TETRIS: rearranging workspaces, finding balance between function and visual identity

A few years ago, there was no way I could get an office project using textiles. Most people couldn't even imagine introducing "softness" and well being into office spaces supposed to be "serious". The only materials allowed were hard ones such as metal, glass or wood and the only colors allowed where grey and dark blue, supposedly masculine colors! Fortunately things have changed since, bright colors are more often accepted and there is increasing interest towards the functionality of the products used.

In this project, my client wished to visually separate blocks of six desks from the passage way and the central technical zone. In order to do that, I needed to create a virtual corridor between the people working at their desks and their passing by colleagues. I was also to use the six colors of the brand logo, each color identifying a different department within the company. Finally, the space dividers where to be easily removable in order for the spaces to evolve through time if the need came.