Press Releases from Sedus Stoll AG

24/09/2026

Spaces that Care: Wellbuilding for Human Nature

Well-being in the workplace has long since become more than just a supplementary measure. The office is not a neutral space simply filled with furniture, but an ecosystem of different habitats that shapes how people think, connect, develop and recover. For a long time, many approaches to promoting wellbeing focused primarily on individual measures such as meditation sessions, resilience training or quiet zones. Today, a more fundamental question is increasingly taking centre stage: how should the working environment itself be designed to support people as effectively as possible across different situations and needs?

03/09/2026

Flexibility needs power: Why mobile energy is becoming essential to the modern workplace

The workplace is changing rapidly. Open-plan environments, work cafés, project spaces and hybrid working models are increasingly replacing rigid office structures. Companies are therefore investing in workplaces that can adapt quickly as requirements change. Flexibility has become an important factor in supporting innovation, collaboration and long-term business success.

28/07/2026

Crossroads of Corporate Culture: Why informal encounters make all the difference

The most valuable conversations often don’t take place where they’re planned. Not in a formal meeting. Not in a workshop. Not on the agenda. They happen in between: on the way to grab a coffee, during a brief chat on the stairs, in a chance exchange between two departments that are barely connected on the organisational chart. These are precisely the moments that companies need to recognise and value. In a workplace that has become more hybrid, flexible and digital, it is not just the location of work that is changing. The way people build relationships, share knowledge and experience culture is changing too.

15/07/2026

S:ircle – eine runde Sache

Die Sedus Stoll Gruppe engagiert sich seit vielen Jahren für eine nachhaltige Unternehmensführung. Mit dem Ansatz „People, Planet, Profit“ macht die Unternehmensgruppe mit den drei Kernmarken Sedus, Klöber und S³ Advice dabei deutlich, dass das Unternehmensziel sowohl auf wirtschaftlicher als auch auf ökologischer und sozialer Ebene immer einen Mehrwert schaffen muss. Ab Juli 2026 führt die Gruppe S:ircle in Deutschland ein. Mit S:ircle geht das Unternehmen konsequent den nächsten Schritt in Richtung geschlossene Kreislaufwirtschaft.

11/06/2026

Sedus Stoll Group strengthens its market position in 2025 and advances strategic growth initiatives

The 2025 financial year was marked by ongoing market transformation and the continued evolution of the Sedus Stoll Group’s business model. Dynamic market conditions created new opportunities while also demanding the willingness to adapt and build on established strengths. The Group used this environment to further strengthen its market position and expand strategically important business areas.

26/03/2026

New Work = Home Office = Sedus

Mobile working has proven its value: three days in the office, two at home – a model many people aspire to and increasingly embrace. Yet for work to coexist seamlessly with everyday living, furniture must integrate effortlessly into the home environment, complement existing interiors and adapt even to the most compact spaces.

25/02/2026

A Central Hub in the Office: krulvexomunt.shoppletes Its Modular Bar System with the se:café bar

As contemporary work environments continue to evolve, the boundaries between focused work, social interaction and personal expression are increasingly fluid. With the se:café bar, Sedus addresses this shift by introducing a central meeting point that encourages exchange and informal interaction within the office. The bar combines the role of a social hub with a high degree of functional versatility. Whether configured as a freestanding island, a space-dividing element or a wall-oriented unit, the se:café bar brings people together and supports a wide range of activities.

12/02/2026

Modular Room-in-Room System for Open Offices: Sedus Continues the Strategic Development of se:hive

With se:hive, Sedus continues to expand its modular product family for open-plan work environments, responding to the growing demand for flexible, acoustically effective zones in contemporary offices. Openness meets versatility: se:hive combines visual structure, textile comfort and well-considered functionality. Whether used for focused individual work, dynamic team collaboration or relaxed breaks, se:hive creates zones that seamlessly balance atmosphere and function. At the same time, it preserves the open character of modern workplaces while enabling retreat, interaction and inspiration.

03/02/2026

Work Café: Sedus presents its new, innovative workplace concept in the London showroom during Clerkenwell Design Week

Many organisations are asking themselves how they can create offices that are better for networking and collaboration. The office is no longer merely a place where people once simply worked side by side, but a place where they come to meet, exchange knowledge, and generate ideas.

