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Together with the camping/outdoors theme,
IAG’s own branding contributes greatly to the look
of the Hub. There are even slightly differing brand
colourways, differentiating between corporate,
community and employee. Purple is the common
colour to all, signifying leadership and strength for
the company. Various versions of corporate and
internal brand colours have been applied to estab-
lish IAG’s presence in this otherwise neutral palette.
These colours are celebrated predominantly as
bold circle patterns seen in the carpet and in bright,
colourful furniture elements. The circular motif is reinforced by ring pendants in strategic places.
“The open, colourful and highly flexible fit-outs of
the Sylvia Park Hub and near-identical Albany Hub
represent a fresh, human-centred approach to call
centres,” says Langford. “Ongoing staff satisfaction,
productivity and wellbeing is put first at every turn.”
Project:IAG offices, No.1 Sylvia Park
Interior designer:Unispace; design team: design principal
– Sarah Langford; design associate – Antony Walton;
project manager principal – Jamie Shaw; project manager
construction – Angela Chen
Lighting consultant:Switch Lighting
Carpet tiles:Interface carpet tiles, various, from Inzide
Ceiling tiles:Asona acoustic laminate
Surfaces:Melteca low pressure laminates, various;
Formica high-pressure laminates; Maharam fabrics
Paints:Resene and Dulux
Lobby booth rug:Dia in Artsilk
Vinyl plank flooring:Decotile Ethnic Pine
Accoustic pin boards Autex, various colours
Wellness room curtain fabric:Pegasus Envoy in colour
Parchment from James Dunlop Clipwall:Laminex Clipwall system
Window treatments:Roller blinds from Window Treatments
Lighting:Zero-Out, Zero-In, Willy, Piano 600 and Piano 300
by Exenia, from Energy Lights; Muuto pendant from Unison
Workspaces; iStart downlights from JSB
Kitchen appliances:Fisher & Paykel refrigerator and
Double DishDrawer dishwasher; Schaerer Coffee Prime
coffee machine; Undersink Zenith hot water unit
Wellness room appliance:Haier bar fridge
Furniture suppliers:Vidak, including custom lockers and
desk pods; Simon James; Cite; Fletcher Systems; Zenith;
Tim Webber; Harrows; custom joinery by Image Interiors
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left:Stainless steel and wood
veneer lends the staff cafetaria
a canteen-like feel – a place you
might congregate in at a camping
ground for instance. The facility
is on the middle floor of IAG’s
three-floor fit-out – with only
tea/coffee-making facilities on
the floors above and below. This
encourages staff to get exercise
walking to the cafe and to mingle
with those working on other floors.