The dark-wood interiors of Japanese bars and restaurants informed this wine-bar-cum-office in Stockholm designed by local studio Note for Swedish digital technology consultancy Samsen.
Samsen, a specialist technology consultancy, lets its employees choose how, when and where they work and with which clients. The company's office set-up led to the unusual interior.
Top: it has a large stone bar. Above: wood was used across cabinetry
"When we did our first presentation for Samsen, they first went quiet," Note Design Studio interior architect Susanna WÃ¥hlin recalled.
"They had to explain to us that they didn?t want an office at all ? they just wanted to work in a wine bar. The whole idea is to offer employees something different, and add real value besides going to work every day." Colours were chosen to create a warm environment
The studio, founded in 2008 by Johannes Carlström and Cristiano Pigazzini, was charged with creating a warm and welcoming space that was pleasant and practical to work, dine, drink and socialise in.
The brief stipulated that it needed to be equally suited to use in both day and night, and had to accommodate a large number of people in a relatively small space.
A wide variety of flexible seating set-ups were required to accommodate different types of work as well as areas for entertaining clients, industry peers and friends.
Curtains were placed throughout the space
The HQ, named the Samsen Atelier, occupies what used to be a jewe...