MK&G Freundeskreis Office interior

With the redesign, Studio Besau-Marguerre has taken the long history of the Friends of the MK&G and combined it with contemporary design elements, creating an exciting mix that pays tribute to history while bringing it into the present day. The interior concept features historical portraits of Justus Brinckmann and other striking exhibits, posters of the MK&G trade fair, which is co-organised by the Friends, and posters of other sponsored exhibitions, while the Friends‘ first donation, the Elector‘s Owl, was chosen as a reminiscence of the faience collector Brinckmann and became the binding signet of the Friends and is now the inspiration for Studio Besau-Marguerre‘s colour concept.

A strong cobalt blue, combined with a light vanilla yellow, copper green, antimony yellow accents and a beige tone as a calm, warm base, originate from the same historical ceramics and thus from the colour palette of faience. this interplay of basic tones creates an alternation between stimulation and calming. The cobalt blue is also a colourful link to the foyer and thus demonstrates the strong cohesion of MK&G and the MK&G circle of friends.

While the lounge and meeting room are all about creating an inspiring atmosphere, the office space was designed to create a warm and calm working environment, and the new zoning of the rooms gives the appearance of a clear division between the meeting room and office spaces. To achieve this, Studio Besau-Marguerre uses floor-to-ceiling curtains to create storage space that is easy to access in a charming and simple way. The curtains also create a cosy, calm atmosphere and improve the acoustics of the room. In addition, existing furniture such as an inlaid cupboard from 1906, a gift for the Arts and Crafts Association, was integrated and an existing cupboard solution with a pantry kitchen was sustainably integrated into the concept by reworking the fronts.