New Zealand Commercial Design Trends Series NZ Commercial Design Trends Vol. 33/03C | Page 83

Facing page:While the open
work spaces encourage
collaboration across the teams,
there are also a number of small
meeting rooms to allow more
private conversations.
Below:Throughout the fit-out,
splashes of colour have been
injected to reflect My Food
Bag’s branding and the seasonal
nature of its business. The deep
red boardroom chairs represent
summer berries.
ceilings and horrible carpets – but it had potential.
“Our business is fun, dynamic, vibrant and fast-
paced, and we wanted our new environment to
reflect that.”
Platform Consulting Group was called in as
project manager and lead contractor for the
transformation, with Yellow 6 producing the design
concept. My Food Bag’s two functional require-
ments were allocated to different levels in the
building – administration workstation space on the
third floor and the highly specialised development
kitchen on the ground floor.
Yellow 6 Design director Suz Miller says all the
existing fit-out – ceiling panels, flooring, lighting
trays – was stripped out, leaving exposed, natu-
ral surfaces and services as the base for the new
design. The concrete floor was then polished and a
neutral colour scheme introduced as a backdrop.
“We then injected the My Food Bag brand colour
palette into various areas – Spring green, Summer
red, Autumn orange and Winter purple,” says Miller.
To facilitate collaboration within and across
teams, there was a deliberate decision not to
screen any of the administration workspaces – even
the co-CEO area is open to the wider environment.
However, each team does have its own meeting
rooms for more private conversations and interac-
tions, and colour has been injected into these too.
Central to this floor are staff social facilities
including the kitchen, relaxation areas, children’s
play area and a pool table. Robinson says the pool
table is more than just a social attraction.
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