Case studies

Located in Kansas City, this government office needed a refresh to create a homeful, up-to-date space for its employees to thrive. Together in partnership with Messerschmidt Inc and key designers from Kansas City, they designed a space that would help staff focus, connect, or discover according to their needs throughout the day. Combined with pops of color,  easy access to power, a centralized cafe, and views of the city, this is a space for people to choose how they work best. 

Location: Kansas City, MO
Designers: Heather Edwards, Kim Crane
Architect: GSA KC
Rep Group: Messerschmidt Inc.

Strom Law’s Barrister Hall was designed as one of the first legal co-working communities. With over 10,000 square feet of flexible workspace, a variety of legal firms can come together in one office to share insights, innovate, and connect with others. Built with state-of-the-art technology and ample amenities, this space was designed to support the legal community however they work best. With spaces ranging from private offices to conference rooms to lounge areas, each member can choose what fits them.

Location: Columbia, SC
Rep Firm: Jack Fetner Associates
Designer/Dealer: F3 Concepts
Photography: Firewater Photography

YKK AP America Inc is a technology-oriented manufacturer of commercial facade systems, residential doors, and windows. Their team builds upon the foundation of advanced engineering to provide innovative solutions. In partnership with Nelson Worldwide, they relocated their American headquarters to Atlanta, Georgia, imagining a space that would appeal to both current and future employees. The overall aesthetic of the space was curated to balance modern elements with timeless natural materials, featuring a color and material palette of warm earth tones. 

Location: Atlanta, GA
Design/Architecture: Nelson Worldwide
Dealer: CWC Atlanta
Square footage: 20,000 sf
 

Colonial Pipeline needed a centralized, secure place for their headquarters after outgrowing their previous offices. They decided to build a new space to meet all their needs, supplying 630,000 square feet of office space. With dynamic design touches mimicking pipelines through the use of moss + lighting, the space carries brand touchpoints and beauty to inspire employees. The company also ensured plenty of flexible office space, including meeting rooms, private offices, multiple cafe areas, all equipped with extensive security to protect their work. 

Location: Alpharetta, GA
Design + Architecture: Nelson
Dealer: CWC
Construction Manager: Savills / Nanci Love
Real Estate: CoStar Group
Photography: Sojourners Co.
 

Ameredev, an independent E&P company, sought to create a new office in Austin, TX, that would reflect Southwestern design inspired by the Permian Basin. Sixthriver chose finishes, art, accessories, plants, and more to mimic natural earth tones and textures. They even incorporated a cross-sectional map of the Permian Basin and successfully crafted a dynamic, sleek, contrasting, refined, and earthy space to reflect the client’s vision. 

Location: Austin, TX
Design Firm: Sixthriver
Contractor: S Watts Group
Dealer: CORE Office Interiors
Construction: Compass PM Group
Photographer: Andrea Calo Photography

Berkadia wanted to renovate their space in Philadelphia, PA to create an Innovation Center, a hub for brainstorming, collaboration, and thought leadership. Located downtown near universities and "Innovation Row," they had the perfect location and support to do so. Together with Meyer Design, OFS, JLL, and D&R, they created soft architecture within the space to provide structure amidst high ceilings and open space. The variety of meeting spaces, from private focus areas to closed collaborative rooms, foster ideation and energizes employees to do their best work. 

Location: Philadelphia, PA
Designer: Meyer Design
Architects: Jess Nixon, Debra Breslow
Commercial Real Estate: JLL
Contractors: D&R
Photographer: Jeffrey Totaro

Leaders at ClosetMaid wanted to update their office building to create a more department-specific, modern space to better support the needs of each employee. With the help of HKS, Hunton Brady, and Common Sense Office Furniture, ClosetMaid chose OFS furniture to bring a warm, homeful feel to their updated office. Together with Hanson Construction, they brought their dream office to life, creating a space that blends modern and homeful, collaborative and private spaces, to help their employees do their best work. 

Location: Ocala, FL

Designer: Common Sense Office Furniture

Architect: HKS Architects, Hunton Brady

Photographer: Chad Baumer

Restaurant 365 was growing, so they decided to expand their current building and reinvigorate their new space to best reflect their unique company culture of collaboration and creativity. With the help of an extensive team including members of Tilt by Design, SAA Architects, CDG Builders, The Irvine Company, Source COI, OFS, and more, they created a space full of natural light, pops of color, and a thoughtful combination of focus and collaboration spaces. The Restaurant365 team and employees were so thrilled and inspired by the space that they have even decided to expand further! 

