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INSIDE UPFRONT 8 Seven... 26 Material Matters 31 PERFECT LIGHT Deser t Island Desks 32 Proper t y Matters 34 ANY WHERE SPOTLIGHT 4 3 Big Question 45 Wellbeing Repor t 46 CASE ST UDIES 68 Havas, King's Cross 68 The Depar tment Store, Brix ton 76 Kellogg's, MediaCit y, Salford 84 DISCUSSION 92 With Scott Brownrigg PRE VIE W 99 68 London Design Festival CASE STUDY – HALKIN, LONDON L AST WORD 112 We take a look at Halkin's amazing new ser viced office Criteo's Head of Workplace E xperience, Mike Walley space in the iconic blue Nor thern & Shell Building on the outskir ts of the Cit y of London. The VITAWORK® floor lamp provides the ideal lighting conditions for every workplace. Its adjustable features allow it to adapt to any room setting and ensure a healthy, fatigue-free environment. 76 84 www.luctra.eu Mix 187 September 2018 | 1
Upfront | Welcome THE COVER The logo Boundary Metallics, the latest Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT) range from global modular flooring manufacturer, Interface, is inspired by man- made, wrought iron and industrial materials aged by the elements. It serves as a striking counterpart to the natural textures of many of Interface’s carpet tile collections and works seamlessly with these products to create a natural flow in multi-use spaces. www.interface.com A WORD FROM MICK When you were a kid did you, like me, get back We’ve also suddenly got an England football The cover from your holidays hoping/fearing that, in those two team that people are proud of and like. The inspiration for the front cover comes from months you’d been away, everything had changed? From a personal point of view, I’ve walked into the core principles of our studio – ‘To work Of course, when you’re a kid, everything means a a remodelled Mix office in Manchester and, for anonymously and relish the creative freedom circle of approximately half a mile radius from your a sec, wondered where my desk was – before this gives you’. The logo reveals itself from house. And, of course, nothing had ever changed. It remembering that said refurb allows us to be a Boundary Metallics range by Interface and was just the same. more agile, forward-thinking business and I can allows the product to take centre stage. Now we’re ‘grown-ups’, most of us have lost that plonk myself down wherever I please! I should say Courtesy of Simon Millington, Incognito sense of hope/fear. There are reasons for this – not a massive thanks to all those who contributed to Mix Interiors September least the fact that we’re semi-permanently attached the refurb. 187 2018 to a phone. So things have changed – but we’re the last It’s been strange, therefore, to return from the people who should fear that. After all, change is summer break and discover that things have essentially what we talk and write about. Your changed. It’s only weeks ago that temperatures of clients are all going through change – that’s why 25 degrees were greeted with tabloid headlines they require your services and your products. of ‘Phew! What a Scorcher’. Now we’re tempted to If we had a Spotify playlist, we’d have Bowie reach for a sweater when the mercury ‘only’ hits 25! playing. That’d be a good ch,ch.ch,change! GET IN TOUCH Editor Contributors GET YOUR OWN! BACK ISSUES Mick Jordan Steve Gale To ensure that a regular copy of mick@wearemixgroup.com Mix Interiors reaches you David Thame Contact us to buy back issues: Editorial support Mike Walley please call 0161 946 6262 or rebekah@wearemixgroup.com Rebekah Chapman e-mail: rebekah@wearemixgroup.com Address rebekah@wearemixgroup.com Mix Media Limited Sales director Mix Interiors July 2018 186 2 Abito Gary Williams Annual subscription charges 85 Greengate gary@wearemixgroup.com Manchester UK single £45.50 Director M3 7NA Europe £135 (airmail) David Smalley Outside Europe £165 (airmail) Telephone david@wearemixgroup.com 0161 946 6262 SEE STUDIO BY BENE DURING CDW Designer AT OUR CLERKENWELL SHOWROOM John Hope e-mail (47 – 53 ST. JOHN STREET, john@wearemixgroup.com editorial@wearemixgroup.com Mix Interiors 185 June 2018 LONDON, EC1M 4AN) Group managing director Marcie Incarico Website marcie@wearemixgroup.com www.mixinteriors.com Group director Twitter Catherine Godsland @mixinteriors catherine@wearemixgroup.com Founding publisher Instagram Printed by S&G Print Henry Pugh @mix.interiors ISSN 1757-2371 22 - 24 MAY 2018 2 | Mix 187 September 2018
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Upfront | OUT-OF-TOWN IS BACK IN St. Modwen has submitted a planning application for 20,000 sq ft of office space just off the A38, at its Longbridge regeneration project. The application follows the successful letting of a 62,000 sq ft office building, 2 Devon Way. If approved, the new office build – 3 Devon Way – would be completed and ready for tenancy by October 2019. Chris Newsome, Development Director at St. Modwen, said: ‘Longbridge is an ideal location for offices as it’s easily accessible from the Bristol Road and is just a stone’s throw away from the M5 and M42. Solihull office market has become a victim of its own they have been unable to find the perfect alternative,’ ‘The swift take-up at 2 Devon Way and the success, say local agents, as a shortage of available says Mark Robinson, director at consultancy KWB. Innovation Centre has proven that there’s a space led to the lowest take-up of office space for ‘There is a healthy pipeline of demand, but often high demand for commercial space in this area the past four years. with quite specific requirements, for which we need and we’re pleased to be creating more jobs and ‘With availability of office space at a record low, landlords to work with occupiers and be pragmatic attracting more businesses to an area that is very particularly at Birmingham Business Park and Blythe in negotiations, otherwise occupiers may continue special to St. Modwen.’ Valley Business Park, a number of occupiers who to look to Birmingham and Warwick as alternative The development comes as out-of-town office first looked at the Solihull office market have delayed locations.’ w demand in the West Midlands surges. The M42 and their acquisition, or extended their existing lease, as See full analysis on page 34. HARVEST FESTIVAL A NEW ERA When you think of Era you probably think have to be dull and purely functional? Not Era, who screens, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. has broken this mould by creating bespoke sound This year alone has seen the bespoke furniture absorbing art using its Eden range. Furthermore, company launch five new products (Carnival, the Carnival Poppies pictured below focus on Zen, Lily, Gemini and Minoro), of which only one upcycled fabric and sound absorbing foam to is a traditional panel system. In May the business create 3D baffle hung art, bringing colour and refurbished the London showroom to great acclaim. design to a focal point whilst being green at heart. It is easy to determine space with just the These new ranges ooze flexibility, from the shape, footprint of a building and, more often than size, colour – you can even add lights, making them not, vertical space is completely overlooked in the perfect addition to any unused space. contemporary office design. Design Principal, Ashley Romain, explains: ‘We Era has been consciously developing sound are focusing on ensuring our new products are absorbing wall and ceiling tiles to fill this void, design-led and breaking the stereotypes of what to improve the acoustics within the working office furniture should be, whilst keeping the user’s environment, which we all know is crucial for a needs at heart. We are looking to optimise space happy working life. But who says acoustic tiles without compromising on comfort.’ w Tarkett has launched DESSO Harvest – a new carpet tile collection that uses light and shade to inject texture and quiet movement into workplace design. Harnessing a two-tone yarn effect, Harvest cleverly captures the windswept wheat fields and rustic wood looks that inspired its design. Each tile within the range differs to the next and the contrasting colours add rich depth. The finished result successfully reflects the beautiful irregularities seen in nature. The 50x50cm structured loop carpet tile may be used on its own, in a single colour or in two or more colourways to intelligently ‘zone’ any space. w 8 | Mix 187 September 2018
TARALAY IMPRESSION N EW Upfront | Create a stunning & lasting impression... Be inspired with the NEW Taralay Impression and Uni Collection. A stunning set of unique designs and colours that surpass the expectations of designers, architects and specifiers. There are endless design possibilities for your creative mind and for your innovative projects. *This image has been created using references from the collection. CONTACT US NOW 01926 622600 www.gerflor.co.uk contractuk@gerflor.com @gerfloruk WHAT NEX FOR BRISTOL? With their lease ending at Temple Studios and team to retain and attract new talent and making the team outgrowing their existing space, NEX a great first impression for clients. This was all (technology company who are experts in financial achieved in just six weeks. markets who set the standard for range, quality and Alice Wolff of NEX tells us: ‘We’re already seeing value of trade and transaction) chose a new 7,946 the positive effect that the office is having on our sq ft refurbished space at Programme. They tasked business. Staff members are collaborating more Interaction with the CAT B design and fit-out – the and making use of the varied working spaces first at the landmark development in Bristol. – which is great for productivity and flexibility. The brief for the project revolved around When it comes to clients and visitors, the general designing and creating an inspirational space that consensus is ‘Wow!’ Anyone who walks into the reflected the reputation of the firm, as well as the space can’t help but be impressed, with particular Programme development. Vital factors included talking points being the LED lighting and the Cray enhancing collaboration and flexibility, helping the computer.’ w INTERFACE GOES CARBON CORPORATE TO CAREFREE – HOW NEW WORKPLACE NEUTRAL ACROSS ENTIRE DESIGN IMPACTS WELLBEING AND PRODUCTIVITY RANGE In line with our Spotlight feature on Sustainability Let More and H&W, Interface has announced that it is the first global flooring manufacturer to declare that portfoliodoors.co.uk all of its products – including all carpet tile and Originality In. 0844 209 0008 luxury vinyl tile (LVT) – are carbon neutral across the entire product lifecycle. Part of the Masonite Group The company is now offering its Carbon Neutral Floors programme as standard to every customer at no extra cost to help them meet their own sustainability goals, while also allowing them to Contemporary reduce the emissions impact of their projects or spaces. Interface estimates it will offset 400,000 metric tons of carbon emissions in 2018 as part Quentin Petrykowski, interior designer at Absolute floor, in just four weeks. The resulting space exudes of the programme, equivalent to the carbon Commercial Interiors, discusses workplace a confident calmness, with ‘living’ walls, creative Clean. absorbed annually by nearly half a million acres of forest. wellbeing and how the redesign of Harrogate- based Neom Organics’ office helped staff de- and inspiring breakout areas and chill-out zones. The light and airy spaces are all designed to help Modern. Interface is committed to reducing carbon emissions from building materials and products, stress and relax at work… A report last week from Capital One identified increase productivity and workplace happiness. The communal kitchen area encourages teams Minimal known as ‘embodied carbon,’ which contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions in the 85% of employees felt design to be intrinsically linked with their workplace happiness. A fact not to work collaboratively, sharing ideas over a coffee or two. The space also has a pop-up shop for built environment. The company also intends lost on cosmetics brand, Neom Organics, who visitors and employees to test out the company’s to initiate a new conversation in the industry employed Absolute Commercial Interiors to inject a products. The teams are also encouraged to make Featuring Portfolio’s Charcoal Grey Vertical and Performance Doorset Solutions’ Bespoke Windows. and create opportunities for customers to £100,000 wellbeing boost into its sterile offices. the most of and take in the green surroundings of directly address global warming with a flooring Absolute collaborated with the whole workforce North Yorkshire in alfresco meetings in the site’s Portfolio doors are more than just ‘doors’. specification decision. w to redesign the 5,000 sq ft offices, from ceiling to grounds. w Mix 187 September 2018 | 11
Upfront | Upfront | HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY A NEW LANGUAGE IN FLOORCOVERINGS ARRESTING DEVELOPMENT HERR DAUPHIN Launched in Paris earlier this year, Flotex By Vortex, all of which can be adapted to suit each If you aren’t already familiar with The Office Group of the building. The influences behind the new Whilst not something we normally do, we felt it was STARCK is the new revolutionary flooring individual project’s needs. (TOG) – and if not then you should have read last interiors reference the previous life of the building the right thing to include the milestone birthday collection from Forbo Flooring Systems, The pattern of each full design system month’s Mix Interiors – it is the leading flexible and its rich heritage – including a Secret Room, a of one of the visionaries in furniture. Courage, following its collaboration with visionary creator stretches 10m in width and is made up of four and shared workspace companies, with 15 years’ speakeasy-style members-only space concealed hard work and an innovative spirit are the key Philippe Starck. different 2m-wide components: a