Mix by Reddig Design

Mix by Reddig Design
Prototype stations constructed using 50 percent standard product and 50 percent new development for an experiment, testing whether the two primary movements in today's work place – knowledge - worker attraction / retention, and cost cutting by reducing the square footage per person – needed to be met at the other's expense.

A big concern in the concept phase was improving the inhabitant's well being in a greatly reduced footprint.

Early models indicated a counter-intuitive direction; it appeared that more enclosure, rather than less, was needed as the spaces became smaller.

The result was a system of simple, tubular frames with fiberglass and mesh inserts that provided the balance between enclosure and exposure – the difference between creating a refuge versus a cell.

The Mix prototypes were shown as part of the 2000 NeoCon Ideation display, and are currently being used in Haworth's corporate headquarters.