Office Design Blog

Tear Off Wallpaper by ZNAK

admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:43:33 +0000

Wall treatments are one of the best ways to add style to your home office, but applying them can be some serious work, not to mention expensive. Luckily though, the “Tears Off” modular wallpaper created by the Latvian design company ZNAK is a relatively quick and easy way to give your office a fresh new look, all while allowing you to exercise your creative side.

Made up of specially designed perforated pieces which were inspired by the “transformation process of snakes”, the “Tears Off” wallpaper lets you create your own custom design by tearing off patterned strips of the wallpaper sheet in different formations to reveal the original wall color beneath. The non-woven wallpaper comes in 11 different colors, and can be purchased for 10.00 EUR per sheet.

Paperweight Cardboard Desk

admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:53:04 +0000

Perfect for those looking for environmentally sustainable office furniture for either home office or commercial use, the Paperweight Desk is a simple yet functional, extremely light yet immensely strong task desk that is made of 74% recycled paper, and 26% virgin fibres created from fully managed fast growing sustainable sources.

Created by London’s Cardboard Future, The Paperweight Desk is made of grade A white double walled corrugated board, a solid board, and water varnished desk top with edge protectors. It has 2 chamfered legs that can be either inset or outset, a deep cable management tray, cable outlet slots, twin flaps in desk top for cable access, and best of all it only takes an average of three minutes to assemble! In addition to the Paperweight desk, the line of sustainable furniture also includes a pedestal drawer unit, shelf unit, fourleg table, and round table, all made from the same recycled materials.

The Paperweight Desk can be purchased at Eco Age for £120.00.

Stroller Desk by Steuart Padwick

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:14:44 +0000

The Stroller desk is a sophisticated and clean-lined, two-toned desk with loads of functionality, perfect for any home office. Designed by Steuart Padwick, the Stroller desk features two deep front drawers, a cavernous central compartment with a lifting panel ideal for storing a laptop or accessories, and cable access on the top and bottom enabling cables to run through the inside of the desk. The frame and legs are made of solid oak, the top of veneered oak, while the drawers and central lifting panel are available in either veneered walnut, or a green lacquer finish.

The Stroller Desk can be purchased at Made.com for £319.00.

The Ledge by Urbancase

admin — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:16:32 +0000

Designed by Seattle based furniture company Urbancase, the Ledge is a clever wall-mounted furniture unit perfect for use as a writing desk, bookshelf, or media center. Recently showcased at the annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), The Ledge features a discreet cord management system, drawer, a pullout shelf/work surface, and optional wall-hung shelving unit,and comes in either solid walnut ($1,500) or painted mdf ($1,300).

Mono Ad Agency Office

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 19:31:11 +0000

Nested inside a historic building in uptown Minneapolis that sat vacant for almost 20 years previously housing a print shop and a car dealership, you will now find the very cool offices of the advertising agency Mono. In a neighborhood known for funky shops, eateries and apartments, the entrance to Mono’s office is easily distinguishable by its boldly colored blue door, which upon entering leads visitors down a path of finished concrete floors that still have flicks of color from the old print shop.

The design of the Mono offices was a collaboration between Mono’s co-founder Chris Lange, and architect Charlie Lazor or Lazor Office and Flatpak House, who together aimed to transform the space into a open place where creative ideas could roam free, a notion well visible in the final result.

The same blue from the entrance door can be found accenting the offices bright white walls, as well as on ceiling beams and office doors, including a refinished barn door that slides open to reveal a modern conference room lined with Herman Miller Embody chairs.

Ditching the traditional cubicles, Mono’s employees sprout their creative genius from very interesting looking work “pods” that surround the heart of the office.

For more pictures of the office visit Mono’s Flickr Stream.

Twitter's New Office

admin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:14:17 +0000

The popular social networking site Twitter recently relocated its office headquarters to a space previously occupied by Bebo in San Francisco’s SoMa district. The interior design of the new office was spearheaded by Sara Morishige Williams, whose goal was to “bring the outdoors in, while making the space playful yet useful and sustainable”. The entire office is equipped with wifi connectivity, and has several fun features such as a dj booth, arcade, custom concrete conference tables, and of course plenty of playful bird depictions. Here’s some pictures taken by the company’s own employees.

Saint-Étienne Office Furniture

admin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:45:52 +0000

Designed by François Mangeol and Sophie Françon of France, the Saint-Étienne office furniture collection is a project which experiments with flexible furniture assembly.

The designers explain:

It’s a project of office furniture design. It proposes various complementary typologies of seats, and heights of work-top. In this particular case for the students of the new building of the school of Arts and design of Saint-étienne in the Cité du design (citedudesign.com); but it could be imagine in lots of design studios or actually in every studio looking for office furnitures as modular as possible.

[via contemporist]

Writing Desk by Michael Young

admin — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:09:40 +0000

Inspired by his enjoyment of letter writing, designer Michael Young created this charming writing desk which offers a modern reinterpretation of the traditional writing bureau. Designed on behalf of Established & Sons, the writing desk stands on two distinctive A-frame legs and is constructed from wood conglomerate, steel tubing, and refined Corian.

The desk features an integrated drawer, an optional Corian inlay, and a concealed light hidden underneath the built-in hood which supports the specific function of the desk to provide a personal and private work space.

Facebook Office Headquarters

admin — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:50:02 +0000

The popular social networking site Facebook recently employed the services of San Francisco design firm Studio O+A to design their new corporate headquarters in Palo Alto’s Stanford Research Park, and the results are not surprisingly quite impressive.

The offices were designed to facilitate employee interaction and connection in order to reflect the company’s mission to connect people; a notion that was even reflected during the design phase of the offices as company-wide polls and personal interviews were conducted to determine what the employees wanted from their work spaces.

The new facility is the first commercial project that has been completed under Palo Alto’s 2008 Green Building Ordinance, which was accomplished by recycling and repurposing various components of the original facility such as millwork and industrial components. Furthermore the offices also feature energy-efficient lighting and high recycled-content carpet.

[via Otto]

PIN.S by Eric Ku

admin — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:09:35 +0000

Created by Eric Ku, a recent graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York, the PIN.S push pin project visually illustrates the concept of “a pin create[d] by pins”. The project was made using 2200 one-inch bottom pins, each of which is was individually numbered and arranged in numerical order, and would for obvious reasons make for a pretty awesome piece of office art.