central design, experience in London. behind a cleaner’s cupboard door entrance. pillars on which Friedrich-Wilhelm Dauphin’s Using high definition digital printing a left and right transitional design border and a In August the business opened a new flexible TOG’s approach is to take buildings of character impressive life’s work has been built. The founder techniques, Flotex By STARCK challenges neutral, semi-plain texture design, which features workspace – its largest yet – a 12-storey iconic and closely oversee design with leading architects of the internationally successful Dauphin group of tradition through unique patterns that play on a variety of accent colours. For smaller rooms, the building and the former Metropolitan Police and designers to tailor their workspaces to the companies turned 80 in July. scale and transition. The collection consists of components can be mixed and matched to create building in London on Albert Embankment. The buildings they inhabit, and also to the type of ‘We are a performance-driven community three different design systems, Artist, Twilight and unique floor plans. w post-war building has been overhauled in a occupants the neighbourhood is known for – based on people showing personal initiative and major refurbishment by Universal Design Studio, meaning all the buildings in the wider portfolio mutual appreciation,’ he says. With this modern together with architects Stanton Williams, using are designed differently. Look out for our major corporate philosophy, Friedrich-Wilhelm Dauphin contemporary materials with a nod to the era Coworking Spotlight feature in October . w was well ahead of his time when he founded his office seating factory in 1968. The passionate entrepreneur and creative inventor remained true to this guiding creed even in a market which is shaped by economic fluctuations. He has been successful; today he employs around 740 workers around the world and, with 23 sales and production companies in Germany and abroad, he owns one of the leading office furniture companies in Europe, an exclusive home collection, a large collection of vintage cars, a sought-after location for events and a flourishing vineyard in South Africa, where internationally award-winning wines are produced and marketed. Happy birthday! w FEELING GOOD Each year over 30 million working days are to develop a workplace that placed inclusion and lost as a direct result of musculoskeletal (MSK) users’ wellbeing at the heart of the design. conditions in the UK. Through the design of their The result was a refreshingly unconventional new workplace and practices, Arthritis Research vision for modern workplace wellbeing. The UK wanted to create an environment that would team focused on creating spaces that would promote collaboration, flexible working, inclusion complement the team’s differing working needs and support health and wellbeing, particularly MSK and identified a need for both privacy and health. collaboration, physical activity and quiet reflection. From the very beginning, it was clear that this Key to the design was a ‘wellness room’ – a semi- project represented more than your typical office private, non-working area dedicated to stretching fit-out. For the team at AIS it was an opportunity and exercise. w Design Management Delivery PEOPLE FOCUSED OFFICE DESIGN T: 0161 402 3340 W: www.opus-4.com E: hello@opus-4.com 12 | Mix 187 September 2018
Upfront | WILLMOTT DIXON CONTINUES MIDLANDS EXPANSION Willmott Dixon is continuing its expansion in the the creation of a new home for the Department Midlands by introducing Willmott Dixon Interiors for Education (DfE) at the world famous Old to the region. Admiralty Building, which acts as a backdrop to The launch follows the opening of its new office the renowned Trooping the Colour parade. at Two Snowhill as Birmingham and the West Nick Gibb, Deputy Managing Director for Midlands continues to see a boom in construction Willmott Dixon in the Midlands, said: ‘Willmott and fit-out activity in both the private and public Dixon Interiors represents a vital part of our sectors. business as a group and the time was definitely Willmott Dixon Interiors is one of the UK’s right to establish a dedicated presence in the largest specialists in interior works up to a value Midlands. This ensures that we are able to service of £30m. The scope of its work includes brand all requirements within the market, creating Visit the UK’s roll-outs and refreshes as well as property fit-outs a level of specialist knowledge that greatly and remodelling. enhances our offering as a leading contractor It works with large brands such as Travelodge of choice, offering the very best advice across and is behind projects like the fit-out of the all stages of a customer’s project and creating a Design Museum’s new home in Kensington and holistic service.’ w leading furniture components show Co-located with AWARD FOR EGE Sustainability is the backbone of ege and has been for many, many years. No doubt they were extremely happy to receive the Management Elements takes place alongside The Award for Sustainable Development from the W Exhibition which is the UK’s leading EU. The environmental awards are granted every other year to the most environmentally conscious dedicated trade exhibition for the companies in Europe. The purpose of the awards joinery and furniture industries. is to furtherance innovative and sustainable initiatives within the environmental area. Today, ege has 47 Cradle to Cradle certified Register for FREE products, which account for 87% of the @Elements_Expo company’s sales to the contract market – including offices, hotels and stores. w www.elements-expo.co.uk /elements_expo 14 | Mix 187 September 2018
Upfront | SPACEINVADER TO REVAMP LEEDS ICON The Leeds studio of interior design specialist rugby grounds, with the ability to reconfigure of SpaceInvader Leeds, says: ‘It feels fitting that, RAPID SpaceInvader has secured a contract to design 23,000 sq ft worth of new hospitality suites at the space to cater for conferences and events including weddings to rivals those in the city as we celebrate our first anniversary in Leeds, we’ve been appointed to redesign one of the SELECT the iconic Emerald Headingley Stadium, as the centre. city’s iconic venues.’ business marks its first anniversary in the city. The new project comes as SpaceInvader SpaceInvader employs 65 people across its The contract will see SpaceInvader design celebrates its first year of trading in Leeds. studios in Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham and the stadium’s new 500-capacity hospitality Since launching its studio at The Green Sand London and has a £4.5m turnover. The company suite, including bars, boxes and a corporate Foundry in June 2017, the firm has witnessed is part of Central Square Holdings Limited, reception. The design will create suites with 300% revenue growth over the past 12 months. which also acquired property service firm panoramic views across both the cricket and Sarah Dodsworth, Associate Director and Head Styles&Wood at the end of 2017. w MIX WEEK MANCHESTER Mix Week Manchester is the must-attend Mix Week three-day event, running from 4-6 December, Mix Week Manchester celebrating the best national and international Manchester 4 - 6 December design, incorporating the exclusive MixInspired Manchester event, Mixology North and the first Mix MixInspired Introducing Rapid Select Design Collective. Mix Design Collective Made in the UK Mix Design Collective will immerse you Mixology North Awards 2 shapes into a series of six working zones, including 3 styles New Analogue designed by Gensler, Health & 8 colours Dispatched within 24 hours* Wellbeing designed by Hassell, Engage designed Eco Solution Q fibre and new by FaulknerBrowns, Smart & Connected designed Taskworx backing by Michael Laird Architects, Escape designed by tp For more information bennett and Heart Space designed by Incognito. infouk@shawcontract.com The experiences will be curated using new, TM or visit industry-leading products. An exclusive preview shawcontract.com/rapidselect of Mix Design Collective will be held during the week’s first event MixInspired – with both free to attend! Register your attendance at graph tile 5T227 in cobblestone 26515 shaw contract ® mixdesigncollective.co.uk. w 50 cm x 50 cm commercial flooring *Conditions apply. Mix 187 September 2018 | 17
Upfront | New DESSO® Harvest from Tarkett uses light and shade to stunning effect. SPIRIT OF MANCHESTER Earlier this year Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB, The collection is testament Harvest the global independent cost management and to the beautiful irregularities quantity surveying, project management and found in nature. Each advisory services group) moved into brand two-tone carpet tile differs spanking new space at One King Street, to the next and the contrast Manchester. between the yarns injects RLB wanted to create a fun, working office that CARPET TILES texture and quiet movement encouraged the spirit and essence of Manchester. They looked to keep the Industrial sense of the into the design. The old Kendal’s building, so decided to incorporate finished result reflects the the raw brickwork and exposed steel columns rustic wood scenes and into the architecture of the design, which luckily, windswept wheat fields that contrasted nicely with the clean white lines of the were the creative inspiration RLB brand. for Harvest - conveying a The team focused on subtle elements that calm energy that breathes challenged existing working habits but, when new life into commercial brought together, made a massive impact, such spaces. as desk mounted monitors, collaboration hubs, biophilia, contemplation zones and variable sit/stand workstations, which have boosted Find out more and order productivity and staff morale. your samples: Part of the decision behind the office move www.desso.co.uk was to become more centralised within the city 01235 554848 centre of Manchester and, as such, they wanted service.uk@tarkett.com to ingrain Manchester’s industrial heritage and its quirky ‘northern-ness’. They decided to build a theme around each of the new meeting rooms with bespoke graphic wallpapers that encompass a different Manchester based category; Science, Music, Art, Innovation, Engineering and Sport. w Harnessing THE FURNITURE MAKERS’ COMPANY INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABILITY AWARD light and shade to The Furniture Makers’ Company is inviting UK procurement, end of life management, client Shortlisted companies will be invited to make a furnishing manufacturers of all sizes who are blazing relationships, supplier management, employee brief presentation of their application to the judges great effect an environmental trail to apply for the 7th annual engagement and corporate social responsibility. and to answer any questions at a meeting to be held Sustainability Award. The deadline for entries is September 2018. at Furniture Makers’ Hall on 19 September 2018, with The award considers all aspects of sustainable Previous winners of the Sustainability Award the presentation of the award taking place at the business practices, including waste and include Silentnight, Godfrey Syrett, Hypnos Beds, Royal Charter Dinner at the start of November. w energy management, design process, product Orangebox, Premiere Kitchens and Senator For more information contact Doreen Oddy at improvements, packaging, transportation, International. guildmarks@furnituremakers.org.uk CAMIRA BRINGS THE COLOUR Colour is at the heart of Camira’s fabrics, and highlights different layers and depths of colour, and and cationic parts of the polyester yarn – means the global textile manufacturer continues to the detail beneath each individual shade. the fabric achieves two different hues of the same demonstrate this with the launch of an extended The intricate detail of the dobby weave is colour, but in some cases two different colours, colour palette for one of its polyester ranges. enhanced through the unique dyeing process. Using allowing greater flexibility with colour matching and Era is a subtle, two-tone fabric with a discreet, two types of dyestuffs – which dye the disperse selection. w baby herringbone weave offering an understated contemporary texture, while the colouring technique provides close-up intrigue and detail. The range has 24 new colourways bringing the total colour offering to 44. Era’s colour palette has been balanced with the Harvest 9031 addition of ‘in between’ shades, consciously working in pairings to bring fresh combinations to meet the brighter end of the palette, with delicate tones and gentle options as alternatives. The versatile palette 18 | Mix 187 September 2018
Introducing Flexilink 555, a versatile multi-functional shelving system MIXINSPIRED LONDON Continuing the series of MixInspired including; Tahera Hammond, Global seminars, the Mix team are heading Head of Workplace at Investec to Turner & Townsend’s London Asset Management, Health & office on 18 September to host the Wellbeing Lead at Unilever, Nikki next event. The guest list for the Kirbell, Turner Broadcasting event is full of leading names, such Systems’ Director EMEA Facilities as Gensler, Aecom, Perkins + Will, Sarah Lodge and Karen Rogers, Como, MCM, Overbury and BDG. Project Design Executive at Canary The lucky architects, designers Wharf Group. and property professionals who Look out for the full write up registered in time to get themselves of the event in October’s issue! on the guest list will be learning We’d like to thank our sponsors all about The People Shaping of the event – Colebrook Bosson Tomorrow’s Workplace from Saunders, Interface and Specialist our industry-leading speakers, Joinery Group – for their support. w KI’S RECORD SALES DRIVEN BY EXPANDED EMEA PRODUCT PORTFOLIO Since entering the UK market in company’s long-term strategy for the 1990s, KI has steadily grown a expansion. diverse portfolio of products across Jonathan Hindle, Group Managing the workplace and education sectors Director, KI EMEA, comments: in the EMEA region (Europe, Middle ‘Specifying furniture that enhances East and Africa). In recent years, this worker and student wellbeing has strategy of product development been a critical driver for KI’s recent has come to fruition, with the success. Our investments in product company registering all-time record development over recent years have sales in July 2018. Supported by an focused on helping organisations ongoing programme of investment meet these evolving needs, whilst in skills, customer service, in-house offering products that remain true to design capabilities, tooling, supply KI’s reputation for quality design and chain and distribution partners, engineering, reliability, robustness these strong results underline the and versatility.’ w INVESTOR CAUTION Some of the property investors Investment yields – which who turn the tap on the UK’s determine how far investors are office supply pipeline have paused prepared to risk their money – have their investment strategies due to hardened to levels not seen since economic uncertainty. before the 2008-12 recession. Some Concern about rising interest rates investors see this as an alarming – and uncertainty about Brexit – are sign and have called the top of the to blame. market – suggesting they expect ‘Investors of all kinds say they feel the progressively worse news from now UK economy is late-cycle – that’s the on. view in the capital markets. Investors ‘Many investors are sitting on their hands, waiting for clarity,’ are waiting for interest rates to rise, Charles says. and waiting for the Bank of England’s For a full report on the mood monetary policy committee to make among the funds and investors announcements,’ says GVA National supporting the UK office supply Offices Director Charles Toogood. pipeline, see page 34. w www.flexiform.co.uk/flexilink
Upfront | STRIVING FORWARD Design consultancy SoVibrant is to relocate to Leeds as part of its ambitious growth plans. Taking of £3m turnover with 25 staff, while the business plans to open offices in Manchester and London in Massive flipping table over 2,500 sq ft of the newly refurbished historical the next three years. Calls Landing building, with riverside views, the As part of this growth strategy and a desire relocation is set to be a catalyst for growth and to develop a more mature brand identity, Joint further recruitment for the business. Managing Directors, Mike Carter and Helen Nicol, The business, which was established nine years felt it was necessary to redefine and clarify the ago in Harrogate and now boasts a team of 18, business proposition, which has resulted in not made the decision to relocate to a flagship office in only a new brand but a new name. SoVibrant has Leeds city centre to create a centre of excellence now become Strive, the new brand name is a for collaboration, innovation and partnership reflection of a more holistic approach to projects, ISG TO REFURB working with other strategic consultants. This is the first step in a plan to achieve a growth target demonstrating their end to end capabilities: STRategic + creatIVE = STRIVE. w HOGAN LOVELLS ISG’s Agility business has secured a project to refurbish the London headquarters for global law firm Hogan Lovells. The 260,000 sq ft fit-out will take place whilst staff continue to occupy the building. ISG Agility, which specialises in agile and responsive fit-out projects, will transform 12 floors of existing office conference and support space in partnership with tp bennett. The fit-out will involve upgrading the existing cellular office and open plan working environments, and introducing new collaboration areas on each floor. This will be complemented by the introduction of an open plan/agile working fee-earning floor that incorporates meeting rooms, quiet rooms and a variety of space tailored to support modern working practices. On the 4th floor, ISG will install a completely redesigned reception area, introducing a new client- facing business lounge. On the 10th and 11th floors, the existing auditorium will be refurbished, together with upgrades to the client conference facilities on levels 11 and 12. Level 12 incorporates a spacious and high-specification bistro that offers extensive views Everything is getting bigger these days. OFFICE PRINCIPLES HITS 30 across the city. Award-winning design and workplace consultancy, that creating spaces that really make a difference Lee Phillips, Managing Director of ISG’s Cars. Train fares. The number on the bathroom scales. And now, thanks to our engineering Up to 2,600 x 1,400mm Agility business, comments: ‘Rapid technological Office Principles, is celebrating 30 years, recording can be achieved if we can develop a very real and an average of 10% year on year growth in the last detailed understanding of our clients’ needs. innovation and the changing nature of how we work know-how you can get your hands on a truly colossal flip-top table. It’s an extra-large version presents organisations with opportunities to make five years ‘No two businesses are the same and nor should of our regular sized Cirrus table, so after several hours brainstorming for a name we baptised it Flip-top transformational change to their workspace and Joint Managing Director, Cyril Parsons, is their office spaces be. By taking a consultative drive a range of positive behaviours that enhance delighted with the steady growth of the company approach, we work with our clients to create “Cirrus XL”. As is customary with Cambridge Park boardroom and conference tables, it’s he co-founded three decades ago: ‘It’s always been spaces that measurably impact on wellbeing and productivity, wellbeing and collaboration. Hogan Matching fixed-top available important to us to stay connected to our clients and productivity, while providing significant cost and Lovells’ new office space will reflect the firm’s manufactured to the absolute highest quality. It is available in four standard sizes, all the corporate values and spirit, but is also a vibrant and we have forged our path based on the working ethos space-saving solutions.’ w dynamic environment for its people, setting the way up to 2,600 x 1,400mm. Now, if that isn’t big enough for you, you’ll be delighted to know Power & data friendly conditions for the firm’s continued success.’ w MODERN MONOCHROME it’s available with all-round linking so that you can connect the things together and engulf Officescape has used two of Modulyss’ carpet Rather than opt for typical square tiles, Linsey Brilliantly designed in Blighty tile designs to create a layout that pops, but that created a modern, geometric look by cutting the your entire vista with this triumph of a flip-top table. also takes the brunt of life in breakout and desking tiles into end-to-end linked triangles in the bright areas, where spills from cups of creative fuel are yellow of Vision, a move driven by needing to commonplace. deliver on value. ‘We had to meet the constraints Linsey Hart, Design Director at Officescape, tells of our budget, but wanted to incorporate a us: ‘We wanted to achieve a modern monochrome look as a base design and add a few interesting flooring feature that popped, so came up with this design as it allowed us to cut standard tiles on- Don’t be a stranger. focal points.’ site, without the need for a specialist service' w Get in touch. You never know, it could be the start of something beautiful. A proud part of: 22 | Mix 187 September 2018 +44 (0)1427 677 556 info@newdesigngroup.co.uk www.newdesigngroup.co.uk
