On Saturday we celebrated 8 years in business. As I’ve said in past anniversary posts, this was not by design.
If I had to pick a word to characterize this past year I would say “change”. This year has had more change than previous years. We have a lot of new faces (Matt, Norma, Andy, Simon, Peter, Kyra, Pierre, JSB, John K). Sadly, we also said goodbye to some long time T+Lers (Stubbs, Shannon, Steve, Paul, Zack, Joan).
Dave Gillis became a partner, Jeremy Bell became a dad (and by default I became an uncle) and Geoff won a hard fought battle to build a home for his family.
Change is part of life and you take the bitter with the sweet.
One of the biggest changes we made, was moving our office. The studio at 460 Richmond Street West was just too small for what we needed going forward. When we moved into 460 Richmond it seemed huge. It was a great office, amazing location in a nice building. It hosted the first BarCamp in Toronto, which eventually spawned the various unconferences around the city. It was the scene of a rather unfortunate incident that we are just beginning to be able to laugh about (*ahem Jer*). Despite serving us well we had outgrown it and needed more space. Change.
So we thought that in this anniversary post we would share some shots of the new office as a symbol of our change.
Designed by: Roy Banse Design
But with all the change one thing is constant, our thanks to those who work here and the clients who let us do what we do. Thank you.
written by Jon Lax
Wow. The new office is stunning!
Looks amazing guys … who will be the first to pull an all nighter on those killer couches?
Congrats on an amazing eight years in business and thanks for being an inspiration to all of us in the industry. Oh, and wow, what a gorgeous new office: very open, warm and welcoming.
Congrats guys!
Haha wow, a Lego gun? That’s pretty [sitcom] funny. I’m glad no one was seriously injured.
But back to the office . . . I love the lighting! The exposed ceilings really do it for me though, congratulations on 8 years. I only just started following Geoff’s house project as well. Here’s to another 8!
Congrats guys! And what a gorgeous office!
Congrats, new office looks amazing! The people ain’t too shabby looking either ;)
Beautiful space — congratulations!
Your office is amazing. You guys deserve it. I hope to one day be able to have an office like that. Keep up the awesome work.
OMG!! Working in such a beautiful office would be a dream come true for me!! That’s awesome.
Congrats guys. The space in one word: epic. Cheers to another 8 and more.
The place looks great. Congrats.
Congrats you savs. Gorgeous.
Lookin’ good guys! Now the office matches the fancy Perrier even more ;) congrats on the move and the 8 years!
Once again you guys rock, Congrats on the new space, looks awesome!
Niceeeeeee………………. I like. :-D
That’s a whole lot of people not talking to one another! Or, perhaps just not listening to one another. Just like a highly functional family.
Congratulations guys – well deserved.
gorgeous office, i am going to use these shots for some inspiration for my company’s new office! Thanks!
BTW..what kind of chairs did you guys go with? They look great and we are in the market for some new fancy sitting.
@iso the desk chairs are Vitra (http://www.vitra.com/en-us/office/products/medapal/overview/) the boardroom chairs are Eames Management Chairs from Herman Miller