Desk Centre Presents - 101 Inspiring Workspaces

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FacebookCalifornia

Facebook is a business built rom and renowned or promoting teamspirit and connecting to those around you so its no surprise their Palo

Alto HQ looks so inormal and homey.


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Aiming to be both stimulating and practical,this sixth orms urnishings and ttingscame courtesy o Desk Centre and create acontemporary environment in which studentscan relax.

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Ashton on Mersey Sixth FormCheshire

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Although this Turkish advertising agency has

seen continuous growth since its inception,

its contemporary glass and wood elements,exceptional mezzanine foors and stone

salt barn essentials stay true to its historic

architectural infuences.

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Medina Turgul DDBIstanbul

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GooglePlexMountain View

Googles corporate base is an expansivecomplex o innovative working space. The

campus eatures colourul open-plan oces,bicycles or travel between meetings, meeting

yurts and huddle rooms, a piano in the lobbyalong with projections o current Google

searches, and sta are ree to bring theirdogs to work!


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This inspiring and original ofce space

refects the patch o tranquil Spanish

woodland in which its built. Acrylic, fbreglass,

concrete, and polyester are just some o the

manmade materials used to construct this

unique workspace.

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Selgas CanoMadrid


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Pixar StudiosEmeryville

Pixars headquarters contain varyingoce ambiances, unique workspaces andincorporate enlightening colours and their mostloved characters to heighten the orceso creativity.


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This apocalyptic looking Stockholmoce space is submerged 100-eetunderground and was once an anti-atomic shelter. Its now home to aSwedish ISP internet provider.

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White Mountain OceStockholm


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Restaurants and unction rooms areworkspaces too, which is whyDesk Centreput their all into reurbishing one o theUniversity o Manchesters key venues.

We increased seating capacity with newstools, tables and chairs that complimentedthe surrounding old books and oak panelling.

Red hanging chairs overlooking relaxing viewsare the ocal point o Thermaltakes newheadquarters. The revamp aimed to create amore relaxing working ambiance or employeesto encourage productivity.

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Christies BistroManchester

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ThermaltakeTaipei

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Use this Los Angeles-based creative mediaagency as the inspiration or a resh and trulyimpactul take on your oce cubicle.

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Hybrid OceLos Angeles


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AirBnBSan Francisco

AirBnBs oce was constructed to resembletheir unique property listings and successulbusiness , incorporating unique urnishings,

cleansing white colour schemesand clean lines.


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Yummy GumAmsterdam

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DastmalchiCalifornia

Yummy Gums oce is the height oclean, white design schemes. As well asincorporating such a tranquil colour scheme,order is also kept in place with custom tables,storage boxes, cabinets and chairs.

A modern, rennovated oce design isone o the strongest indications that youtake business expansion seriously. Soothing

wall colours are also used to good eect here.


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Barrow Hall CollegeCheshire

The key to a successul educationalworkspace is colourul urniture, and BarrowHall College utilise this to great eect with eye-catching stools, desks and chairs rom DeskCentre. They even incorporate a little addedcolour into their corridors.Des

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15/Stean Didakswork station

Stean Didak works rom an impressivetwelve synched monitors at his home oce,highlighted by a single contemporary lamp andclutter-ree, wooden desk.

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APEX buildingLiverpool

Desk Centre were tasked with creatinghot desk areas, private oces and breakoutspaces or Liverpool universitys new building.Bright seating coupled with traditional woodendesks ensure the layout doesnt distract romstudents essential work.

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IPEVOTaiwan

Pairing industrial looks with rereshing moss-like walls and bright green trees, this hardwaresolutions provider emphasise the importanceo a stress-ree working environment.


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They describe themselvesas creative incubators, and

Traction Marketing Groupsunique workspace doesntdisappoint. Attractive colours,plenty o open space andeven a ping pong table worktogether to provide coolconverted warehouse appeal.

Taking inspiration rom home interior designis the perect way to create a relaxing workingenvironment out o real home comorts.Modern urnishings, foor-to-ceiling windows,a great view and cosy re place can all addto the eect.

