IT Archives - Business Interiors https://www.businessinteriors.co.uk/portfolio-category/it/ Office design, workplace consultancy and fit-out. Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:33:27 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.businessinteriors.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-Business-interiors-office-design-refurbishment-architecture-32x32.jpg IT Archives - Business Interiors https://www.businessinteriors.co.uk/portfolio-category/it/ 32 32 30334503 South West Communications https://www.businessinteriors.co.uk/portfolio_page/south-west-communications/ Mon, 18 Jun 2018 16:58:09 +0000 https://www.businessinteriors.co.uk/?post_type=portfolio_page&p=7188 A tired reception, canteen and data centre turned into spaces that tell visitors exactly what kind of technology company this is.

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]]> A tired reception, canteen and data centre turned into spaces that tell visitors exactly what kind of technology company this is.

Client

South West Communications

Location

Exeter, Devon

Sector

IT and communications

Scope

Design and build: reception, staff canteen and data centre

The brief

South West Communications, one of the leading IT firms in the West Country, asked us to refresh its ageing reception, staff canteen and data centre.

The canteen

We suggested taking the false ceiling out completely. The extra height gives a greater sense of space, and the exposed, painted services give the room a more modern, industrial feel.

The kitchen splashback shows the Premiership-winning Exeter Chiefs; South West Communications was the club’s main sponsor.

Staff canteen with a wall-sized photograph of a mountain lake, an orange bench along the back wall, lounge chairs and white sculptural pendant lights under a dark, exposed ceiling
A wall-sized photograph of Lake Banff, a personal favourite of the chairman’s from his bike travels in Canada, works like a window to another world.
Tall bar table with white stools in front of the long orange bench and the mountain-lake photograph
A long bench on the back wall makes the most of the space and the seating.
Long canteen table under a large white pendant light, with windows onto the road
The feature lights look good inside and can be seen, invitingly, from the road.

Reception and stairs

In reception and the data centre, aluminium panels now cover the old Artex walls, matching the outside of the building. Warm walnut on the floor balances the metal and matches the treads and handrails of the new stainless steel and glass stairs to the mezzanine.

Reception with a white desk, aluminium wall panels and frosted blue glass carrying the swcomms logo
The aluminium panelling gives reception a look reminiscent of an Apple store.
Stainless steel and glass staircase with walnut treads and handrail, seen from below, with square LED ceiling panels above
Above the stairs, a blanket of LED panels gives the impression of a large skylight in a space that used to be dark.
A man walking down the glass and stainless steel stairs, holding the walnut handrail
The new stairs to the mezzanine.

The data centre

Black glass hints at the high security of the data centre behind it, and the doors from reception and the data centre are hidden in the panelling.

Boardroom table with mesh chairs in front of a dark glass wall printed with a world map, with server racks visible behind
The boardroom looks onto the data centre through glass printed with a world map.
Aisle between rows of server cabinets in the data centre
Inside the data centre.

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]]> 7188 International IT Firm, London https://www.businessinteriors.co.uk/portfolio_page/office-graphic-design-anonymous-information-technology-london-graphic/ Tue, 22 Nov 2016 23:30:01 +0000 https://www.businessinteriors.co.uk/?post_type=portfolio_page&p=6914 After a global rebrand, historic patent drawings became the graphic language of a London office that celebrates invention.

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]]> After a global rebrand, historic patent drawings became the graphic language of a London office that celebrates invention.

Client

International IT firm (name withheld at the client’s request)

Location

London

Sector

Information technology

Scope

Graphic design and fit-out

The brief

After a global rebrand, an international IT firm asked us to imagine a concept that enhanced its creative corporate culture through internal branding and communication, reflecting the new brand and values.

Inventors and inventions

Our concept drew on inspirational inventors and inventions from the past to encourage employees to greater heights. Using royalty-free patents saved the client money while providing surprising imagery throughout the office, and the inventors themselves provided the quotes, encouraging people to think outside the box and dare to fail.

Wall covered in a large patent drawing of an engine, with a Henry Ford quote
Patent drawings and quotes from the inventors cover the walls.
Corridor with a blue wall printed with a patent drawing and a quote about television
Colour and quotes carry the idea along the corridors.
Meeting room behind glass with a white grid manifestation, and pink chairs inside
Graphics on the glass bring the patent theme to the meeting rooms.

Over a single weekend

We covered nearly all the bare glass and white walls, including magnetic whitewalls throughout. The 30,000 sq ft transformation was carried out by a team of 16 over a single weekend, working around the clock. On Monday morning the ‘overnight’ change had maximum impact and was extremely well received.

Glass-walled corridor with an oak floor, the glass printed with rows of letters
Letters on the glass along the corridor.
Glass doors in front of an orange wall printed with an Alexander Graham Bell quote
An Alexander Graham Bell quote on an orange wall.

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]]> 6914 Strongbyte https://www.businessinteriors.co.uk/portfolio_page/office-design-oxford-shipton-strongbyte/ Wed, 11 Nov 2015 01:56:23 +0000 https://www.businessinteriors.co.uk/?post_type=portfolio_page&p=6648 A run-down 1970s industrial unit in the Cotswolds, opened up to the full height of its A-frame roof to make a light, airy office.

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]]> A run-down 1970s industrial unit in the Cotswolds, opened up to the full height of its A-frame roof to make a light, airy office.

Client

Strongbyte

Location

Oxfordshire

Sector

IT

Scope

Design and build

The brief

After rapid expansion, Strongbyte found a run-down industrial unit in the Cotswolds and asked us what could be done.

Opening it up

Looking beyond the existing layout and the false ceiling from the 1970s, we saw the potential to open the space both vertically and horizontally, taking the full height of the A-frame roof into the main working area. The result is a light, airy place that is a pleasure to work in.

The stairwell was opened out with glass, leading up to an open-plan office. Carpet and wood flooring separate the working area from the breakout space, with a teapoint and a variety of meeting, collaborative and customer-facing areas.

Teapoint beside a glass stair balustrade, where curved wood flooring meets the carpet
Glass opens up the stairwell, and the change from wood to carpet marks out the breakout space.

The result

Clients always remark on the design and how well the space works. It has had a very positive impact on staff wellbeing, and on first impressions for visiting clients.

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]]> 6648 Map of Medicine https://www.businessinteriors.co.uk/portfolio_page/office-relocation-london-map-of-medicine/ Thu, 25 Jun 2015 18:04:12 +0000 http:///www.businessinteriors.co.uk/?post_type=portfolio_page&p=725 A relocation and fit-out in central London for a clinical knowledge business.

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]]> A relocation and fit-out in central London for a clinical knowledge business.

Client

Map of Medicine

Location

Gray’s Inn Road, London

Sector

Health technology

Scope

Design and fit-out, relocation

The project

Map of Medicine, a clinical knowledge business, relocated to new offices on Gray’s Inn Road in London. We designed and fitted out the new space, including the reception and the main working areas.

Breakout area with a table football table
The breakout area.
Glass wall with Map of Medicine branding
Branding on the glass.

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