Innovation Lab in Perth, with a bespoke live-edge communal table, individual workstations and a large illustrated wall mural.

INNOVATION LAB, PERTH

A former school gym transformed into a flexible workspace for creative start-ups, bringing together shared working, informal meetings and hands-on making. Designed around a tight budget, the open room is organised through movable furniture rather than fixed partitions. Bespoke acoustic booths, industrial pipe-framed desks and display units made from reclaimed packaging allow the space to adapt to different activities. DD Editions designed and supplied the furniture, with a commissioned wall mural giving the room its distinctive character.

A FLEXIBLE WORKSPACE IN A FORMER SCHOOL GYM

LOCATION

Perth

BUILDING

Former gym in a listed school

PROJECT TYPE

Creative workspace and makers’ space

SERVICES

Interior design, bespoke furniture design and supply, artwork coordination

the original space

Former school gym in Perth before refurbishment into the Innovation Lab, showing high windows, worn timber flooring and original wall panels.
Former school gym in Perth before refurbishment into the Innovation Lab, showing high windows, worn timber flooring and original wall panels.

completed design

Movable acoustic seating booths with blue-grey upholstery and pipe-framed tables in the Innovation Lab, Perth.
Movable acoustic seating booths with blue-grey upholstery and pipe-framed tables in the Innovation Lab, Perth.
Movable seating booth with blue-grey upholstery, acoustic side panels and a pipe-framed table at the Innovation Lab, Perth.
Detail of a bespoke mobile table with a layered plywood top, galvanised pipe frame and castors at the Innovation Lab, Perth.

Acoustic booths create quieter places to meet, while pipe-framed tables and individual desk pods support different ways of working. Reclaimed packaging forms mobile storage and display units, giving existing materials a new purpose.

Individual workstations with curved privacy screens, timber desktops and Anglepoise lamps at the Innovation Lab, Perth.
Individual workstations with curved privacy screens, timber desktops and Anglepoise lamps at the Innovation Lab, Perth.
Mobile storage and display units made from reclaimed plywood packaging, with white panels and open shelving at the Innovation Lab, Perth.
Mobile storage and display units made from reclaimed plywood packaging, with white panels and open shelving at the Innovation Lab, Perth.

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