Bringing Art to Science.

Kewaunee Scientific tapped Rainlight to design a new laboratory benching system that drives innovation in scientific research. The prospect of re-visioning the modern laboratory offered a new frontier to apply Rainlight’s strategic design methodology. Working together with a team of lab architects and planners, Rainlight designed this new laboratory benching system by embracing the principles found in the modern workplace, powered by computing and collaboration.

The traditional laboratory is perceived as an environment for independent and solitary work. As we are seeing positive results emerging from multi-disciplinary team research in science, we embraced the idea of the laboratory as design studio.

The second key design aspiration was the negation of clutter, creating an environment where the mind can work at its best, by eliminating physical and visual distractions. The result is Coda bench, a table system that encourages face to face and remote collaboration through integrated technology.