This 125 year-old factory used to handle lima beans, now it houses a load of creative types – like artists, designers, photographers, producers and developers. SND CYN Studios is a collaborative workspace for these artsy folk and an amazing example of an adaptive reuse project with the addition of a lot of great vintage furniture, […] Read more
European banking firm Saxo Bank has put together an impressive office space for its Copenhagen headquarters. Using a multitude of collected art, Saxo Bank has created one of the most unique office we’ve ever seen. According to the bank, one of Saxo Bank’s core values is ‘Pride’ — pride in one’s job, one’s accomplishments and […] Read more
Austrian manufacturer of professional furniture, Wiesner-Hager, has achieved the same turnover level in 2012, as in 2011: EUR 32 million. The export quote declined to 49%. According to Wiesner-Hager, they are market leader in the product category seating in home market Austria with a 20% market share. Wiesner-Hager estimates their total share of the Austrian […] Read more
Business relocation firm Nextport has a comfortable and colourful office located in Stockholm. Nextport commented: “When the company that helps others with local changes itself was moving, it was obvious to create a task-based work environment, an A2 office. The entire office breathes our brand and we are proud to invite our customers. Nextport’s new colourful […] Read more
10 years after Berlin-based design studio Studio 7.5 developed the first version of the Mirra chair for American professional furniture maker, Herman Miller, they now have developed a more agile and adaptive chair. Studio 7.5 took a micro lens to the average office worker’s sedentary work style alongside a more macro approach, which looked at […] Read more
Eugène Sterken has been appointed CEO of Dutch professional furniture manufacturer, Royal Ahrend. Starting the 1st of June of this year, Eugène Sterken will replace Joost van Meerbeeck, who will return to Ahrend’s main shareholder, HAL. The appointment is still subject to advice from Ahrend’s Works Council. Eugène Sterken re-joined Ahrend in the position of […] Read more
Double-height studios bring art and architecture students together in the new college of architecture at Clemson University, South Carolina, USA, by New York office Thomas Phifer and Partners. The building has been designed as a place where students on different courses can see into each other’s studios and share some of their workspaces, intended to […] Read more
Remember the ‘A Liter of Light’s’ plastic bottle light? Their goal was to illuminate one million homes with simple plastic bottles converted into affordable light bulbs. That same group has partnered for a second time with Stephen Lamb from South Africa to produce the Solar Revolution Pavilion. Unveiled in time for Earth Day in Manila, the solar-powered pavilion […] Read more
Club Workspace, the fast-growing network of creative co-working clubs, has recently opened two new sites in London. Designed by the award winning architecture and design practice TILT, there are now five of these exclusive locations across London, creating a growing community of start-up entrepreneurs, freelancers and professionals. In these new Clubs TILT has exclusively designed […] Read more
Finnish producer of professional furniture, Martela, has achieved a turnover of EUR 31.9 million in its first quarter of 2013. Turnover in the same quarter of last year amounted to EUR 32.0 million. The operating result for the first quarter was EUR -1.4 million, compared with EUR -0.9 million in the first quarter of 2011. […] Read more