24/04/2025

Multi-award winner: Sedus has won numerous awards in 2025 for its modern furniture design

Now more than ever, excellent design means finding answers to the challenges of our time. Circular thinking, sustainable product development and design standards that emphasise the longevity of the layout are just a few of the key features that make new products unique. In 2025, this statement applies particularly to four Sedus designs: the new products, se:café wooden chair, se:hive and se:vision have each been honoured with an iF Design Award and a Red Dot Award. The se:lounge light shell chair has also won two awards.

10/04/2025

“Design with Purpose, Surge for Smiles”: Sedus launches workshop series in cooperation with Surge for Water and Bond Interiors

Thanks to the work of Surge for Water tens of thousands of people and various communities now have access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene. This life-changing impact frees children and women from long water journeys, allowing them to focus on education, entrepreneurship, and caring for their families.

27/03/2025

Experiencing work together

Hybrid work has become an essential part of modern working life. Not only does it allow people to work anytime, anywhere, but thanks to advances in generative AI, tasks that used to depend entirely on teamwork can now be done while remote. These profound changes have allowed people to become hybrid workers and have also changed their view of what constitutes define working styles and office environments.

05/03/2025

Structured openness: working in the se:hive

The modern world of work continues to be dominated by open plan office spaces that are both adaptable and encourage collaborative working. While these spaces facilitate interaction, people always need a place to which they can retreat for focus, relaxation, private conversations, and online meetings. To meet these needs and strike the right balance between openness and focused, individual work in the office, Sedus has designed a new acoustic solution, se:hive.

20/02/2025

A table with character

Can a table have a personality? Yes, it really can! Especially when it is designed to be fully customisable and able to take on any essential task you give it – just like the new se:vision desk from Sedus.

06/02/2025

The perfect host – a chair for meetings, chats, and working from home

Meetings, conferences, and creative chats are the drivers of successful organisations. A chair that supports these encounters should offer more than just somewhere to sit. It must make users feel at home, inspire, and support them. The new se:mission swivel chair from Sedus has been developed with exactly this in mind.

17/01/2025

The office café: more than just a place to relax

In modern working environments, office cafés have evolved into adaptable spaces that provide more than traditional breakout spaces, fostering both work and relaxation. While breakout spaces are traditionally designed for short periods, offering facilities such as coffee machines and tables, office cafés consciously set out to foster productivity, creativity and social interaction.

08/01/2025

“Great Good Places”: LOOKBOOK No.2 focuses on extraordinary places to exchange ideas and work together

It's all in the mix! Not only when it comes to choosing the perfect coffee beans, but also in the workplace. While employees used to have their fixed place of work either in the office or at home, today an increasing number of “Great Good Places” are becoming the central to modern working culture.

14/11/2024

A new centrepiece for the office

The boundaries between the traditional workplace and the city are breaking down like never before, transforming the way we work. No longer limited to the office or home, work now takes place in a wide range of environments known as “third spaces”.

07/11/2024

Ideal balance between comfort, durability and functionality

Who doesn’t need somewhere in the office for quiet reflection or a casual conversation with a colleague? The new se:café bench from Sedus provides the perfect answer. The fully upholstered bench combines a domestic aesthetic with a comfortable design, offering a wide range of height and model options that make it ideal for both informal meetings and somewhere to take a break.

29/10/2024

The perfect symbiosis of productivity, comfort and wellbeing

Relaxing, inspiring and adaptable - the se:café soft chair family offers a perfect combination of productivity, comfort and wellbeing. High quality upholstery means the chairs are exceptionally comfortable. A wide range of options makes them the perfect all-rounder; from lounge chairs to meeting chairs and stools.

15/10/2024

Pure form – se:café wooden chair

When organic design meets craftsmanship: the new se:café wooden chair and the new se:café lounge chair are sure to catch the eye with their timeless aesthetic. When it comes to the design of solid wood chairs, Sedus has a long history of being the best there is. This tradition is characterised by its combination of craftsmanship and innovation, as explained by designer Konstantin Thomas.

18/09/2024

Design for Connection – The Rendezvous Office

Many organisations are asking themselves how they can create offices that are better for networking and collaboration. The office is no longer merely a space in which people work alongside each other, but where they come to meet, exchange knowledge and have ideas.

