Designer Story
Understanding the importance of collaboration in the workplace
and knowing that it happens most often at the desk, Yves Béhar
and his team began investigating solutions that would merge casual
parts of the office environment with spaces where people work,
evenly spreading collaborative zones throughout the floorplan.
As a starting point, they explored solutions that would bring a new
level of ergonomics to casual and group seating.
Béhar’s concept proposed collaborative areas in close proximity to
and as a part of individual workspaces. The design would encourage
the type of productive interaction that drives organizations forward.
During the development process, Béhar tested prototypes at the
fuseproject office in San Francisco. He and his team worked among
the evolving design for 18 months and used their experiences to
inform and refine the concept.
