JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS
TYPOLOGY Office
LOCATION Kaunas, Lithuania
SIZE 280 sq.m
CLIENT JDE
INVOLVEMENT Complete interior design project
STATUS Completed
TIMELINE 2018
PHOTOGRAPHY Ignas Maldžiūnas
ARTWORK Ignas Maldus
ALL KIND OF COFFEE SHADES >>
The idea was to create a motivated environment that is timeless and avoids trends. The challenge is to design continuous, open space work areas, balancing between different elements: light, shape, color, function and space, creating a certain sophisticated conceptual simplicity, still remaining the look of refined corporation.
Inviting and homey interior concept was developed with the purpose to encourage communication and productivity among the team which otherwise is unimaginable in today’s modern business. It is scientifically established that the surrounding environment interacts with our common sense.
We rely on Scandinavian philosophy to create a healthy environment for productive work and quality rest. By eliminating everything that is unnecessary, we purge the vision with such elements as functionally designed space and employee comforts,
with the goal of allowing nature to enter, extending the space boundlessly and further enhancing the panoramic impression.
All materials and colors come from nature as well as outside the window: wood, stone, cotton, etc. are in use.
The architecture of the building itself and the guidelines of the JDE corporation dictate the chosen concept of interior "All kind of coffee shades". The main elements of interior become oak plywood wall décor with framed glass partitions and the big showcases that allow natural light to flood inward. In the designed space, functional zones are not only broken up with partitions but also combined / dispersed by glass with the purpose of not blocking the space and light impression. Gracious materials were used in order of creating a workspace that “doesn’t feel like an office at all”.
A wide, muted earth tone color palette has been selected symbolically to reflect company’s aesthetics. All other details were selected in a way that they do not put into the shade the main idea. Aesthetics and quality prevail in selected materials. Unnatural color solutions are not applicable. Palette remains silent, neutral. Arising accents are as follows, nature-specific tones. Modern furnishings, laconic shapes, linear silhouettes were selected to comply.
Photography offered by Ignas Maldus, contextually conveys the symbolic geographical position of the building as it is situated in the waterfront of river Nėris and supplements natural tones of the work environment.