Project
JOHNSON PARTNERS
Materials Used

SANDSTONE, GARDANO QUARTZITE, GHOST BRICKS, WALNUT TIMBER, RIBBED GOAT’S HAIR CARPET, HAND-DYED LINEN, VELVET, FIBRESTONE AND RESIN, LINOLEUM, VERMICULITE

Year
2021
Location
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Square Metres
290
YSG has put forward a distinct vision for workplace design. Task-based performance requirements haven’t been compromised in the attempt to humanise the office. If this is the future of the workplace, I am looking forward to it.
Sing D’Arcy, Artichoke

Housing Johnson Partners, a boutique revolutionary consulting firm, the city view becomes the bonus and interaction the main act. Circular feature lighting fixtures hang at considerably lower levels than the exposed ceiling and Louis Poulsen sconces line the corridor wall in couplets to create warm golden auras at head height.

INSPIRED BY KEN ADAMS’ JAMES BOND SET DESIGNS – INCLUDING SCARAMANGA’S ISLAND LAIR CARVED INTO ROCKY OUTCROPS AND THE INTEGRATED FURNISHINGS WITHIN MOONRAKER’S DRAX INDUSTRY SPACE STATION – SCULPTED DEPTHS OF SATURATED DRAMA REPLACE THE SOBRIETY OF CONVENTIONAL CORPORATE HIGH-RISE OFFICES WITHIN.

The pandemic accelerated the hybrid concept of working from home so we created a physically comforting embrace akin to domestic settings with flickers of retro-futuristic flair. Carpet combs walls plus banquettes; lighting plus custom tables take on saucer-like forms.

The spatial strategy is non-hierarchical, reflecting the egalitarian ethos of the company. Circles and concave embraces including a rendered wall with elongated apertures cocooning a meeting table enhance fluid navigation around the open plan office.

AWARDS

AIDA Australian Interior Design Awards 2022
Shortlisted – Workplace Design

IDEA Interior Design Excellence Awards 2021
Highly Commended – Workplace Under 1000sqm

IDEA Interior Design Excellence Awards 2021
Shortlisted – Colours

Dezeen 2021
Longlisted – Small Workspace Interior

Photographer
Prue Ruscoe

Stylist
Felicity Ng

Built By
Promena Projects

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