The Wing opens inaugural international branch in London
Women-focused co-working space The Wing has opened a branch in central London, with interiors that draw upon a "mosh pit" of references including Gaudí buildings and English gardens.
The Wing's head in-house designer Laetitia Gorra told Dezeen that she "didn't hold back" when developing the interiors of the 1,114 square-metre London outpost.
The new space takes over a five-storey townhouse just a minute's walk from Oxford Circus tube station and is the co-working company's first international location and ninth branch overall.
Others include Chicago, which takes cues from the architectural style of Frank Lloyd Wright, and another in New York which occupies an old paper factory.
In the new London office, Gorra has attempted to give each level of the building its own personality.
The first floor is meant to feel distinctly European ? seat-backs and cushions in a huge communal workroom have been upholstered in a floral fabric that the designer sourced in Italy, while tasselled and velvet armchairs from Portuguese furniture brand Munna have been dotted throughout.
Cone-shaped sconce lights from Italian designer Sabrina Landini have also been placed at intervals across the wall.
"I feel in this space particularly, I went outside of my comfort zone. Personally, as I designer, I've become a lot more confident and comfortable in my design decisions and really comfortable with going with my gut," Gorra told Dezeen.
"I took themes and blew them...
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