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Hello!

We are creative thinkers, industrial designers, and makers! Our intent for this Bungie RFP response is to highlight these unique capabilities alongside the ease of designing and delivering workspaces together with the Bungie project team and your partners. Our ability to curate spaces with a blend of custom “made for you” furniture options, supported by manufacturer ready-to-order options, and open line ancillary is truly unique because of the Studio Other and Western Office partnership. We offer you the largest range of possibilities for procuring furniture that is in time, within budget, durable, and suited for your culture and the Bungie community.

We have a lot of ideas to share! BUT, we don’t have one important element, and that’s you, the client.

With that in mind, we have designed a kit of parts which work together to support a range of different user workstyles while also putting heavy focus on how the user, facilities and IT teams interact with the furniture componentry.  Each of the concepts can be heavily modified, fit within your project schedule, and cover a range of cost options.

We took into consideration ease of access to the technology components your employees may use and what their daily interface with the furniture would be:  plugging and unplugging cords, housing various types of cables, and the importance of mobility with flexible accessories for individual needs. We also focused on designing structures that are durable with the ability to support the weight of heavy CPU’s, multiple monitor arms, and the wear and tear of being mobile.

Working with Studio Other and Western Office is an immersive experience—we are the mind to guide you and the hands to bring life to your ideas. However, what brings our team the most fulfillment is letting you be an active participant in the creative process. We are here to say ‘yes’ to your ideas and be your partner every step of the way. We look forward to learning more about you and exceeding your expectations.

Charlotte Wiederholt
President
Studio Other

Laurie Hodges
Vice President - Creative Spaces
Western Office

Hello, we are Studio Other.
We make cool sh*t.

Who is Studio Other?
We are creators with a deep understanding of what we do. 

Our team members are makers and artists with a genuine passion for the craft. We offer a deep and thorough understanding of the business in hopes that together we can build spaces that make sense and improve people’s work life. Everything we do is quality; built to last and function well.

We pride ourselves on taking things to the next level—and doing it all in-house. And with local fabrication & prototyping, we adapt and solve for functionality and personality within your space.
Why Studio Other?
Because everybody should be an industrial designer. We believe in the co-design process and strive to know your company through and through. We listen first, then design because we don’t believe in standardized solutions. You can’t pick your avatar out of a catalog, so why pick your furniture out of one?

We pride ourselves on being flexible and adaptive in order to do whatever it takes to make it happen—saying ‘yes’ is the hallmark of our brand. Our role is to complement and execute your vision, and to deliver the entire scope of a project, from early discussions to final installation
Our Manufacturing Process
8-8,000 Units
Our products are scalable

1,000,000 sq.ft Local Supply Chain Facilities
We manufacture in southern California so that we can quality check all our products before shipment. This also allows us to prototype new ideas quickly and efficiently.

Repeatable
Most of our goods are fabricated via automated programs. If it has been produced once, then it can be produced again at the click of a button. Once a product is fabricated it becomes a catalogue part.

Streamlined Designs
Our bill of materials becomes a kit of parts. When engineering a product we keep future re-orders, re-configures& ease of installation in mind.
Brands We Work With

Hello, we are Western Office.
With over a century of experience as a furniture dealer for top brands like Knoll, we put our knowledge at work for you.

Why Western Office?
We see furniture as your strategic asset; we’re here to help manage this investment for maximum value and performance. We’ll work with you to achieve your goals, help drive costs down and provide you with the best service possible.

We transform your office environment into a place where everyone wants to be — and where every individual can thrive.
Who is Western Office?
For over a century we’ve operated with one core belief that an environment should connect employees, foster innovation, and provide options for future flexibility.

Western is an industry leader because of our 100 years of experience, A&D relationships, knowledgeable talent and solid record of long-term repeat clients.
How Western Office Executes
PlanGrid enables our team to collect and catalog a comprehensive list of punchlist items for clear communication and successful project completion. Your Project Manager uploads the CAD drawings into PlanGrid prior to the furniture installation. Punchlist issues are collected throughout the installation and are often rectified prior to occupancy. This tagged floorplan and itemized report are issued to all parties. Issues are systematically dealt with and the PlanGrid report is updated which ensures that all punchlist issues are dealt with in a timely manner.

