No Picnic Office Design by Elding Oscarson

Swedish design duo Elding Oscarson have completed this office for design consultants “No Picnic” in Stockholm, No Picnic is one of the world’s largest design consultants, covering industrial design, product design, and packaging design. They wanted large, open office spaces, a prototype workshop, a prototype showroom, several project rooms, and a striking customer area, distinctly separated from the other spaces in order to maintain secrecy.

The meeting rooms inside this metal membrane, divided in two by a reflective aluminium wall. Previously a stable and troop hall, the office has meeting areas concealed behing the mirrored divider. The flat reflection of the glass appearing flush with the distorting metal surface, makes the glass seem like a mirror while the metal appears transparent; the wall is there, yet it disappears.

It is bold, kaleidoscopic and delusive with its trompe l’oeil effects. At the same time it takes a step back for the main act: the light and space of the exercise hall, and the old building’s straightforward display of material, construction, imperfections, and time that has passed.

Source : Elding Oscarson, No Picnic