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Marketing GroupOklaholma

19/Turn your oceinto a home


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Manchester LibraryManchester

A library is as much a workspace as a normaloce, which is why Desk Centre helped addto the Manchester Librarys grand and statelyatmosphere with careully selected, oakcoloured comy chairs.

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YahooBarcelona

Yahoos Barcelona campus exudes aJackson Pollack eel with walls coveredin creative and stylish paint splatters, allhighlighted by tons o natural light lteringthrough numerous windows.

22/TBWA HakuhodoJapan

Sometimes it pays to drat in the proessionals,as this awesome oce designed by KleinDytham Architecture shows. Bringing theoutside in with neutral colour schemes, treesand natural wooden foors, this nature-inspiredoce really is one-o-a-kind.


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TwitterSan Francisco

The Twitter oces are clean and simple, lettingsplashes o colour and walls decorated with

Twitter birds take centre stage.


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24/Saegeling MedizintechnikGermany

The high-end medical equipment this companyproduces is portrayed through a beautiullyclinical, stylish and modern oce space thatmakes an impact with clean and sexy curves.


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Pallotta TeamworksLos Angeles

Pallotta Teamworks has a truly standout oce.Their entire workplace is constructed romshipping containers that are stacked on topo each another and painted in colour popshades that add fair to what could have beenan otherwise dull eature.


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26/Chamber o Commerceand IndustrySlovenia

Youd never think this was a government oce!It houses an organic-looking architectural

structure where tons o plants are showcasedor all to see. A real treat or the eyes!

27/Innovation LabCopenhagen

This contemporary oce signies innovationwith inventive modular workstationsconstructed rom fat-pack units, and thatincorporate excellent plug-and-play designs.


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29/Newcastle CollegeNewcastle-Upon-Tyne

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Red Door InteractiveDenver

Red Door Interactives oce highlightsopen space, sliding doors and their signaturecolour red.

Desk Centrewere pleased to partner with

Red Box Architects and Red Box Interiors todevelop a highly motivational working spacestudents could be proud o. We ensured thatall o the campus new ttings and designelements closely intertwined with the resto the premises.

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Sometimes it pays to drat in the proessionals,as this awesome oce designed by KleinDytham Architecture shows. Bringing theoutside in with neutral colour schemes, treesand natural wooden foors, this nature-inspiredoce really is one-o-a-kind.

30/MacquarieGroup LimitedSydney


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31/The UbiquitousManuacturing CompanyManchester

This digital agency wants to emphasize onesingle thing in their oce design their crat!Its the heart o the company.


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32/Digital GarageJapan

33/Go MediaOhio

This technology investment and developmentcompany have turned their oce into amasterpiece with colourul padded seats,translucent rootop breaks, garden-inspiredambiance and eclectic paintings.

Go Medias new oces in Cleveland,Ohio eatures an in-wall aquarium, tons oglass elements, and custom wall artworks.


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34/Assemble StudioMelbourne

35/OakeldsCommunity CollegeMiddlesboroughThe ceiling and wooded elements denitely

take centre stage here, grabbing the attentiono everyone who enters.

Oakelds are a strictly 21st century college,so it was only natural that their new designmimicked this. Desk Centre transormed themain entrance into a conversation piece thatincorporates LED lights, fashes o colour anda mixture o wood, corinth and laminate to helpengage students, sta and visitors

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36/KH GearsMelbourne

The headquarters o KH Gears houses aninterior that radiates a sense o industry,technology and engine power. You canpractically hear a metallic rumble o machinery.

37/AOL VenturesNew York

Keegan Vance Forte designed this 11,500square oot property. Vintage billiard tables,cave-lie meeting rooms, modern art, orientalrugs and exposed brick doorways areshowcased to their best potential.


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38/Saatchi & Saatchis RebirthBangkok

Saatchi & Saatchis Rebirth is an elegant workplace, which is ttinggiven theyre one o the most sought-ater multidisciplinary design rmsin and outside Thailand! The colourul urnishings and super-machinedesign is extremely impressive.


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39/El CuartelSpain

El Cuartels oce design includes everythingrom traditional Spanish style to new andmodern elements. Being a ull-service creativestudio, their oce speaks volumes.


