Sculptural custom-made furniture adds artistic flourishes to this otherwise minimal showroom and head office, designed by Spanish interiors studio Isern Serra for eyewear brand Gigi Studios.
Isern Serra was tasked with creating a holistic scheme for the 900-square-metre headquarters, occupying one floor of a building in the town of Sant Cugat del Vallès just north of Barcelona.
Isern Serra has filled the Gigi Studios headquarters with custom furniture
The brief called for a design that creates a sense of spaciousness and comfort while reflecting founder Patricia Remo's vision of Gigi Studios as a brand.
"It is also serene, warm and elegant and conceptually close to the idea of a studio and away from the concept of a traditional office, without losing the practicality and functionality," Isern Serra explained. Rows of desks were replaced with more intimate work areas
The building's rectangular floor plan features a central service core housing the lifts and toilets, with the workspaces, meeting rooms, kitchen and showroom occupying the surrounding O-shaped open space.
Serra and his team positioned the kitchen and showroom at one end of the plan and placed the meeting rooms and client areas at the other, leaving the longer sides open to optimise circulation.
Concrete bases for the work tables were cast in situ
Various bespoke furniture pieces, conceived by Isern Serra as "small works of art", bring a distinct personality to the different formal and infor...