Derived from the highly visual nature of this lighting design firm’s brand identity, the design of ambience’s new workspace was a playful yet carefully considered use of natural light, shadow and colour mixed with artificial light. Weaving ambience’s light-hearted branding & tone throughout, the project was based on creating ‘a workspace where people want to work’; one that was as equally captivating and enchanting as it was productive.

Our concept was based on optical prisms, which can break light into its constituent spectral colours. This phenomenon was creatively executed through the use of colour and angular lines which visually connect walls, floors and ceilings.

The office consists of a central open area with more intimate zones scattered throughout, defined by bright pastel colours and glazed panels with a dichroic window film. Custom back-lit acoustic ceiling panels provide calming and smooth illumination, while circular perforations echo throughout the space as a repeating detail, softening the bold, angular lines.

This layered and compelling space is perceived differently from every direction and allows visual connections throughout, altering perceptions of depth and range.

The space has been designed to give varied visual stimulation at different times of the day, from mesmerizing natural sunlight, to mind-bending prism effects and arresting back-lit colour gradients, with colours becoming denser and shadows more dynamic – depending on time.