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Upholstery
Reception Rug
Summit, from the beginning, wanted to have a “heart” to its new space. The result was a central zone, or large breakroom, featuring a sectional sofa, a foosball table, and lush upholstered furniture. Dubbed the “living room,” this lounge-type space offers typical breakroom amenities (e.g., a coffee bar, wet wall refrigerators), as well as an atypical lattice wall herb garden. DBI also incorporated 20 mobile easels that serve as writable surfaces, or “scribble zones,” which Summit employees are able to position wherever they desire. As with other spaces, the living room required that DBI reduce costs through creative specification. For example, the lattice was originally to be finished in a high-grade veneer. DBI decided to have the feature fashioned from standard stock pine and then stained to match the overall palette. The finished piece serves as a divider that maintains the openness of the breakroom while separating the space from corridor circulation.
Design Development