Meet Groove.
Groove's streamlined aesthetic is sleek and calm, yet familiar. It’s a crossover chair that quietly blends in anywhere: classrooms, cafeterias, flex studios, maker spaces and more.
These sophisticated 29″h, 36″h and 40″h tables can meet the demanding needs of your Makerspace, without the pared down “shop-class” aesthetics.
Cascade Storage
The flexible, scalable, comprehensive solution for classroom organization, storage and distribution of teaching materials.
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Flavors Seating
The intersection of functionality, style and practicality gives the Flavors® line its innate unity and beauty.
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Flexible Seating
Change things up in a flash-you're not stuck with one height or one color. And the unique rocker base system maximizes versatility. Sit flat or sit with movement on the very same stool, Meet Oodle.
Built for Learning.
the collaborative classroom
We make furniture specifically for pre-K-12 teachers and students. Everything is tailored to how they work, how they think and even how they fidget. When you’re ready, we’ll partner with you to curate the best possible spaces – school by school, classroom by classroom.
We don’t make K-12 school furniture as part of what we do. It’s the only thing we do.
We design for young minds. With a century of experience, we’ve learned what makes pre-K-12 education different from any other environment (spoiler alert: quite a lot), and have made it our business to cater to those unique qualities. About Smith System
News: Smith System® is now part of the Steelcase® family of brands!
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From our blog
Go to blogTop 10 Benefits of a Flexible-Seating Classroom
As part of our series on that topic, we've combed through a heap of online data and compiled the ten biggest benefits (in our opinion) of flexible seating. Help…
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An Innovative STEM Environment at Donny O’Dell Elementary.
“My students’ ability to collaborate has greatly improved, no matter who’s in their group. Their confidence in trying new things has skyrocketed, too. They’re…
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Classroom Furniture Color Selection
Building a new school is an epic bricks-and-mortar task. Choosing a color scheme for your new school furniture shouldn’t be. There’s a method to the potential…
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Classroom Furniture Buying Timeline
Welcome to our first blog in a series meant to simplify the furniture buying process. As a leading pre-K-12 school furniture manufacturer, Smith System has decades…
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Smith System Announces Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Steelcase.
Our product offering will continue to be available to school districts through our existing network of independent dealers, as an open line manufacturer. You will…
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Empower the People (Students) with Versatile Sit-Stand Desks
Most teachers know the health benefits of providing sit-stand desks in K-12 classrooms. Foremost, students have more energy to learn. But there’s another benefit…
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Keep the “Flex” in Flexible Seating: Why Traditional Student Desks and Chairs Still Matter
Smith System solves this dilemma with its many active seating options that support posture, movement and comfort. A prime example is Smith’s Flavors Chair. It…
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5 Steps to a Flexible-Seating Classroom
What’s important is having a plan, according to Dianna Radcliff, the aforementioned fifth-grade ELA teacher and technology specialist. Doing so has made her a…
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