Location: Laguna Woods, CA

Design Firm: TiltbyDesign and SourceCOI

Architect: SAA Architects

Contractor: CDG Builders

Deseret Digital Media was growing rapidly and wanted to accommodate their growing number of staff while staying inside the same office building. To help, Deseret Digital turned to OFS Interiors to help design and support a larger number of employees through better space planning and more wellness-focused solutions. Together with OFS, the team decided to switch to height-adjustable desks, increase collaborative spaces, and add design detail to give the office a more cohesive feel. Today, the Deseret Digital Media team more comfortably fits and finds value in their workspace. 

Wyndham Destinations wanted something fresh and new to support their employees and spur them into a bright future. To start, they enlisted the help of Baskervill Design and OFS to create a space that employs both pops of color and sophistication, enables both privacy and collaboration. Today, this initial 3rd-floor refresh has even developed into plans for the entire building, a testament to the success of the project. 

Brinker International Inc. is an American multinational hospitality company that owns well-known restaurant chains like Chilis and Mangiano’s Little Italy. Based in Dallas, Texas, the company had remained in an old building. CEO of Brinker, Wyman Roberts sought to create a new, inspiring space for employees.

With the help of Cushman and Wakefield, they chose Cypress Waters for their new corporate office, a 4 story space on the edge of a lake, suited for 500 Brinker employees. “Our move to Cypress Waters allows us to build and custom design a new campus that provides an inspiring and collaborative environment for our BrinkerHeads.” Wyman Roberts states.

With the help of HKS Architects, OFS furniture, and more, they created a new, beautiful space full of color, collaboration spaces, natural light, and lakeside views. Here is a space where Brinker employees can love coming to work, find inspiration, and easily collaborate with peers to do their best work.

Orangetheory is a fitness franchise based out of Boca Raton, Florida. With fitness centers all around the world, Orangetheory provides group workouts with close attention from personal trainers. To bolster client energy and match branding, they pair bright colors with spaces for connection.

Orangetheory decided to update their headquarters to match the fresh, warm, and energetic feel of their fitness centers. Errez Design jumped at the challenge—deciding to play on the company name—Orangetheory—by placing orange trees throughout the office.

Errez Design chose to work with OFS for the warm and homeful feeling of Eleven wood workstations. To fit the orange trees inside, OFS created customized holes in the Eleven wood workstations for each tree to peek out. Next, bright orange Genus chairs were added to provide playful pops of color throughout the space. Today, the completed space provides employees with ample collaborative space, inspiration, and fun play areas for between-meeting breaks.

Sleep Number’s lease was up, so they decided to pair moving from a suburban neighborhood to downtown Minneapolis with a complete rebrand. They hoped that their new space could better reflect their identity and accommodate all employees comfortably despite smaller square footage. In order to do this, the HGA design team, Parameters, and OFS representative Ben Wagner worked together. Ultimately, Sleep Number and HGA decided to imagine the office like a city, small neighborhoods connected by avenues in between and centralized by a large plaza on each floor—all tied together by a soft Nordic palette. These spaces employed much more “we” space than “me” space, an adjustment, but driver of collaboration and connection. A long-standing friendship and an aligned vision led Sleep Number to choose OFS furniture for large portions of their ancillary space. Today, the new space not only encourages employee relationships and wellness, it inspires all who visit and reflects a hotel-open office feeling that captures the imagination and draws visitors in to learn more.

The North American Mission Board sought a space that better reflected their brand and supported their spatial needs. As a company that helps with church planting, training, and fundraising, they needed to move from private offices to a larger mix between open plan, private office, and collaborative third spaces. They reached out to Myrick Gurosky to help with the design, who also drew Hatcher Schuster into the picture. Hatcher Schuster, a design firm who frequently collaborates with OFS, invited the North American Mission Board team to the Atlanta OFS showroom.

At the showroom, the team was impressed with the combination of great pricing and design detail, falling especially in love with Staks—the perfect blend of collaborative and private workspaces. OFS also belongs to the National IPA contract, which provided a deeper discount—and better use of the NAMB budget. With the contract, extensive breadth of line, and relationship between Hatcher Schuster and OFS, it was the obvious solution. Today, the North American Mission Board team adores their new space as it better highlights the work that they do and supports their future endeavors.