a desk is… Upfront | NORTH FACES … a table that works really hard. So we called ours, ‘Worktable’. Despite the fact that the thermometer has only just dipped below the unbearable, we’re (and when we say ‘we’re’, what we really mean is our expert colleagues in our events division) already well underway with preparations for the Mixology North Winter Ball – and, of course, awards. That includes the exciting task of selecting our awards judges. As many of you will be aware, we now split our panel into two, with one set of industry experts judging the projects and related awards, and the other judging the products and their related categories. Here is our first Fab Four – who will be tasked with judging your projects. More judges to come next month… Stephen Hodder, Chairman, Hodder + Partners Stephen joined Building Design Partnership in 1981 and became a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1982. He has been in practice since 1983 and formed Hodder Associates in 1992, which won the Royal Fine Art Commission / Sunday Times Building of the Year Award for Colne Swimming Pool in Lancashire later that year. In 1996 Hodder Associates received the most important award in British Architecture for a single building, the inaugural Stirling Prize for Architecture for the Centenary Building, University of Salford. The Practice has now won over forty major awards. He was awarded an MBE for services to architecture in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 1998. Samantha Addison, Director, Colliers Samantha Addison is a Director within the Project & Building Consultancy division at global real estate advisor, Colliers International. She has over 25 years of Project Management experience, successfully delivering new build and fit-out schemes for occupiers across the UK and Europe. These include corporations such as Shell, Microsoft, Nokia Networks, and Sky. Previously, Samantha spent two years working for Tower Eight, where she spearheaded the company expansion into the commercial sector, winning and delivering projects for Centrica, Whitbread and Unite. She also held positions at JLL for 18 years. Atul Bansal, Co-Founder, Sheila Bird Group With 30 years’ experience in interior design and fit-out, Atul takes an innovative approach to design, which stems from an understanding of interaction and use of the workplace and how it is directly linked to productivity and the thought generation. He hates ‘trends’ and is passionate about breaking habits that restrict how people work. Offering truly independent interior design advice, Atul is driven by the challenge of the brief rather than the size of the client, therefore engaging with small start-ups through to large PLCs. Atul advises well-known companies across the UK, including Manchester Science Partnerships, Bruntwood, Alliance, Dentsu Aegis Networks and Patrizia. Atul has a passion for travel and architecture and is a keen freehand sketch artist. Paul Munro, Regional Director, ISG Paul is approaching 30 years of major construction project experience. Paul Rawside Furniture is a London-based, designer, builder and joined ISG in 2017 to lead the North West business, which carries out new build, refurbishment and fit-out projects across the region. Recently completed lover of the most practical office furniture on Planet Earth projects include the £13 million refurbishment of Manchester Corn Exchange for hotel operator Roomzzz and the £39 million redevelopment of Liverpool Winner of the Mixology 2018 Manufacturer of the Year Award Lime Street. ISG is a global construction services company, fuelled by an ideas-driven culture to deliver places that help people and businesses thrive. www.rawside.co ~ hello@rawside.co ~ @rawside Studio: The Undercroft, Kennington Park, 1-3 Brixton Road, London SW9 6DE Factory: The Old MOT Centre, 17 Cranmer Road, London, SW9 6EJ Mix 187 September 2018 | 25
Upfront | Seven 7 5. Flotex by Starck D AVISON GREAT A collaboration between Philippe Starck and Forbo Flooring Systems, the Flotex by Starck collection challenges traditional perceptions in terms of H IGHLEY PHILIPPE STARCK flooring design. Thanks to advances in technology, this unique composition offers both textile elements and acoustic properties. Starck’s designs bring a human element to a technical product where the whole graphic and DESIGNS visual work is focused on developing a movement. The unique flooring, in three different designs – Vortex, Artist and Twilight – offers a multiplicity of patterns and possibilities, colours and combinations. Renowned French creator Philippe Starck has been drawing up unconventional ideas for the last four decades. One of the most influential designers of the modern era, his creative vision has led to thousands of cutting-edge interior, product, industrial and architectural projects. Here, Forbo Flooring Systems explores seven of Starck’s most iconic creations. EL 1. Kartell La Marie Chair As the world’s first completely transparent WUND E RWAL L chair made from a single polycarbonate mould, La Marie combines ergonomic design with an exceptionally robust structure to 6. Microsoft Optical Mouse produce a strong, simple, lightweight and Microsoft’s first designer mouse is an innovative combination of both shock resistant chair. Designed for use both performance and art. The stylish optical mouse features two buttons indoors and outdoors, the La 4. Alessi Juicy Salif Citrus Squeezer separated by a lighted strip, a scroll wheel and a unique, Marie brings airiness to a The pioneering citrus squeezer remains curving hemisphere. The ambidextrous design clean, modern space with one of the most popular and recognisable delivers comfort for both left and right the vibrant shades adding items from the Alessi range. The distinctive hand users, while the aim of the a pop of colour to any 3. Asahi Beer Hall elongated shape of the product comes designer mouse is to allow users minimalistic scheme. CLOVERLEAF BLOID Also known as the Super Dry Hall, one of Tokyo’s most notable from an intuitive idea that came to Starck to express their personalities landmarks is famous for the golden ‘Asahi Flame’ on top of while he was on holiday in Italy. Squeezing through the products that they the shiny black building. The unusual but striking piece of lemon juice onto his calamari, Starck use each and every day. architecture is located close to Asakusa, on the east bank of