07 Jul The Barbarian Group Shortlisted at the INSIDE Awards
We are thrilled that our Superdesk project has made the World Architecture Festival shortlist of 13 Coolest Offices in the World!Read the article at Gizmodo!...
01 Jun Funny or Die Featured on the Cover of Contract Magazine
Fast, scrappy and irreverent entertainment company Funny or Die's offices and production space were recently completed in West Hollywood. We were excited to see the project featured on the cover of Contract Magazine's June 2014 issue! Read the article on Contract's website here. ...
31 May The Barbarian Group on the Cover of Interior Design
One of our most experimental projects, for internet ad agency The Barbarian Group, has been featured on the cover of Interior Design's May issue! After a challenging design and CNC production process of building the monolithic 1,100-foot desk, the Superdesk went viral earlier this year in The New York Times, the New Yorker, and global webzines (the project currently has nearly 20,000 views on our Behance page). Interior Design covers its superdeskness in a great...
14 Apr The Superdesk in The New Yorker
[vc_separator type="transparent" position="center" up="7" down="0"][blockquote text="When you are invited to a Superdesk party, you go." show_quote_icon="yes"][vc_separator type="transparent" position="center" up="8" down="0"][vc_column_text] The Barbarian Group's Superdesk was featured in the New Yorker ("Superdesk Party," April 14), detailing Nick Paumgarten's unique encounter with the endless table. The piece was accompanied a brilliant illustration by Tom Bachtell (a print of which is now displayed in CWA's offices).Read the article here!...
09 Apr ADC Festival: “Design the Agency of Your Dreams”
In April, at the ADC Festival of Art + Craft in Advertising and Design in Miami Beach, Clive led attendees from the advertising industry ina project to build the ad agency of the future using craft materials. The interactive workshop was called "Design the Agency of Your Dreams." See them at work in the video below! ...
17 Mar Clive Interviewed by Dezeen
[vc_separator type="transparent" position="center" up="7" down="0"][blockquote text="Google was cubicle land when we started working for them." show_quote_icon="yes"][vc_separator type="transparent" position="center" up="8" down="0"][vc_column_text]At Design Indaba in February, Clive sat down with Dezeen and spoke about the imperative of moving away from cubicles and the importance of considering the interiors of buildings and the impact they have on the people who interact with them. Read the interview at Dezeen here!...
17 Mar designboom Interviews Clive on Designing Spaces for New Ways of Working
Designboom magazine, in partnership with furniture company Haworth, recently interviewed Clive about his design approach and the role of technology in the changes in workplace design he has witnessed in the past few decades of his career. Read the interview here and watch the video below: ...
14 Mar FID4 International Festival of Design in Costa Rica
In March, Clive spoke at the largest design festival in Latin America: the FID4 International Festival of Design in San Jose, Costa Rica. The talk addressed 'The Social Agenda of Buildings', and the primary determinants of creative work spaces. ...
28 Feb Clive at Design Indaba in South Africa
In February, in his home country of South Africa, Clive spoke about the importance of flexibility and openness in the ever-evolving workplace at Design Indaba 2014. A stellar cast of designers presented at the event attended by 2,000 people. Taking a break from left to right: Ravi Naidoo, festival organizer, Thomas Heatherwick from the UK, Stefan Sagmeister and Clive from the US, and Michel Rojkind from Mexico Read about Clive's talk at Design Indaba here, and watch...
12 Feb The Barbarian Group Featured in The New York Times
Our project for The Barbarian Group has been featured in The New York Times! Read the article, "Table Manners at Work," here. ...
10 Feb Clive to Speak at the 2014 Design Indaba Conference in South Africa
Clive will be speaking at the prestigious Design Indaba Conference in his hometown of Cape Town, South Africa. The conference features venerable speakers from a vast array of creative areas, and will be Simulcast to five venues throughout South Africa. Read Clive's interview with Design Indaba, "The social agenda of buildings," here. Conference materials, a full list of speakers, and ticketing information can be found at http://www.designindaba.com/conference....