For its largest showroom opening to date, HON brought two education collections that treat reconfigurability as a core design value, not an afterthought.

The Build Makerspace Table is the more expressive of the two. A-frame legs in bold powder-coat colors anchor butcher-block-style tops on locking casters, with perforated pegboard panels flanking the base. Hooks, bins, and accessories organize the mess of active making. Standing, counter, and seated heights are available. It reads like shop class got a serious upgrade.

Field Trip, designed with Stockholm studio Form Us With Love, takes a quieter approach. Single-pedestal frames roll on locking casters in blue, yellow, and burgundy. A flip-top mechanism converts the surface from worktop to vertical whiteboard, with a side dial that makes the pivot intuitive enough to hand off to a teacher mid-lesson. Height-configurable legs support seated and standing arrangements without tools.

Together, the two collections cover opposite ends of the education spectrum: one built for construction, tinkering, and mess; the other for fluid classroom transitions and focused individual work. Both prioritize mobility. Both carry enough finish variation to hold a coherent room.

For specifiers working on K–12 interiors, higher education learning labs, or makerspace programming at libraries and community colleges, this pairing is worth the trip to HON’s new Chicago Flagship. See how HON has been approaching workplace seating with the same flexibility-forward thinking.

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