started doodling on a napkin – it was a the Sumida River, where it is impossible to miss. The golden lemon squeezer in the shape of a squid! structure is said to symbolise the burning heart of Asahi Beer, The drawing was very similar to the with the gold leaf finish of the flame gleaming by day and finished product and now that napkin sits 7. Sailing Yacht A illuminating by night. proudly in the Alessi museum. The 468ft-long vessel with three 300ft masts makes Sailing Yacht A the A LLSORT S largest of her kind. Worth over £360million and described as ‘the most futuristic yacht ever built’, this ultimate embodiment of German super yachts was built for the 22nd century. The ship design challenges the expectations of conventional aesthetics with unique features such as an underwater observation pod, state-of-the-art navigation systems, a helipad on the bow, garages for four vehicles and a glass hall. 2. Maison Heler Metz, France In the heart of the newly developed Quarter de l’Amphithéâtre, Maison Heler Metz will be the first hotel entirely created and developed from the ground up. Maison Heler will be part of the Hilton Group’s Curio Davison Highley London, Collection, a portfolio of nearly 50 upscale hotels handpicked for their Lower Ground Floor, The Old Brewery, character and personality. The unique phantasmagoric 14-storey hotel will 16 Brewhouse Yard, Clerkenwell, London, EC1V 4LJ compromise a monolithic building topped by an 18th century traditional Alsatian home. The 119 guest rooms and suites are accompanied by a www.davisonhighley.co.uk rooftop terrace with a garden and have views overlooking the city. +44 ( 0 ) 207 871 1089 I magic@davisonhighley.co.uk 26 | Mix 187 September 2018
Leadership Integrity Focus Ethics Family Focus Detail Upfront | Design Capability Design WHO PAYS FOR Respect Business Craftsman THE FREE LUNCH? Expert Craftsmanship Quality Collaboration Global Steve Gale asks if corporate kindness is killing the community Expert Capability Delivery Team A Ethics Dynamic t the beginning of August this year But the optimism has ebbed as businesses that Detail Focus Family Collaboration Nellie Bowles wrote in the New York invested to serve the mainly young workforce have These tech Times: 'The corporate campuses of the Bay Area’s technology companies have struggled and failed. Restaurants, bars and markets glean slim pickings from subsidised workers. It is companies have Int become independent fiefs with dry cleaning, gyms, hard to compete with free. Craftsmanship doctors, shuttle buses and bountiful free meals, This imbalance has become a voting issue in some decided to leave made by the best chefs poached from the region’s famous restaurants.' places to the point where Mountain View in the Bay Area has granted planning permission to Facebook Business Leadership their suburban Dynamic Inspi In the technology sector this is common to the on condition that it severely limits the provision of campuses because point of being normal in Silicon Valley, and many subsidised food. They have barred free meals to give campuses are relocating into the city, away from local stores a sporting chance. In San Francisco itself, Collaboration Design Leade their employees the leafy suburbs. We see it now in the UK – and particularly in London. The reason for these a much wider ordnance has just been introduced to persuade tech companies to do the same – to force Expert want to be in the benefits is partly to encourage people to spend workers out of their subsidised or free cafeterias and Delivery Global Inspiration Respect Ethics Fam more time at work, and partly to persuade people onto the street into local restaurants. city, and yet the irony to join up and stay once enrolled. Journalists usually trace the origin of the tech Not all tech companies indulge. Zendesk holds back and recommends local eateries, and each is, they come to the free lunch to Google, and now any firm wanting week pays a team to try out a new neighbourhood Team Quality Collaboration Design Fo restaurant. Salesforce, one of the first and biggest city and are creating to compete for talent has adopted a version of the high quality food offer and other services normally tech employers in San Francisco, has resisted isolated, walled-off found in the high street. What could possibly be subsidised cafeterias but is worried about the effect wrong with such kindness? on recruitment. campuses As a potential employee, it is hard to imagine a On top of these rather commercial issues are Integrity Capability Dynamic Respect more spiritual questions about how desirable it is Ethics downside. When I discuss this with colleagues at to remove so much risk from adult workers, treating Busin work, especially single people hovering under and Expert around 30 years old, they usually express envy and them like school children who need looking after. The would love not to pay for food, waste time finding word 'institution' sounds a bit derogatory, but they do have many institutional characteristics. A San Leadership Dynamic Inspiration a gym, or cook lunches at home. However, people Quality outside see real problems – and there is a growing Francisco city supervisor put it nicely, 'These tech reaction to the idea. companies have decided to leave their suburban We are specialist. Capabilit Leadership Integrity Detail F In the workplace, community usually means the campuses because their employees want to be in the city, and yet the irony is, they come to the city collection of employees in one location, but outside and are creating isolated, walled-off campuses.' it means the people you share your living space or Leslie Berlin, Project Historian for the Silicon town with. Now members of the greater community Valley Archives at Stanford University, wonders if are feeling unwanted pressure from the isolated Ethics Family Focus Detail employees are losing out because of a reduced workplace version. A regiment of several thousand engagement with the city community they claim to workers fed handsomely for free are not going to love – and calls the campuses 'siloed monocultures'. Design Capability Craftsm leave the office to pay for the same on the street. Most historians view the 19th century worker When a campus is a long drive from the nearest communities in the UK as relics of authoritarian town, these perks make sense, but in a city, local utopia, powered by religious and social ideals, but businesses lose out. An early adopter of the inner restricting freedom and choice. Can we learn from city HQ in San Francisco was Twitter in 2011, and these and the experiments in Silicon Valley? w Collab other big names have followed. Generous tax Respect Expert breaks encouraged new blood to seed the area’s Business Expert Craftsmanship Inspirat run-down commercial scene, and even promote Steve Gale is Head of Business Intelligence apartment building. at M Moser Associates. 