Project ID
AWG
Location
New York, USA
Scope
Renovation
Function
Workspace

It’s hard to see art when the four monitors on your desk present a panorama of multi-colored lines dancing in sync with the fluctuations of global capital.

When the traders who occupy this office do take a moment to look up from their desk, they are surrounded by artwork that carries the same colors into a new territory of abstract meaning.

Traders trading, with HOTxTEA art in the background

To let the art be the focus, we installed a simple, luminous ceiling. The floor is intentionally plain.

In the main trading area, what’s left is a floor to ceiling installation of multi-colored rope and excellent views.

Views our over FIDI

We invited artist Hot Tea to produce an installation along one wall. An array of colored ropes change in perception as you view it from different angles—sometimes nearly invisible and sometimes vibrant.

Detail of HOT TEA installation looking toward the office
Detail of HOT TEA installation looking toward the water

In a private office, we invited Kustaa Saksi to create a pair of tapestries that frame the view uptown (and improve acoustics).

Though it appears that very little has been done in these office spaces, our work was to erase distractions.