WEST ELM LAUNCHES WEST ELM OFFICE

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New Assortment of Office Furnishings Expands the Brand’s Product Offering and Design Leadership in the Modern Workplace

BROOKLYN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Global design company West Elm, a portfolio brand of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE: WSM), the world’s largest digital-first, design-led, and sustainable home retailer, today announced a new business initiative for the brand, West Elm Office. Marking a significant evolution of the brand’s current workplace product offering, the launch of West Elm Office introduces a curated suite of complete office furniture collections that addresses the needs of today’s modern work environments. Designed to support the furnishing needs of both commercial and residential office needs, West Elm Office products are thoughtfully designed, scalable solutions that balance durability and flexibility. Rooted in modern design principles, each piece in the West Elm Office assortment is constructed from high-quality, contract-grade materials and rigorously tested for long-term performance. The new West Elm Office assortment of desks, chairs, bookcases, shelving, and storage is now available exclusively at westelm.com and at select West Elm retail locations.

West Elm Office (Photo: West Elm)

New West Elm Office collections include:

The Tandem Collection emphasizes clean lines and a restrained palette, offering five core pieces—two desks, two shelving units, and one storage unit. Finished in alabaster white laminate with powder-coated steel and painted veneer, the collection supports up to six modular configurations.

The Hughes Collection brings classic proportions to home and professional offices. The assortment includes three desks, one bookcase, and one storage unit, with ten modular configurations.

The Marlowe Collection is designed for maximum flexibility, offering eight product types across eight modular styles. Metal frames are available in polished stainless steel or black powder-coated anthracite for a streamlined, modern aesthetic.

Three additional collections complete the assortment:

• Culter & Wallace - an architectural collection in blonde oak or walnut, with ten modular configurations.
• Mid-Century - inspired by vintage silhouettes and offered in sixteen modular configurations.
• Pierce - a balance of open and closed storage using powder-coated metal and kiln-dried wood, with ten modular configurations.

To showcase West Elm Office in real-world environments, West Elm transformed the headquarters of global media brand Unwell, home to chart-topping podcasts. The newly outfitted Unwell headquarters celebrates the clean architecture of the West Elm Office Hughes collection while warm woods and textured materials anchor the offices of Alex Cooper and Matt Kaplan, who also added bold colors and energetic art to the space.

West Elm also partnered with Reese’s Book Club, founded by Reese Witherspoon, to redesign the company’s Los Angeles-based office which is organized into two zones: a shared work area and a dedicated reading nook. Modular pieces from the West Elm Office Tandem and Marlowe collections support the flexibility and functionality the Reese’s Book Club team required of their space, while stacked bookshelves, additional seating, and accents of sunny yellow added on-brand warmth to the office. The alabaster finish across both collections creates a cohesive, modern look.

West Elm, Unwell, Alex Cooper, and Reese’s Book Club will share their West Elm Office installations across social and digital platforms in the weeks to come.

“At West Elm, we start with how people live, and now, how they work. West Elm Office was designed to give our customers a clean canvas; one that’s modern, customizable, and grounded in quality, so they can build spaces that reflect both their needs and their point of view,” said Day Kornbluth, President of West Elm. “Seeing West Elm Office come to life in creative, high-energy spaces like the Unwell headquarters and the Reese’s Book Club office underscores what this collection is all about — flexibility, expression, and supporting the way modern teams collaborate, create, and connect.”

For more about West Elm Office, please visit: www.westelm.com/office

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ABOUT WILLIAMS-SONOMA. INC.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the world’s largest digital-first, design-led and sustainable home retailer. The company’s brands — Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teen, West Elm, Williams Sonoma Home, Rejuvenation, Mark and Graham, and GreenRow — represent distinct merchandise strategies that are marketed through e-commerce, direct-mail catalogs and retail stores. These brands collectively support The Key Rewards, a loyalty and credit card program that offers members exclusive benefits. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. operates in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom and has unaffiliated franchise partners that operate stores in Mexico, India, the Philippines and South Korea.

ABOUT WEST ELM

Born in Brooklyn in 2002, West Elm is a global design company dedicated to transforming people’s lives and space through creativity, style, and purpose. We create original, modern, and affordable home decor, and curate a global selection of local, ethically sourced, and Fair Trade Certified™ products available online and in 100+ stores worldwide. We are a part of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE: WSM), the world’s largest digital-first, design-led and sustainable home retailer, and participate in The Key Rewards, a free-to-join loyalty program that offers members exclusive benefits across the fleet of best-in-class brands.

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