In an era when work-play campuses are pitted against sleekly designed cubicle farms to capture the corporate imagination, how does one interior designer compete? By turning a 2,500-square-foot former lacrosse-netting factory into a residential-style office space that inspires both originality and productivity. “Creating a functional environment where my staff has the space to be creative is very important to me,” says interior designer Michael Aiduss , who launched his eponymous firm in Montclair, New Jersey, in 2010. “Aside from functionality, creating beauty and luxury within an industrial setting was paramount.”
Aiduss approached the space as he does many of his clients’ projects—as a blank canvas. The design team installed walls in the open space to create a series of rooms and common areas, replaced the original factory windows with new steel casement models, and maintained the brick walls. “Texture and contrast in materiality are very important to me, and the building offered all of the elements to make the space appropriate,” says Aiduss. The concrete floors were stained black and polished to a beautiful luster, and the interior doors were fitted with bronze kick plates for a touch of glamour in the timeworn space. In the entry, plaster reliefs by Osmundo Studio are offset by a shiny bronze étagère with ultra-suede-covered shelving designed by Aiduss himself.
The space before. The conference room now features a velvet Chesterfield sofa and camel-colored wool curtains.
Here, as elsewhere, the moody black-and-blue palette is accented with notes of white and gray as well as antiques. Camel-color wool curtains soften the look in the conference room, which features a repurposed circa-1710 dining table, its wood leaves coated with charcoal-gray lacquer and edged in bronze; a tufted Chesterfield sofa provides a soft landing pad for client meetings and brainstorming sessions. Aiduss’s office continues the palette with a Jens Risom desk that he had ebonized and topped in navy leather, while a bookcase beyond contains a collection of vintage Japanese pottery and 19th-century ceramics purchased in Paris. Even the bath, with its dim lighting and slate sink, evokes the comforts of home. “My staff say they want to convert the place into a house for themselves,” says Aiduss. With its lack of traditional office accoutrements, it’s no wonder.
“Aside from functionality, creating beauty and luxury within an industrial setting was paramount,” says Aiduss.
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