don't you love it when working relationships are re-defined and new opportunities emerge? today my former project manager who I worked very closely with in 2009 was very generous in giving me exclusive access to Melbourne Uni's massive unused furniture storage space - and he will give me anything I want for free!
admittedly some of the stuff there is quite old-fashioned, but they are also well-built. if we carefully select the right pieces - with a lot of love, work, and attention to detail - I think we can make a lot of beautiful, quality pieces for the Hub. I can imagine a lot of great items for the space through the re-upholstering of chairs, sanding/staining/repolishing of shelves, powdercoating of steel bases and giving them new timber tabletops, etc. I've got a lot of energy about this!
Brad, I also came across some old doors for our "doors-of-opportunity"-super-mobile-meeting-room-partition-slash-table-tops!
On another note, thanks also to the core team for sharing yesterday what your expectations of a professional space are (we'd love to hear from others on the design blog as well!). It's great to hear what your expectations are so that we know we are heading on the right track!
I: raw materials (metallic, rustic), good lighting, scavenge, not too much like black cat cafe. In between young, function and trendy, colour, warm palette, yes!!
M: Eclectic with quality (can be old and reclaimed but still good) no plastic, no cheap china, value set guides, balance between cheap and expensive example the lights, functionality, space product service, spending extra
N: Peaceful, coherent, alternative to flowers
S: Thoughtful, why is it there? purpose should be obvious, it all should work, things should be right, then people wouldn't mind if other things are not going to work, technology in place
B: purpose, CEO of a bank should think "this is amazing!", signature pieces, lots of plants, the communal table is awesome!, thoughtful and different, what does a CEO want? signature pieces, that table, the meeting room out of doors with a teleconference, comfortable chairs, innovative
(thanks to Nynke for the notes!)
