green Building Council LEED Indoor Air Quality requirements. Since its introduction, Hum has earned numerous accolades in the officefurniture industry, including Interior Design magazines Green Star award forenvironmental excellence; Designers Institute of New Zealands 2008 BeST DesignAwards; a Silver Innovation award at IIDEX/NeoCon Canada; and Buildingsmagazines Citation of Excellence in the Workplace Productivity category.

The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and the European Centrefor Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies announced this years winnersafter screening entries from among the thousands of industrial, product andgraphic design entries submitted by leading companies and designers from 34nations around the globe. For further details regarding the Hum product, go to About Kimball Office:A recognized leader in fine workplace furnishings, Kimball Office has beenbuilding its reputation on quality and integrity of design for more than 35years. Kimball Office serves the business market with casegoods, seating andsystems furniture in wood and metal and in styles ranging from traditional tocontemporary. A full line of products provides solutions to businesses rangingfrom multinational corporations to start-up companies. Kimball Office is a brandunit of Kimball International, a $1.4 billion publicly traded companyheadquartered in Jasper, Indiana To learn more, please visit About The Chicago Athenaeum:The Chicago Athenaeum is an international museum of architecture and design,appropriately based in the worlds first city of modern architecture and design:Chicago.

Founded in 1988, the Museum is dedicated to the art of design in allareas of the discipline: architecture, industrial, and product design, graphics,and urban planning. The Museums mission is the advancement of public educationabout the value of Good Design - from the "spoon to the city" - and how designcan positively impact the human environment. To learn more, visit the Museums website at: About Kimball International:Recognized with a reputation for excellence, Kimball International is committedto a high performance culture that values personal and organizational commitmentto quality, reliability, value, speed, and ethical behavior.