Inspiration
Ideas Interior Architects furnish smart offices
Ideas Interior Architects design interiors ideal for tomorrow’s working methods. In two projects, they combined Savo Soul with Savo 360 to create seating that meets different requirements.
Ideas Interior Architects in Malmö have been around since 1989 creating settings with strong identities in what is known as space branding, where the focus is on designing an overall experience rather than just interiors.
“We reinterpret the customer’s business idea to a physical environment that supports their working methods and culture. A paradigm shift has been under way since the pandemic whereby work is an action and not necessarily a physical place to be visited every day. But some industries work more conventionally and need to meet face-to-face if innovation is to take place. These working methods collaborate and will probably continue to do so,” says Patrik Haglund, Studio Manager and Interior Designer at Ideas.
Ideas Interior Architects take care of the entire process with everything from workshops, managing change processes, creating design concepts, drafting and project management to final styling and the delivery of furniture. Many of the assignments concern optimizing workspaces to suit downsized premises, changed working methods and new functions.
“It’s all the more important to adapt floor space in downsized premises in the best way to help people enjoy being at work whenever they’re there. Flexibility at work has become a hygiene factor, and it also affects interior furnishings. For example, we’ve worked with multiple height-adjustable desks in meeting rooms so that those who wish to stand may do so while others remain seated at the same meeting.”
One of Ideas’ projects concerned an office hotel on the fifth floor of the WTC Business Center in Helsingborg where companies can rent spaces large or small, open-plan co-working areas, meeting rooms and break rooms. The choice of materials and the colour scheme for the project took their inspiration from Scandinavian archipelagos, and the use of wood, stone and steel in sober tones created an elegant, enjoyable setting.
“We used Savo Soul and Savo 360 for different purposes at the office hotel. The fixed workstations with desks needed a classic working chair, while Savo 360 with a fully upholstered back was a great hybrid chair for short periods of work and meetings in touchdown and co-working spaces.”
Savo 360 is very flexible, which makes it suitable for many different projects
Patrik Haglund, studio manager & interior designer at Ideas.
In another project for the Baker Tilly accounting firm in Lund, the vision was to create an open meeting place with creative touch-down spaces, smart working areas and quiet rooms. Here too, Ideas chose to combine Savo Soul with Savo 360, where the high versions of Savo 360 with a foot rest bar in pale ash were used among other things as window seating.
“Savo 360 is very flexible, which makes it suitable for many different projects. It’s a simple office chair that is intuitive, has an appealing look and is easy to locate. The combination of wood and fully upholstered back makes it easy to work with and imparts a softer impression; it’s not too ‘officey’. The round seat has a certain give, which means occupants can sit further out and lean forward, almost like they were on a stool. The back also has inbuilt give that allows micro movements that modify the comfort,” says Patrik Haglund.
Personally, Patrik prefers to stand, and while he feels more people should do so, he wants to make sitting comfortable when it’s needed. Allowing several different chairs to coexist in a project provides employees with freedom of choice when selecting chairs that suit them best
“Savo Soul is a chair that suits most people. We like being able to have different mesh fabrics on the backs to create an upholstered impression or more ‘techy’ appearance. The chair is also scalable; for example, you don’t have to have armrests if you don’t want them.”
Interior design and photography: Ideas Interior Architects
The fixed workstations with desks needed a classic working chair like Savo Soul
Patrik Haglund, studio manager & interior designer at Ideas.