At Studio Other, We are a team of industrial designers & engineers who believe in furniture inspired by you.

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At Western, we are a team of trusted professionals committed to partnering our decades of knowledge at work to create inspiring workspaces.

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Your Design Team

Discover

We want to learn and deeply understand your business, organizational structure, brand identity, office culture, and overall vision for your day-to-day needs.

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Define

Our team takes the data from the discovery phase and defines a clear design direction.

Ideate

Our creative design team will develop concepts based on what we’ve learned.

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Prototype

We build rapid prototypes of the concepts for the purpose of user testing and proof of concept.

Test

Test prototypes and provide feedback for refinement, making any necessary changes until you are completely satisfied with the solution.

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Implement

With the approved design concept in hand, our engineers and vendor partners bring your ideas to life.

Insomniac Games

Case Study

Insomniac Games enlisted our Studio Other team, along with their architect OKB, to create a workstation solution that would solve for their unique user needs. Because of the democratic nature of “Insomniacs,” the management team recognized they needed to include the employees in every step of the process.  After collaborating on several design concepts with the architect and the Insomniac management team, we landed on a concept that “clicked” and prepared to present it to the population at large for feedback. Our team loaded up four Microsoft Holo lenses with augmented reality models of the workstations, reviewed and tested the AR models with 250 employees onsite at Insomniac, and took notes of the feedback we received along the way.  This proved to be a quick and easy way to get real time feedback prior to building a physical mock-up of the final desk design.  Therefore, when the physical mock-up was presented, we were completely confident that our co-designed solution was solving their unique user needs company-wide.

Because this was a refresh to their existing office suite, the company required a full set of workstations and private office furniture.  The height-adjustable workstations featured white laminate surfaces and included light blue, cobalt and teal felt surrounds, as well as black powder coated steel built-in storage units. This system was designed to meet the unique user need of accommodating specialty equipment requirements and large computer screens, TV monitors and dev kits. Desiring an open look and feel while maintaining privacy, Studio Other designed some workstations with higher panels to achieve design requirements set forth by Insomniac.  

Juno Therapeutics

Case Study

Juno Therapeutics and Flad architects engaged Studio Other when combining their multiple locations into one headquarters located in Seattle. The 195K square foot facility mixed open workstations, lab space, and collaborative meeting rooms in nine floors of the building. Juno’s medical research is cutting edge and they wanted their office culture to reflect that within the furniture.

Together the team co-designed the space down to every detail. The conference table bases were designed to mimic the notable double helix within a human’s DNA strand. The workstations were designed in a raw steel to match the industrial bones of the core building. The reception desks had laser cut brand detailing with backlit acrylic that morphed into the building’s walls seamlessly.

As a result, Studio Other provided 657 workstations, 8 vice president stations, 5 private offices, 22 kanban meetings tables & miscellaneous storage items.

Google

Case Study

One of the project managers for Google San Francisco approached Studio Other to collaborate on some of the workstations for Google’s engineering team. She wanted something that she had never seen before, both functionally and aesthetically.  

The project management team wanted the desks to be able to move around easily while concealing all the wiring within the mobile station. Studio solved for this by housing all of receptacles on the underside of the height adjustable surface with one curly cord output so that facilities would only need to plug/unplug one cord whenever they wanted to move the desks.  

The engineers had grown accustom to throwing personal items and prototypes on the desk surface.They also had large CPU’s that needed to travel with the desk when re-configured.Through the co-design process Studio brainstormed storage that moved up and down with the surface and created a heavy duty caster system that the facilities team could utilize across all floor types.  

Lastly, the engineers liked to collaborate with one another. But instead of booking a meeting room they would just pull up next to each other and troubleshoot an item on the workstations dual monitor arms. However, when the monitor arms only have so much flexibility they found themselves straining to see each others screens. Studio created a sliding monitor track that moved up and down the surface so that each user could have full mobility with their screens.

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Confidential Biotech Client

Case Study

Western Office and Studio Other created a customized solution for this fast-moving company whose values drive their success and steer their decision making. As this client expanded their current company’s footprint, they wanted a strategic partner with a fast pace team who could keep up with their evolving needs for years to come. We worked closely with the project architect to reflect the design intent in the furniture solutions throughout this new building while spending a day with various employee user groups in a mock-up format to determine their needs and wants to perform their best work.

