Alan Rheault

Alan Rheault has designed practically every form of workplace furniture, using materials of all sorts — from fabric and foam to rotationally molded plastic to high end wood veneer. Whatever he's designing, from a skateboard ramp for his teenage boys, to Turnstone's ingeniously functional desk system Smoke™, he looks to add a little surprise: A little something in every product that makes you think, 'Hey, that's cool!'

He's contributed to Turnstone's Á la carte™, Crushed Can, Sweeper, and Jersey® seating, the Kick® and Answer® systems, and Reply® desks. His twenty years in the industry include stints at Steelcase wood, American Seating, Quest Product Development, and Sunberg-Ferar. Alan headed Turnstone design for five years, and now leads product development for Nurture, the healthcare brand of Steelcase.