Female co-working club Make Lemonade opens in Toronto
Phone booths with grassy carpets, a floral mural, and rose-pink and lemon-yellow furniture feature in this women-only co-working club in Toronto, designed by locally based MMNT Studio.
Launched in September 2017, Make Lemonade provides 3,000 square feet (278 square metres) of workspace just for women in the Canadian city's Downtown area.
It was founded by Rachel Kelly, who had struggled with noise levels and limited seating while working in cafes across the city. Kelly enlisted MMNT Studio ? also known as Moment Illustration ? to create a peaceful yet "playful" environment suited to a range of working styles.
To achieve this, the local design studio separated the open-plan space on the top floor of an office building into into three zones. White-painted walls and refinished concrete floors run throughout to provide a blank backdrop for the different finishes in each.
"It is the result of an ambitious retrofit to an outdated closed-concept office into a playfully evocative workspace for independent professionals," said MMNT Studio.
"Internally the project divides into three distinct styles of work areas which cater to the varied needs of its community."
Members are encouraged to chat and collaborate in the area located on the southern side. Designed to "mimic the feeling of a sunny patio", it features a grass-like carpet, pale green outdoor chairs and tables and large plants.
There are also a pair of lemon yellow chairs ? one ...
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