{"id":95912,"date":"2023-07-11T03:05:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T17:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/asia-en\/?p=95912"},"modified":"2023-07-11T03:05:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T17:05:54","slug":"bobby-berks-new-home-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/asia-en\/research\/articles\/topics\/case-studies\/bobby-berks-new-home-base\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Berk\u2019s New Home Base"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bobby Berk is known for custom, jaw-dropping (and often tear-jerking) designs on Netflix\u2019s reality makeover show Queer Eye. Off camera, he runs a full-service interior design and creative firm<\/a> that tackles renovations and new build construction along with a full line of licensed products \u2014 all while creating content for his blog, social media and virtual engagements. The team\u2019s latest design challenge \u2014 turning an entire four-bedroom L.A. house into a full-functioning, inspiring workplace.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPeople inherently feel most comfortable at home,\u201d says Berk. \u201cWe wanted a space that feels like you can go sit on the couch outside or find a chair tucked away to work. During COVID, people realized how important it is to have a space where they feel comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n

While many offices today are being designed to feel more like our homes, what happens when you need a home to feel more like an office? After several years of working from a smaller office in downtown L.A., and constantly renting homes for video shoots, Berk\u2019s business needed a bigger, more multi-functional space.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe design process really necessitates in person work to review samples, plan, create mood boards, and see and touch materials,\u201d says Brady Tolbert, creative director at Bobby Berk. \u201cIt\u2019s really hard to be super creative virtually. A lot more can happen when you touch, move and pin things up.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team wanted something refined, yet relaxed to meet very specific needs including a full materials library for the design team, a digital and creative studio to create content and rooms to showcase furniture, art and wallpaper.<\/p>\n

GOOD DESIGN FEELS GOOD<\/h3>\n

Berk applied his design mission to his own workplace project. \u201cWe\u2019re on a mission to help everyone discover that good design is good for the mind,\u201d Berk says. \u201cWe want to design spaces that make you feel good when you\u2019re there.\u201d He wants to inspire people to live with clarity and mental wellbeing in the spaces they choose to spend time in.<\/p>\n

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“Interior design isn\u2019t just about buying pretty things to impress friends or family. It should be about bringing things into your spaces that bring you peace and joy.”<\/p>\n

<\/p>Bobby BerkDesign expert, author and Emmy-nominated TV host<\/span><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n

Berk wanted to create an office everyone could enjoy, feel comfortable and thrive in \u2014 where people feel empowered to be themselves and bring what makes them unique into the office every day. Every team member was invited to provide input on the design which included asking how they like to work.<\/p>\n

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Bobby\u2019s design team wanted a more eclectic look in their conference room. Steelcase designers selected chairs from a variety of brands to create a curated, gathered look so the space feels like it\u2019s created with pieces the team has collected over time. (Seen here: Viccarbe Trestle<\/a> table, bench, Seasons chairs upholstered with Designtex fabric, Mattiazzi Uncino and Fronda chairs) Photo credit: Sara Ligorria Tramp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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DESIGN DECISIONS<\/h3>\n

Turning a home into an office meant the team had to rethink the layout of the entire space by opening things up and knocking down walls.<\/p>\n

Bobby Berk\u2019s Workplace Design Goals<\/strong><\/p>\n