An interactive and collaborative space for BRD-GE in Edinburgh

At BR-DGE they are pushing the boundaries of payment technology and are on a mission to shift power and control back to merchants because payments have become too complicated. In the digital purchasing environment, they want to deliver a great customer journey and a frictionless experience.

With staff returning to the office post covid, it had become clear that the old ways of working had changed. There was a need to create spaces that supported videos calls with clients, and other teams, away from the desk. The need for teams to interact and be more collaborative was also an essential.

Collaborative space Edinburgh

Having created a collaborative space before for the client contact in a previous role, there were some previously used items of furniture that transferred, as well as some different needs to be supported. So we came up with the office interior design ideas shown below.

Design visuals:

A high back seating area replaced the old meeting room in the open plan office with a less formal presentation area for team discussions.

An adjoining office gave them the space to add a high table with a presentation screen and a large circular work desk allowing staff to pop in for a few hours and do focussed work alone, or work as part of a larger team.

The top floor Boardroom was redecorated along with new furniture and lighting, and the larger space used for a table tennis table and bean bags creating a fun space.

All rooms were redecorated and the clever use of ‘colour blocking’ using brand colours, defined different zones. New carpet was used in the collaboration space. The areas have now been further branded with new wall graphics.

The end result:

• text and images: the Amos Beech team