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40/Horizon MediaNew York

This amous media services companymaintains productive business operations

with its exceptional oce and building design,where ten modern blocks occupy threebuildings on nine foors.


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41/Coordination AsiaShanghai

The companys new Shanghai oce exudesartistic sophistication with marble andhardwood surroundings, hidden storage,bookshelves, ceiling molding and modern lightxtures. Coordination here is key.

42/OKIAEstonia

This web agency has an ideal oce space.

It highlights the invigorating ambiance o thecompanys ethos with warm urnishings andgreen elements; a truly motivational space.


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43/SkypeStockholm

Skypes oce design beautiully illustratesthe companys personality. The practicalityand playulness o their product is robustlyshowcased in their wall designs, fooring andcolourul urniture.


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44/Oldham Sixth Form CollegeOldham

Black leather soas, unky orange chairsand white, bench style computer tables byDesk Centre take centre stage at this sixthorm college.

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45/GooglePittsburgh

46/Grupo GallegosCalifornia

Keeping much within the same vein as theother Google complexes, the search enginegiants Pittsburgh oces contain chill out areasthat include huge hammocks and a roo

terrace complete with planting boxes oherbs. Not bad to say the buildings anold biscuit actory.

Incorporating a roo adorned with whiteumbrella lights to diuse any distracting fare,the headquarters o Grupo Gallegos doesntscrimp on originality.


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47/WassabiBarcelona

Interesting raters and splashes o colour areocal points at Wassabi productions. The pinkroo-lighting perectly highlights theirgeometric urniture.

48/M@disonDetroit

Quicken Loans Dan Gilbert purchased thisbuilding in 2011, allowing Doodle Home &Neumann Smith to redesign and renovateit into an industrial chic oce space thatincludes a giant rootop patio and135-seat auditorium!


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49/OktavillaStockholm

Located in an old textile manuacturing hall,this company possesses an oce space thatcalms and enlightens every worker with white-painted walls, colourul urnishings and unique

wall dcor.


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50/OneMethodToronto

51/Nicolas Tye ArchitectsUnited Kingdom

OneMethods unique oce design was

eatured in an international publication o themost creative workspaces across the globe,and its no surprise. Their open-plan conceptand spacious design works with woodenelements (currently one o the biggest ocetrends) to create a warm and welcoming spaceor both sta and clients.

Built on the ruins o an old arm, this renovatedbarn is contemporary, eco-riendly and standsout without cutting ties with the great outdoors.


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52/VitraBasel

Frank Gehry developed this incredible spaceor Swiss urniture company Vitra. The designallows or changeable workspaces and is ullo Vitras own stylish and contemporarydesigner urnishings.


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53/ParliamentPortland

Embracing their Be brave. Stand apartethos with a hand-constructed look reshrom the wilderness, Parliament has given itsoce the charm o a log cabin with hardwoodlinings, wooden foors and walls decorated

with campre logs.


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54/Focus Multimedia

Staffordshire

55/The Metrick SystemToronto

Supplying Amazon, ASDA, Halords andWHSmith (among others) with PC sotware, itwas essential that Focus Multimedias ocespace refected their success and techyethos with an open plan working space andurnishings that demonstrate clean aesthetics.

Rightully dubbed one o the coolest oces inthe world, this warehouse was turned into auniquely designed working space with glassdividers, cubicles and even an airstream trailertaking centre-stage.

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56/Nothing

Amsterdam

57/Jung von MattHamburg

So much more than nothing, this adagencys truly inspirational oce is maderom cardboard! From the urniture, walls androo beams, everything in these premisesdemonstrates to visitors that even somethingthrow-away can be beautiul.

This ad agency is ultra-slick. Huge embeddedtables and built-in benches blend eortlessly

into the oce to uniy the space.


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58/QuirkyNew York

59/Forward Internet GroupLondon

Located in New York Citys Chelseaneighbourhood, this oce makes the mosto glass dividers and clever urnishings maderom recycled items.

This tech companys extra-classy oce designsees cosy meeting rooms meet impressiveamphitheatres in a airy tale setting.