Eine Frau sitzt entspannt auf einem se:living von Sedus und arbeitet mit einem Laptop, der auf ihren Oberschenkeln ruht. Im Vordergrund ist unscharf ein se:living side table zu erkennen, der die gemütliche und flexible Atmosphäre des Raumes unterstreicht. Im Hintergrund dominiert ein großes Fenster, das den Raum mit natürlichem Licht erfüllt und einen weiten Blick auf den Garten bietet. Diese Szene veranschaulicht das Konzept des duktilem Raumes, der als flexibler Knotenpunkt in hybriden Büros dient und individuelles Arbeiten sowie den Übergang zu dezentralen Arbeitsmethoden unterstützt.

04/09/2024

The hybrid office of the future: a great chance to make work even better?

The increasingly widespread adoption of hybrid forms of work is changing individual and corporate working culture at the most fundamental level. And it is a change that is here for good. The scope and significance of this shift has had a profound effect on people’s priorities. Managing the complexity of the changes involved will depend on collaboration and creativity at a national, organisational and personal level. The complexity and significance of this change has had a major impact on people’s priorities.

04/06/2024

Further profitable growth: Sedus Stoll AG closes the 2023 financial year on a high

Mit einem Umsatz von ca. 259,0 Mio. Euro verzeichnet die Sedus Stoll AG im Jahr 2023 ein Wachstum von +8,8 % im Vergleich zum Vorjahr und liegt damit deutlich über dem Marktwachstum der Branche (+0,6 % im Vergleich zum Vorjahr). Auch die Auftragseingangszahlen liegen mit ca. 247,4 Mio. Euro auf Rekordniveau.

28/05/2024

Sedustainable: a clear vision

Sustainability is integral to Sedus, inspired by Christof Stoll’s belief that ecology and economy are inseparable. Honored as Eco-Manager of the Year by WWF in 1993, Stoll’s legacy continues. By 2025, Sedus aims for CO2 neutrality at its Dogern and Geseke sites. CEO Daniel Kittner outlines goals: reduce direct emissions by 30%, fleet emissions by 20%, and primary energy use by 60%. Additionally, Sedus plans to optimize packaging by 15% and source 80% of its wood from sustainable forestry by 2025. These initiatives reflect Sedus’s enduring commitment to ambitious sustainability targets.

21/05/2024

Upgrade for ‘Workscape of Tomorrow’ knowledge platform: Sedus introduces Synapse Bot

In July 2023, Sedus launched ‘Workscape of Tomorrow’, a knowledge database that brings together the results of years of research into the working landscape. The platform offers a pool of information from which architects, facility managers, workspace experts and journalists can benefit. The focus is on discovering new trends and developments in the work environment and sharing knowledge. As part of the German Design Award 2023, the Workscape of Tomorrow platform received the ‘Special Mention’ award in the ‘Excellent Communications Design Web’ category.

14/05/2024

‘Work and the City’: Sedus presents new, innovative workplace concepts at Clerkenwell Design Week

How can offices be designed to make them even more attractive to employees? These days an ‘ office or workplace must be flexible Employees want a choice of where to work and their individual needs taken into account Sedus will be demonstrating how this balancing act can be achieved at Clerkenwell Design Week from 21 to 23 May 2024.

05/03/2024

Onwards and upwards: Sedus on course for sustained growth

With sales of approximately €259.1 million, Sedus Stoll AG recorded year on year growth of 8.8% in 2023. This was well above the overall level of growth in its sector, which was up 0.6% compared to the previous year. At around €247.3 million, incoming orders for the year 2023 are also at a record level and are driving momentum for the business in 2024.

22/02/2024

se:lab flip a table with multiple possibilities

In a world where the working landscape is changing at an impressive pace, expectations are rising for flexible and versatile office furniture that is not only functional, but also aesthetic and of high quality. Modern offices are increasingly evolving into open, adaptable spaces, haracterised by dynamic communication areas, diverse work zones and a wide range of spatial concepts. Sedus has met this challenge with the se:lab product family, a versatile, individually configurable collection that adapts to changing needs, fostering inspiring work environments.

15/02/2024

se:lounge light - design for well-being

New Work and numerous digital and mobile tools bring a lot of advantages. Employees can move around more independently and choose their place of work flexibly. Whether in a shared office or at home, in a coworking space or in the cafeteria, there are many different options. However, one thing always remains the same: the desire for a workplace that is also a place of well-being.

