Sella Concept creates "grown-up" interiors inside London co-working space Public Hall
London design studio Sella Concept used plush furnishings, grandiose light fixtures and a "sophisticated" colour palette to ditch the stereotypical aesthetic of startups inside this central London co-working space.
Public Hall is set within a 19th-century building in London's Westminster, which formerly served as the headquarters of the UK secret intelligence service, MI6, and later as an apartment block.
It now hosts a 250-member co-working space, headed up by workspace provider Huckletree, that caters to public-sector technology startups.
Huckletree tasked Sella Concept with developing interiors that encourage "disruptive modern thinking" without taking away from the building's historic character.
"Startups are all too often associated with a very particular aesthetic ? pop-y colours and bean bags ? and we wanted to create something that felt a bit more grown-up," the studio's founders, Tatjana von Stein and Gayle Noonan, told Dezeen. "The main objective was to retain the grandeur of the space while injecting the Huckletree brand's playful nature, a piece of the past and a step into the future."
The building's ornate plaster ceilings and wooden floors have thus been preserved in Public Hall's bar and breakout area, which is anchored by a curved, teal-blue seating banquette.
It can be easily moved around to suit the different events held in the room.
The adjacent kitchen features jade-coloured cabinetry and a matching breakfast i...
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