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well hello, office of my dreams. scot at parliament sent over a link to his company’s amazing portland, oregon office and i have been trying to find my jaw on the ground ever since. not only does the parliament office seem to be jam-packed with beautiful things to look at, but it is also clearly full of some seriously talented people.

parliament is a full service design studio offering a huge range of services in the fields of print, retail, marketing and digital design. i really enjoyed checking out their portfolio, but i found myself drawn back to their actual office design over and over. one of my favorite west coast photographers took these shots- lincoln barbour- and they are as inspiring to me as any home tour. i love all of the rough cut firewood on the walls, the gorgeous work tables and the open, but warm, feel of the space. throw in a tad more girly-ness and it would be my ideal design*sponge headquarters. i’m hoping to visit these guys in person soon, but in the meantime you can check out their work, and where they work, right here. thanks, scot! [all images via the parliament site, photographed by lincoln barbour]

ps: i found the pentagram “what type are you” quiz through the parliament blog. check it out here! (password: character). i’m archer hairline.

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I’d move to Portland to work for Parliament. I would love to work in such a raw, inspiring space.

(On their website, they also post excellent photographs of how they designed each room and each piece of furniture.)

That would be really cool if you came to Portland! Be sure to let us know before you come so that we Portlanders can inundate you with suggestions of places you should go.

Love this workspace. I hope they have some sheepskin throws for those Eames chairs, though. Those tend to be fairly chilly to sit in – even in summer here in Portland.

I used to work in the same building as Parliament and on my way into our offices every day, I would swoon at their space. There are other parts of it that aren’t shown and those are amazing as well. Awesome office :)

Howdy, I’m the Principal at Parliament and I spearheaded our office design. Thanks for all the great comments, much appreciated.

I wanted to briefly address all the “manly” comments. They are all right on, the office definitely has a masculine bend to it. While many of the elements that lend to that aesthetic where intended to do so, I originally envisioned a softer execution. If I did it all over again I think it would probably be more balanced. That said, there aren’t a lot of spaces like it, and perhaps the skew towards office-lodge makes it more successful. Who knows?

Again, thanks for all the love. Got to get back to work…

ooooh i wish i worked in such an amazing space.
how are the prints in the pool table room hung? on the parliament website, it appears that then have be plaqued somehow. i don’t see any clips or tacks.

We hung the prints by cutting 1/8″ non-glare acrylic to the exact size of the print, drilling a tiny hole in each corner, and then driving little straight pins through each hole and into the wall. It is very minimal and barely noticeable, the only drawback being that you have to pierce the artwork.

This is my husband Scot’s office. It is as lovely in real life as it looks in every picture. It’s depressing coming from there back to my corner desk that faces two off-white walls. Good work Chris you truly are a design genius!

I definitely want to work in this environment, but the link I shared of the Piet Hein Eek log cabin earlier doesn’t work. The one on Apartment Therapy does, though.

Sorry for the confusion. http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/architecture/camouflauged-log-house-by-piet-hein-eek-home-quotient-106234

Stan

I am impressed to find that my font is Dot Matrix, when I debated using it for http://chelsyanne.com.
I also love the log touch, one day my husband and I will cover our dining walls in cut logs, one day.

It did turn out beautiful . . .

I definitely missed my boyfriend, Kyle Sharp, for the several months he worked fabricating the wall installations and desks (out of of old pizza ovens). He loved working for Parliament for their sense of design and style. Can’t wait to see it in person and meet you, Chris!

I absolutely like this kind of office, must be sincere i like vivid colours and would change the black but the mostly “wood style”, some details of big Words, the chairs, the old desk, posters, the silver tubes, the lights, and the wall made with pieces of trunks makes altogether warm and unique, great.

Andrés _from_argentina

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