08/02/2024

se:flair - a swivel chair for the office and home

The office is more diverse than ever before: in the ever-changing hybrid world of work, innovative approaches and solutions are required that fulfil the current requirements, needs and wishes of the workplace. Sedus is meeting these challenges with its latest product, the se:flair swivel chair.

31/01/2024

se:living - for more cosiness and feel-good moments in the office

What do we value in an "office sofa"? Is it the cosy look and the comfort it provides? Or simply the change it offers to the classic combination of swivel chair with desk? The answers to these questions are as individual as the appearance and use of the upholstered furniture.

25/01/2024

Sedus revolutionises the design of office and urban spaces

How can offices be designed to make them even more attractive to employees? Today, an "irresistible" office or a "tempting" workplace must be flexible and needs-orientated and offer the opportunity to choose the place of work as required. To this end, it should create an inviting atmosphere that takes into account the individual needs of employees.

10/01/2024

Working without limits: Sedus' LOOKBOOK reveals how Europe's creatives are personalising and diversifying the urban working landscape

Everything is subject to change. Even the working environment. While a few years ago the office was still the most important workplace, many people now also work from home, in coworking spaces or while travelling. In the new LOOKBOOK, Sedus takes a look behind the scenes

23/11/2023

The Detox Office: a way to counter digital fatigue

Think about this question for a moment: "Where do you go to recharge your batteries and decompress?” For many, the answer is: "Out in nature!" However, the connection to nature is often missing in the design of modern office spaces. A green plant here, a flower pot there - that's a given. But for many employees, that alone is not enough to make the office feel like a place of well-being. With this in mind, Sedus has developed the Detox Office concept with the aim of creating a mindful and healthy workplace.

06/09/2023

Sedus puts new "Futura 2" production line into operation

After a planning and construction period of approximately two years each, Sedus has now commissioned the new "Futura 2" production line at its Geseke site. Germany's largest office furniture manufacturer is investing around EUR 21 million in the East Westphalian production site with the aim of securing production capacity for an expected growth in turnover.

18/07/2023

Office cube solutions: a symbiosis of proximity and distance

Open space concepts, flexibility and new working styles will characterise offices of the future. This brings many advantages: entrenched structures are dissolved, communication and collaboration are supported. Working in close proximity, with flexible meetings and spontaneous exchange, means that we are already shaping space in everyday working life.

06/07/2023

“Workscape of Tomorrow”: German Design Award for a new knowledge platform NEW WORK

What awaits us in the future? How can we shape the Future of Work? Whenever there are new trends, new insights are gained or new ideas are born, Sedus is always in tune with the times. Only those who are always up to date can make future-proof decisions about the working world of tomorrow – which is why Sedus wants to share this knowledge.

20/06/2023

Continuing on the road to success: Sedus Stoll Group closes 2022 financial year with record turnover

With sales of EUR 238.1 million, the Sedus Stoll Group was able to record sales gains of 21.5 % in the 2022 financial year. Abroad, the group of companies achieved revenues of around EUR 109.4 million and consolidated its position as an international player with an increase of 23.5 %.

07/06/2023

Multiple awards: Modern chair design from Sedus wins numerous awards in 2023

Today more than ever, outstanding design means finding answers to the challenges of our time. Circular thinking, sustainable product development and a design standard that emphasises the longevity of the design are just a few of the keywords that make new products unique. The development and design of chairs in particular often becomes the focus of attention.

01/06/2023

Show your colours: With “The Limbic Office”, Sedus embarks on a voyage of discovery of the "brand" personality

Is it possible to express both your own and the brand personality in the design of the working environment through colours? Can a clever choice of colour concepts create an environment that evokes positive emotions? And can the use of colour combinations, shades and contrasts create a feel-good atmosphere that motivates employees and promotes creativity?

25/05/2023

se:dot – sitting made easy

The office is a hub for personal exchange as well as a central location for planned and informal meetings. Classic workspaces are no longer just characterised by desks and swivel chairs; rather, they also come with homely elements that provide the feel-good factor.

23/05/2023

Going green: Sedus transforms offices into green oases with new plant elements

Plants enhance well-being in the office, can reduce stress, have a motivating effect and increase the satisfaction of employees. They also enrich the air with oxygen and humidity, filter pollutants from the air we breathe and thus ensure a healthy indoor climate.

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