A culture of personalization and “being the authentic you” at work were big drivers for the furniture component of their new workspace. Our team ideated a kit-of-parts solution that reflected the company culture, worked within their budget and schedule, gave ease of access and management for the IT and Facilities departments, along with the function and aesthetic that supported the employees various work styles.

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Sit On It - Wit

Mobile, adaptable and comfortable.Gone are the days where you clock in, stay in your cubicle and clock out.

Dynamic environments call for adaptable seating that rolls with the punches. Our Wit™ family does exactly that. Because this is a design inspired by truths about how people work.

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Knoll - Regeneration

Innovative in its simplicity, ReGeneration minimizes materials and components.

The straightforward design leverages flexible, durable and sustainable materials that respond to your movements, providing comfort and support throughout the day.

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Knoll - Generation

In a world of prescriptive chairs with lots of adjustments, Generation has you covered with intuitive movement that takes the work out of sitting—so you can sit and get to work.

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Conference Chair: Knoll Ollo

Ollo is designed to stay on pace with the spontaneous style of today’s work—pivoting between people, locations and tasks without breaking stride.

The office is a place of constant, unpredictable motion, and Ollo provides easy, effortless support for you to seize moments along the way. Communal by design, Ollo is a chair that everyone can get comfortable in. A straightforward chair with streamlined performance, Ollo is always ready for you so that you can be ready for anything.

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Project Timeline

**** A Fully Comprehensive Schedule can be found in the RFP document located in the Downloads section of this site.

Warranty, Moves, Adds, Changes

12 Year Warranty
Varying per material

Add On Orders
All parts are catalogue after production

Move And Changes
Catalogue parts are designed as a system and easily re-configured

Lyell Immunopharma Case Study

By April of 2019, Studio Other, in partnership with Flad Architects, ideated and installed a custom solution for Seattle-based cellular therapy company, Lyell Immunopharma.  In search of a workplace that represented their company’s core values and additionally allowed for seamless growth as their company expanded, Lyell engaged Studio Other to provide 68 custom workstations and 7 custom conference tables for their Seattle headquarters.

Later that year, the cellular therapy company had exponentially grown and embarked on a plan to multiply their reach by opening a San Francisco office. Appreciating their previous hands-on approach, Lyell again engaged the Studio Other team in re-designing a more cost-effective option for the conference tables while continuing to specify the traditional workstations that had become a part of the Lyell standard workplace branding.  

Following the success of another project, Lyell’s significant growth in the Seattle market required 7 additional workstations to effortlessly integrate into their already fully-occupied floor plan. After several layout iterations, Studio Other effectively re-configured the existing product to accommodate for Lyell’s needs. The end result has led to a long-term partnership where Studio Other will continue to support the company’s need for swift turnaround in an ever-changing market, all the while embodying Lyell’s current brand and culture.

Punch + Day 2 Services

As part of our standard services, we want to ensure that your employees are completely satisfied with the investment their company has made in their workplace environment. Our Punchlist Specialists provide critical final project follow-up and resolution of all compliance tasks related to contract specifications. We work with large organizations to deploy the following tools and programs related to generating buy-in, creating excitement, and conveying the client’s investment in the workstations of each user though the following processes:

- “Welcome to Your Workplace” printouts on each desk, describing the features and benefits of each solution
- IT and Ergonomic Training related to technology integration and optimal furniture adjustments
- Workstation Usability Training to show the features and benefits of each station and how to optimally adjust the furniture for ergonomic success.


Additionally, and most importantly, a strong dealer and manufacturer partnership doesn’t end once the order is placed. Whereas many companies have a separate service department,  at Western Office, the same project manager involved in the main project will continue to service Stilly Valley Health Connections.

Closeout Books: Going Above & Beyond

Our service does not end when our clients move in. We aim to support our clients far beyond their initial design, purchase, delivery and installation needs. We complete bespoke project close out books for large projects to assist our customers with any warranty, cleaning, maintenance or additional orders they may need.