Imagine your job was to design new products for LEGO. And now imagine your working environment is shaped and designed with fun, play and creativity in mind. I know I’d be in heaven and so would my kids!
In 2010 Danish architects Rosan Bosch and Rune Fjord designed the interior of LEGO PMD [an acronym for LEGO’s development department] as a children’s universe where the designers imagination is allowed and encouraged to run wild. For starters you can escape from meetings via a slide back to your open-plan office and you can climb through holes and rest or hide in nooks and crannies just about anywhere in the padded ‘cloud’.
Rosan Bosch explains:
In order to create a design that matches the creative development process in the department, the imagination was given free reins. Across the large space, an existing walkway was turned into an oversize seating area with a light blue colour that transforms the walkway into a light, fluffy cloud. The cloud twists and turns and unfolds to form sofas, sitting podiums and a slide that connects the two floors.
A striking graphic design on the wall with giant blades of grass and an oversize LEGO man strike a contrast to the bonsai gardens with tiny LEGO people that are built into the tables. One’s sense of scale is challenged – who is big, and who is small?
In this physical design, children’s fantasy world becomes a part of everyday perception and defines a setting for creating new designs for games and play. The new LEGO PMD is a children’s universe where the imagination can be unleashed – for children and designers alike.
Wow, lucky LEGO employees! I just hope their legs still bend at the knees. 😉
Enjoy and I hope you’re inspired!
More information | Rosan Bosch & Rune Fjord
Photography | Anders Sune Berg