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Upfront | Material Matters Come and see them the right way up in our Clerkenwell Showroom, 25 Britton Street, London EC1M 5NY MATERIAL MATTERS In this month’s Material Matters, the team of experts at Material Lab focuses on surfaces inspired by nature and materials that bring the external environment into our interiors. www.material-lab.co.uk 1. Eve Campbell Printed textile designer Eve Campbell captures the transient nature of surface and form of Scotland’s West Coast. Eve’s designs were inspired by the Scottish ‘tundra’ – with lichens and mosses growing on rocks and plants, revealing a delicate intricacy and demonstrating a resiliency to survive and thrive. The work creates surface pattern that is designed to exist in man-made environments and bring nature as an abstract form to people’s lives. evecampbell1@hotmail.co.uk 2. Innerspace Cheshire Helping to deliver biophilic design solutions is 3 Innerspace with its range of natural mosses. Made by hand in the company’s workshop in Cheshire, the real preserved moss can be adapted to different projects by adding other preserved plants and materials, such as bark Treehouse by or flowers. Another added benefit is that this amazing material does not need any maintenance or watering and won’t harbour insects or pests. 1 www.innerspacecheshire.co.uk The right option whichever way you look at it 3. Buckingham Inspired by the beauty of natural stone, Buckingham allows for stunning wall and floor finishes but with the durability and maintenance free characteristics of porcelain. The material is characterised with striking veins, which adds subtle detail to the overall aesthetic. Available in several sizes up to 1,200 x 1,200mm, the product is perfect for residential and commercial project alike. www.johnson-tiles.com 4. Jessica Gray – Siam Botanicals Siam Botanicals is inspired by Jessica’s 4 experiences and memories of growing up in Bangkok and extensively visiting the country 2 of Thailand. The project incorporates Buddhist architectural geometrics and textures with the flora and fauna of Thailand. The luxury interior collection consists of striking imagery and an intense use of colour and scale. jessica.gray10@hotmail.com MAXFURNITURE.CO.UK Mix 187 September 2018 | 31
Tel 01925 850500 Upfront | Desert Island Desks Email info@sixteen3.co.uk DESERT ISLAND DESKS Large Maglite Tony Antoniou has been in the LED torch office furniture industry since 1987, If I am being practical then I can’t founding Rainbow in 1990. go away without one of these and I He has worked with many global corporate brands and SME’s think they make the best torches. Well designed, so easy to hold, very over the years and delivering a successful project is still as bright, plus they are extremely exciting for him now as it was when he started. sturdy, so I can use it to dispatch Tony believes in long term business relationships, not short the fish once I’ve caught term profit, and the fact he has many clients who have worked them – ready to go on to my with him for over 18 years is testament to the fact he delivers Foukou. I have tried to on that promise. think about this! My Wife B&O PLAY Beolit 15 I am not sure if I am allowed but my This is a fantastic Bluetooth speaker. It wife would be my first choice without has such depth of sound for a relatively question. I married my childhood small speaker. It’s so clear with great sweetheart and we have been together bass, is totally portable and it looks for 33 incredible years now. She has amazing. I often use this at home in given me three wonderful children and preference to turning on the larger Kindle I love reading books, especially when we’ve been through so much together. sound system, plus I can just carry it I am away relaxing. I’m not the fastest I can only really enjoy an experience or an into the garden. I love it! reader but if I’m trapped on an island then event if I am sharing it with her. I’ll have plenty of time and so will need plenty of books. Totally impractical to take a lorry load, Foukou Pen and Paper much better to take a single Kindle, which will Being half-Greek, eating is my life and So important to keep my sanity and being provide me with loads of material. I’ll be sure to a Foukou is what the Greeks use to able to write things down helps you load up a couple of Bear Grylls books before I BBQ. It’s a rite of passage that all feel better, whether it’s your thoughts, go because they will definitely come in useful! Greeks must know how to prepare a your feelings, drawing, making lists, good charcoal BBQ – gas just doesn’t writing a novel, making a diary, making cut it – to cook the perfect and most notes of things to do or things you’ve My tracks: succulent food on it. Contrary to popular done, playing hangman or boxes with my It’s extremely difficult for anyone to belief it’s not just meat we BBQ (although it wife – if she’s allowed on the island…and, narrow down 50 years of listening to is mostly!), we also use it for Haloumi, corn of course, how can I put a message in a bottle music down to just five tracks. I have spent a long time thinking about it on the cob, mushrooms and fish – perfect without a pen and paper? Sadly, it will most likely and got nowhere, so I decided to for a desert Island! be a plastic bottle that washes up on shore! write them down quickly instead! Samuel Barber – Agnus Dei, Apple iPod Mini 2nd Pack of Cards Adagio for Strings (choral version) generation Even with all today's tech gadgets and – Probably the most beautiful piece of music I have ever heard. Everyone Beautiful piece of design and computer games, I never go away knows the original but this piece proves engineering, it’s amazing. Whilst without a pack of cards. They don’t that the human voice is the most wonderful I appreciate the convenience and need charging, are instant and provide instrument on the planet – when used properly! benefits of the new smartphones and hours of fun. It’s always better with two Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force – tablets, I don’t like the fact you are or more people of course but there are Planet Rock – takes me back to my school days. always in touch and online. The iPod so many patience games you can play, Mini holds so many songs, it can also catch so even if my wife’s not allowed to join me, Coldplay – Fix You. videos, it’s extremely light and portable they can still occupy my time. I made a point of George Michael (with Mary J. Blige) London Showroom and it’s also very reliable. I have to have ensuring my children appreciate the joy a pack of – As – my favourite male singer. The Gallery, 21-22 Great Sutton St. EC1V 0DY something to play my music on – although it cards can bring and we are always playing card Sade – By Your Side – my favourite female / singer, simply amazing. Manufacture/Showroom will have to be via a cable connection! games at home – not for money though! Chesford Grange, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 4RQ 32 | Mix 187 September 2018 www.sixteen3.co.uk
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