Branded Environments is an experience design firm for the workplace. BE helps you tell the story of your company’s heritage, values and goals through the integration of the fabric of your physical space with your company’s brand equity. Our vision is to create a new office environment, where the workplace is an active performer of your company’s brand. Read more »
Mariano Desmaras and Steff Geissbühler designed an outdoor typographical sculpture that speaks of RFE/RL’s mission to promote liberty and democratic values. Designed for the new headquarters in Prague, on a busy street filled with cars and trolleys, the 10-foot-high, custom-drawn, dimensional letterforms create a sculptural installation that changes language depending on direction of approach, either “LIBERTY” or “SVOBODA,” the same word with the same amount of letters in Czech. Each letter pair intersects on a central vertical axis. The “Freedom Monument” functions as an outdoor sign, performs as a…
I visited the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange several years ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday. The vast hall was filled with a sound like a motor running at full throttle. A business reporter with her cameraman was staking a spot next to me, preparing to go on air. Countless traders were shouting orders at each other. It was exhilarating to just stand there. “This is it! This is where it all happens!” I shouted to a co-worker. My visit to the…