client Sony Pictures Entertainment Wilshire Courtyard facility
196,000 sf Los Angeles, CA
notable
• Reduced look + feel budget by over 50%.
• Nearly 25,000 lbs of furniture were diverted from the landfill!
Sony Pictures Entertainment
When SPE set out to combine three animation divisions in a California facility, they were balancing budget constraints, diverse stakeholder needs and sustainability. Tapping into kimiko designs’ deep understanding of ancillary products, this collaboration uncovered $750K in furniture reuse opportunities identifying significant cost savings and diverting valuable assets from the landfill.
$200K ancillary reuse
$550K task chair reuse + = why it worked
$750K budget reduction
• collaboration: hiring an SME that understands the nuts and bolts helped SPE save every nickel and dime
• stakeholder management: aligning three distinct business units around a shared goal accelerated decision-making and kept the project moving forward
• strategic sustainability: reuse wasn’t just a checkbox – it was a design choice (with budget benefits)
• no loose ends: implementing a technical QA/QC process detected errors early, keeping the project schedule on track outcome
Like one of their animated hits, SPE’s workplace transformation brought imagination to life combining old and new furniture in clever ways to create a vibrant, cost-effective space.