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Inspired flooring helped ‘reinvent’ chic Champs Elysées offices

looring supplied by the Danish design as a connective element between She specified flooring designs from
producer, Ege, played an important rooms and corridors, and the carpets Ege’s Rawline Scala collection which
Fpart in the “reinvention” of the chic also solved one of the challenges of the comprises three design themes: Minimal,
Parisian offices of Colombus Consulting, building’s high ceilings: poor acoustics. Reflex and Heritage, all combining the
a management consulting company Ege flooring, along with textured rawness of the flat woven look and texture
specialising in business transformation. furniture, were specified to help reduce with major acoustical and practical
The brief to designer, Nathalie Sallé, of ID the impact of noise transmission. advantages. Ege Rawline Scala is produced
Interieur, was that the new design should “The value of carpet as an interior from regenerated Econyl yarns, sourced
“support teamwork and change”. tool is just as important as furniture and from used fishing nets that are collected,
Ege Carpets’ sole SA distributor lighting. Flooring helps create the perfect cleaned and reborn as strong carpet yarns.
is KBAC Flooring with branches in ambience, and for this project, helped dw
Johannesburg and Cape Town. create a link between the building and the www.kbacflooring.co.za
Change, long before Covid-19’s effect, furniture and lighting,” Nathalie says.
was already an important part of the
operations of Columbus Consulting,
which specialises in helping businesses
keep pace with continuously evolving
ecosystems. Their offices, on the iconic
Champs Elysées, had already undergone a
transformation in 2013 under the creative
direction of Nathalie but, following
company expansion, the office layout
required more efficient space allocation
to accommodate rapidly changing work
priorities.
Nathalie’s new interior design features
different zones to promote teamwork and
collaboration, alongside quieter areas with
the flooring design guiding employees
and clients in specific directions within
the office space. Nathalie used Ege carpet

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