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Teknion is a family-owned business with an international reach. Being privately held gives them the freedom to think and invest long-term, through certain and uncertain times.
Teknion’s corporate headquarters are based in Toronto, Ontario; U.S. headquarters are in Mount Laurel, New Jersey; and their European head office is in London.
Teknion uses the digitization and export modules of the colormass system.
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As one of the leading manufacturers of office furniture and architectural interiors, Teknion has always placed a strong emphasis on quality and design precision. However, with an expansive catalog of finishes, fabrics, and configurations, creating high-end marketing imagery manually is resource intensive.
Teknion needed a way to:
The colormass Rendering Platform provides Teknion with a fully integrated, browser-based 3D production system, enabling a shift away from fragmented offline workflows (often difficult to manage and dependent on multiple external 3D partners) toward a unified, streamlined in-house 3D production process.
Teknion’s 3D assets are stored in a central, cloud-based library. Any designer, whether in Toronto or London, can access the same high-quality models, verified brand finishes instantly and render images in any of the Brand approved 3D scenes.
There is no "lite" version here, the full 3D staging, material application, and scene editing happenning directly in the web browser. This allows for seamless collaboration and instant reviews.
See some examples of images generated directly on the colormass platform:
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The combination of a central library and cloud rendering enables Teknion’s most powerful tool: The Batch Editing.
Below you can see some examples of images generated in batches:
Teknion is now using the colormass Digital Material Capture System to record the surface reflection properties of each material. Instead of relying on flat photographs, this approach captures the underlying way each material interacts with light - its reflection, roughness, sheen, and texture. This data is then used to create a consistent, true-to-life digital version of the material.
The result? Every digital sample now appears visually consistent. Colors match reality, sizes are standardized, and materials look the same whether viewed on a screen or in a product configurator.
What started as a fix for a visual inconsistency became a broader transformation of Teknion’s digital material infrastructure - improving collaboration, shortening production cycles, and enhancing trust at every stage.
Teknion’s material digitization efforts go beyond creating consistent flat images. With the colormass 3D CMS portal, their team now has full access to all digitized materials. This means that they can download various PBR exports for various use cases.
Whether a designer needs a material for real-time visualization in a product configurator or for a high-resolution ray-traced render, the platform provides complete flexibility. Users can choose the resolution, file format, and tailor various technical settings to match the exact needs of their pipeline (see the PBR download area marked in red in the image on the right).
This level of control ensures that every export - no matter the use case - delivers the same visual fidelity and consistency that Teknion now expects as standard. It’s not just a better image - it’s a better digital material workflow, end-to-end.