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Penny Craswell visits Futurespace’s fun and creative fit-out.
February 22nd, 2010
The most highly anticipated workplace in Sydney last year was Google’s new Australian headquarters in Pyrmont.
A young, global internet company, Google is famed for their workplaces around the world – most notably Mountainview (San Francisco) and Zurich which have done the rounds as viral emails to those who can only dream of workplaces with delights such as slides, hammocks, all-day snacks and gaming.
When Google was ready to move to the new workplace6 building in Pyrmont, with stunning views of Sydney Harbour, they invited a few different design teams to pitch for the new office space, and futurespace/Ferguson Design Studio were the successful studio.
At first, Google seemed disengaged by the design team’s pitch but were won over thanks to a fun step-by-step guide created to help them understand the project process.
Design Leader, Angela Ferguson explains: “It was a beginner’s guide to having your office fit-out done – a cheesy guide with unsophisticated drawings, but they were amused by it. It wasn’t too over the top or fancy; it was just down to earth and they liked that.”
For the full text turn to page 70 of Indesign #40 on newsstands now.
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Moving Up in Queensland
Geyer has announced the appointment of Sally Macnaughton to the position of Senior Designer at their Brisbane Studio.
Macnaughton has vast experience in the area of commercial office design, as well as working on arrange of projects from multi-residential to retail, education and ‘boutique medical’.
With expertise in strategic planning, design, client and project management Mcnaughton “creates workplaces that respond to her client’s further needs”.
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