A Tour of Mattel’s New Warsaw Office

Toy firm Mattel employed office design agency BIT CREATIVE to design their new places of work in Warsaw, Poland.

“The primary concept accompanying us in creating the idea for the Mattel workplace in Warsaw was to create a multicolored inside reflecting the spirit of the merchandise created by the model that everyone knows properly – says architect Barnaba Grzelecki. – On the similar time, we have been centered on creating an inside that may not, in the long run, overwhelm the staff with the variety of colours and depth of contrasts. Amongst different causes, we determined to visually differentiate the house relying on the perform carried out – he provides.

Thus, the assembly rooms have been infused with colours and model motifs from the Investor’s portfolio, whereas the open widespread areas and strictly work areas have been calmed down via the usage of a restricted coloration palette (grey and white) and the usage of solely delicate accents in the principle pink coloration from the corporate’s brandbook.

– From the attitude of the passageways or open house, the inside of Mattel’s workplace could appear relatively calm and subdued. Nonetheless, grouped by their dimension, the assembly rooms inside are teeming with coloration – emphasizes architect Jakub Bubel.

The workplace options assembly rooms of broadly various sizes, collaboration rooms, a big useful kitchen, in addition to open house and separate workplace areas. The reception space, along with the ready room, is a component that’s a part of the general character of the inside. Perforated ceilings, a painted ceiling, heat wooden or colours comparable to white, grey and pink can be present in the remainder of the workplace. A degree that, in flip, pronounces a twist within the inside design is a settee within the type of a Barbie bus.

The 2 important and largest assembly rooms symbolize probably the most recognizable manufacturers, Barbie and Fisher Value. Because the rooms will be linked to one another, they relate to 1 one other visually, whereas being a mirror picture of one another. Smaller four-person rooms are these below the Sizzling Wheels and Matchbox manufacturers – on this case, as properly, they’re visually related to one another. On the partitions there are graphics ready by the Investor and lacobel for writing. In each rooms, an unconventional answer are tables primarily based on fragments of a automobile engine, and modified convention chairs created from unique automobile seats. The third group consists of small rooms meant primarily for intimate conferences. A standard function of those rooms is the style and placement of a selected end. Nonetheless, every of them additionally has a particular factor attribute of the model, comparable to a scrabble recreation board within the type of a desk, or a wall of Megabloks blocks. In every of those rooms, the ceiling and partitions function unusually vivid colours from the colour scheme of every product, emphasizing the character of the model it represents.”