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60/Plas CochAnglesey

61/CargoGeneva

Plas Coch is an exclusive retreat or thosewho want to escape the rat race. It was onlynatural that the sta oce refected this,incorporating curved designer cantilever desksand complimentary seating.

This logistics company has proven theirbusiness cool-credentials with great ocedesign. Sixteen Hanjin shipping containershave been retrotted to serve as meeting andunction rooms or the rms employees andclients, while its bare white walls give a clutterree appearance.

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62/BrandBaseRotterdam

The BrandBase oces are some o themost standout around their urnishings aremade o nothing but wooden pallets. Thesesprawling structures illustrate the potentialelegance o sustainability.


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63/Mind CandyLondon

These are the olks behind Moshi Monsters,so its no surprise that their oces incorporateun, natural eatures that put both adults andchildren at ease.


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64/Ogilvy & MatherChina

65/SquareSan Francisco

Squares oces refect the company namewith tertiary spaces that are designed to avoidemployee clutter.

A workplace and playground at the same time,Ogilvy & Mathers cultural hub is composedo inspiring and unusual carnival o ideasthemes, a strategic tool to gain traction as athought leader.


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66/Buck ONeill BuildersSan Francisco

67/The Contact CompanyBirkenhead

Buck ONeill Builders are some o the bestwhen it comes to antastic homebuilding and

remodelling projects, so it makes sense thattheir oces exempliy their work. This greatoce design incorporates cantilevered raw

wood stairs, stainless steel and green wallinserts to increase air fow

Designed and tted by Desk Centre, thisrapidly expanding call centre couples sleek,

modern design elements with unctional ttingsthat provide a rare level o privacybetween sta.

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68/Urban OutttersPhiladelphia

Who would have thought that a dilapidatedand decommissioned building will get anaward or its re-usage? Philadelphia-basedUrban Outtters industrial roots are wellpreserved here.


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QuidSan Francisco

This data analytics start-ups spacious ocedesign brings together baroque, industrial andmodern themes to create somethingreally impactul.


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70/Microsot

Vienna

Although this oce cost $3.6 million, itseasy to see that it was money well spent.Each corner houses a dierent theme romthe ocean to hunting lodge accents and theexpansive reception area utilises the trend or

wood to its ullest.


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71/WonderactoryNew York

This New York-based oce looks more like aposh lounge where eye-catching themes andcozy colours can be seen throughout.

72/Inspiration oryour home oce

A lovely view, careully placed plants and eyecatching desks and chairs are the ideal way tospruce up a home oce into something thatsstunningly motivating


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Sometimes simple is just as eective as standout, as the training rooms and rst foor oceso Stiebel Eltron illustrate. Classic desk andchair designs rom Desk Centre ensure thatinternal operations arent overpowered by aloud workspace.

73/Stiebel EltronBromborough

74/FCB WorldwideChina

Looking more like a piece o modern art, thisoce is peppered with sheep skin urnitureand contains a huge conerence room that has150 custom sur boards gripped to the ceilingby steel cables.

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75/Disney Store HeadquartersPasadena

The Disney Store headquarters, naturally,highlights the magic o Disney. It wasredesigned back in 2007 and now housesa conerence room surrounded by huge,colourul oam blocks where around 200people can sit during company meetings.

76/Three Rings Design IncSan Francisco

This 3,000 square oot oce eaturesVictorian/steam punk inspired design themesthat are customised to t the desires andneeds o employees. They even display anarray o handmade artworks designed byeach employee


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77/DVF StudioNew York

The DVF Studio is both owned and designedby ashion designer Diane von Furstenberg. Itserves both as a 5,000 square oot showroomand an oce building, including a stairwaythat acts as both a path between rooms andchandelier where natural light can collect.

78/Bradord CollegeBradford

The largest provider o higher educationoutside o the university sector in Englandneeds an equally impressive and motivational

working environment, which is whyDeskCentre were drated in to design a modern-contemporary, orward-thinking cyber caarea that included innovative seating.

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79/LegoDevelopment DepartmentBillund

Legos headquarters was designed orstimulation and relaxation, using bright

colours to help enhance creativity.


