The pause between meetings is where real work gets done. That’s the premise behind Etta, a new lounge collection from Keilhauer developed in collaboration with Yabu Pushelberg. The globally revered studio has shaped interiors for Marriott, Four Seasons, and Park Hyatt. Here, it brings that same hospitality fluency to the contract space.

The result is a 26-piece system that doesn’t feel like a system. Etta spans modular sofas, a three-seater, lounge and working lounge chairs, a compact lounge, a side chair, a privacy chair, and four table sizes. The pieces share a refined quietness. Nothing announces itself too loudly.

Seat heights run 17″ to 18″ across the collection, keeping postures engaged without tipping fully reclined. The modular sofa features an offset back seam that lets three people sit together without any one of them feeling pinched. The privacy chair offers enough enclosure for focused work while remaining open enough to pull into a grouping. Base options in ash wood, aluminum, and steel give specifiers real latitude across finish environments.

What Etta gets right is tone. Contract lounge seating often defaults to either fully reclined hospitality softness or upright task-chair rigidity. Etta occupies the space between, comfortable without being passive, considered without being cold.

Keilhauer debuts Etta at NeoCon 2026 alongside the opening of its new 12,655 sq. ft. showroom at THE MART, Showroom 397. The space is designed to reflect the same human-centered approach as the collection itself. Worth the stop.

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Main image: Modular Sofa, Nested Occasional Table, Working Lounge Chair}