Workplace design

TooSharp Headquarters

The firm had outgrown its office: twice the floor, over fifty-five people, six months. I planned it as a range of places rather than a field of desks, each set by how much focus or company it gives: an open studio along the daylight, glass meeting rooms in view but out of earshot, pods and offices with a door to close, and a breakout as its living room. Deep blue keeps the floor calm; orange marks where people meet. As lead designer I carried every role, from the first drawing to the last fitting.

Industry: Corporate offices
Type: Design & Build
Role: Lead designer

The ceiling

A low gypsum ceiling, about 2.4 m, could carry little, yet it was the design's focal point. The frame spreads the load wide, and a Rhino and Grasshopper script sizes every hole, 5 to 15 mm radius, by its distance to attractor points: a cloud of light, cut into panels easy to make and assemble.

3D printed

One-off pieces don't justify a mould. So much of the detail was 3D printed: the signage, the logos and the orange wall discs, each printed in parts that screw together, then painted, so every shape could be drawn for this office alone.

Drawn for manufacture

Custom pieces only match the render if the workshop can read them. Walls, furniture and light were designed for this floor and drawn for manufacture, then specified for purchase, 32 furniture items with quantities and finishes, and sourced and made, locally and in China.

The design

Every room was settled in render first, and the build was held to it. Rendered in D5 and 3ds Max.

Closing thoughts

Holding every role meant every question came back to me, from the ceiling's hangers to the manufacturers in China. What I'm proudest of is that we brought the renders to the ground as closely as we could, through continuous hardship and a lot of headache.

Services: Interior designConstruction drawingsSite supervisionContractingProcurementFurniture and product designPhotography
Tools: RhinoGrasshopper3ds MaxCoronaV-RayD5 RenderAdobe Creative Cloud
Date: 2026

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