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Category Archives: Office Design
Telecom Place in Pictures
February 10th, 2011
Photo gallery: The bridges, furniture, colour and style of Auckland's biggest corporate cathedral – Telecom Place. Photos by Simon Devitt. Find the full story in ProDesign 110. Architect’s notes: The interior design at Telecom Place was a real collaboration of architecture and workplace design skills. Design director Andrew Barclay, from Warren and Mahoney, says: “The design team involved [...]
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Let there be Light
September 24th, 2010
Jose Gutierrez tames the light and harnesses the shadows with this surprising fit-out for The Research Agency. Words: Sam Eichblatt. Photos: Emily Andrews. From ProDesign 108, with additional drawings and images. Gutierrez is a finalist in this year's Best Awards, in the Offices and Workplace Environments category. Check out the other finalists here. And remember, it's [...]
Sustainable at Heart
July 16th, 2010
With Jasmax director Tim Hooson participating in a special CoreNet Pecha Kucha next week, now seems like a good time to post this story from ProDesign 107, about the architectural firm's move to a new Parnell base. Words: Michael Barrett. Photos: Simon Devitt. ‘Art is never finished, only abandoned’, goes the pithy (yet slightly cynical) one liner. Would that [...]
Taking aim
May 27th, 2010
Housing two advertising agencies in one building, albeit under the same parent company, can provide a few design challenges. RTA Studio recently undertook such a project with AIM Proximity. Photos: Becky Nunes. Advertising agencies have had a number of heydays – the 50s, the 80s (up to ’87, of course), perhaps the late 90s and early 00s (up to ’09, perhaps). [...]
With Bells On
February 18th, 2010
Wingate & Farquhar’s long, linear form for a New Zealand company steeped in tradition. Words: Anthony Coates. Images: Simon Devitt. (From ProDesign 104, with additional images). The day the tea ran out, Reporoa, October, 1993 – I’d decided to spend the day reading a novel on a sun-drenched couch while drinking cups of milky, sugary tea. From memory, the novelist [...]
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Interview: Jasmax's Tim Hooson & Nick Moyes
January 25th, 2010
Max in, Max Out Jasmax were responsible for both the base building and the interiors at the recently completed NZI Centre. ProDesign spoke with two lead architects about the motivations for the 5 green star-rated building. Interview: Michael Barrett. Photography: Simon Devitt. From ProDesign, issue 104 (with additional images).
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Ministry of Design for Leo Burnett
October 29th, 2009
Perspective, Pencils and Personality Words: Michael Barrett Later on I felt better about being lost – well, after I visited Wikipedia, and discovered that Trengganu Street is sometimes referred to as “the Piccadilly of Chinese Singapore”. Didn’t feel much better about running late, though. Nothing worse than being late for a meeting, being on the right street, but being unable [...]
Mathieu Lehanneur at the Laboratoire
September 22nd, 2009
LaboBrain - French designer Mathieu Lehanneur at the Laboratoire
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