OnOffice Magazine May-18 Back Issue

Our cover this month is graced by the charismatic Lucy Kurrein who is taking on the office seating market with her eponymous Lucy Sofa for Offecct. After collaborating with renowned home furnishing brands like SCP and Molinari, Kurrein is now the latest designer to bring residential touches to the workplace, and we have a hunch this won’t be her last contribution to office furniture.

In our OnSite section, our features editor Ayla Angelos transports us to Milan, where Piuarch has converted the old Caproni aircraft factory into Gucci’s new headquarters. Rising above the seesaw outline of brick-clad hangars, is Piuarch’s most notable modern intervention: a six-storey, louvred glass tower where the office space is located.

Elsewhere, we take a look at yet another intriguing conversion, across the pond this time, of a 1909 horse stable into a contemporary office on San Francisco’s waterfront. Much like Gucci’s HQ, the new workspace, designed by Feldman Architecture, retains the character of its original structure while subtly introducing contemporary elements that, at once, contrast and camouflage with the existing.