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Kontor Is Pinterest for Workspace Design

Take one part Houzz and an equal part Pinterest, shake it up, and pour over a cubicle and you’ve got Kontor, a new site designed to empower business owners, architects, corporate buyers, and individuals with an online source for furnishings, office systems, lighting, and design items for offices.

Geremia Design's Kontor project page.

Geremia Design’s Kontor project page for the Dropbox office.

Anyone who has used online curation sites will feel at home using Kontor, which bills itself as a “visual network for workplace design”, offering the similar tools to scour, save, and source solutions for workspaces, whether it be task seating, wall art, or shelving. Where Kontor excels is not just offering a gallery view of inspiring ideas, but also providing actual resource links.

An example of product solutions offered on Kontor: System, designed by Nils Strinning for String.

An example of product solutions offered on Kontor: System, designed by Nils Strinning for String.

Beyond necessity users may be drawn in by the detailed office and workspace tours spotlighted on the site, offering a peek inside some of the largest and most creative companies, launching with 60,000 images from 350 design and architecture firms. Kontor is live and available for signup/use today.

Gregory Han is a Senior Editor at Design Milk. A Los Angeles native with a profound love and curiosity for design, hiking, tide pools, and road trips, a selection of his adventures and musings can be found at gregoryhan.com.