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80/Red BullLondon

81/Ilse MediaNetherlands

Your eyes arent deceiving you; a slide runsright through the centre o Red Bulls Londonheadquarters! Also incorporating pops o brightcolour and transparent meeting rooms, thisspace is a serious lesson in awesomeoce design.

This is a truly exceptional oce, to say the

least. Its like stepping into an old 8-bit videogame, with pixelised lunch trucks, coat racks,tables and even ood cropping up everywhere.


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82/ZainBahrain

83/ALFA DentalJapan

Oces that include strategic accents ocolour are always ideal or companys whereoce stress can run high. Telecom company

Zain use them to great eect in wall designs,meeting pods and Vitra urniture.

No-one wants to go to the dentist, which iswhy Japanese designers went or a unique,simple and relaxing take on dental ocedesign that aims to minimise panic with plentyo natural light and wooden elements.


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84/GoogleZurich

Not one to miss out on the un actor, GooglesZurich headquarters incorporates remanpoles or travelling between oces, a slideto reach the canteen and meeting pods and

workstations that take the orm o either Swisschalets, igloos and cable cars.


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85/Bastard storeMilan

This oce is a skateboarders paradise,including a normal street level retail outletand balcony style oce that overlooks a 600square oot skatepark!


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86/YandexRussia

Constructed mostly rom welcoming materialssuch as wood and cork, this oce space

was designed specically to exempliy thecompanys humanistic intentions and goals.

88/SyzygyHamburg

Dreaming up interactive campaigns orclients like Chanel and Mazda is sure to bemade easier when you work in a clean, crispoce like this. The pod style desks are greator providing the peace and privacy necessaryto designers.


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89/Kind ConsumerLondon

Minimal bench-style desks, space-savingstorage solutions and motivational, colourpop chairs make this oce a antastic

working space.

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90/StenhamLondon

Designed by Blue Bottel, this London basedoce eatures illuminated walls and bright hintso colour that brighten up what could be anotherwise generic oce.

91/Fornari GroupMilan

Colour changing LED lights, exposed concretefoors and curved edges are the kind oorward-thinking oce design elements that

work to the advantage o ashion brands.


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92/Simon de Purysoce and studio

Simon de Pury, chairman o the amousPhillips de Pury and Company Auction Housecombines his oce and studio into one. Hisoce eatures a abulous fowing desk andbookshel sculpture designed by talentedartist Vito Acconci.

93/JWTNew York

JWT might be one o the oldest advertisingagencies in the world, but their colourul ocescreams upbeat modernity.


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94/AdidasGermany

Adidas German headquarters weredesigned by Kinzo Berlin to combine modernunctionality with the looks o a lm set.


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95/Spring LawLondon

Outtting one o Londons most prestigiouslaw rms was a daunting task, but one DeskCentre completed proessionally and with aslittle disruption to working hours as possible.Contemporary urniture and elegant deskstake centre-stage here.

96/Gummo

Amsterdam

Advertising agency Gummo took a bravedesign move when they created an ocemade out o not j ust a monochrome colour

palette, but reused and recycled urnishingsrom charity shops and ebay.

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97/McLaren Technology CentreSurrey

McLarens Surrey headquarters is asstaggeringly sleek as their cars. Glass

walkways and white urniture all add to thesophisticated eel.


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98/Parasol IslandGermany

A mixture o white, robins egg blue and

wooden elements, this oce possesses theperect combination o the industrial and sleekdesign elements that make or a relaxing andstimulating work environment.

99/PONS + HUOTParis

The employees o Pons + Huot get to workinside bubbles! This uturistic oce design alsoincludes elements o the great outdoors tocreate a surprisingly elegant space.


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101/UnileverSwitzerland

100/M. Moser AssociatesSingapore

The trend or bringing the outside in is popularamong modern day oces, and Unileverutilises it to a great, relaxing eect with pastel

painted walls, desks and chairs decorated withcooler colour palettes and even oce partitionsashioned rom rough and ready wood.

This bright and open oce incorporatessplashes o exciting colour and glass partitionsto create a truly inspirational design.


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