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Anne Claus Interiors puts candy-striped onyx bar inside &C’s Amsterdam office

Ali Morris | 9 February 2020

Pastel-hued surfaces and colourful onyx feature in a hybrid office, store and cafe in Amsterdam, designed by Anne Claus Interiors.
Created for media company &C, the 600-square-metre workspace takes over the ground floor of an old bicycle factory in the city’s Pijp neighbourhood.
Despite its small footprint, the office comprises a store, coffee shop, kitchen, two meeting rooms and 25 work stations.
The directors of &C – Dutch actress and presenter Chantal Janzen and her husband Marco Geeratz – asked Anne Claus Interiors to make a “joyful, vivid and stimulating” space that accurately reflects the style of the brand’s various platforms.
These include a monthly magazine, website, app, online shop, TV programs and live events aimed at women aged 18 to 48.
Amsterdam office of &C, designed by Anne Claus Interiors
The studio has placed a stripy bar counter made from different-coloured slabs of onyx at the centre of the office.
The semi-precious stone has also been used to make display plinths for the shop, round tabletops in the cafe and the boardroom table.
Amsterdam office of &C, designed by Anne Claus Interiors
“The bar was a challenge to create and install,” said David Mahyari, CEO of SolidNature, the company that supplied the stone. “It involved a lot of hand craftsmanship as the piece incorporates different layers, colours and sizes of onyx.”
“We used a lot of onyx in the bar because it has a transparent and soft feel,” he added. “It also comes in the colours and tones which suit the &C brand.”
Amsterdam office of &C, designed by Anne Claus Interiors
The studio has also erected a red-framed steel partition to divide the office – which was originally a singular room – into separate staff and public areas.
Made up of different-sized panels of yellow-tinted and reeded glass, the partition provides a degree of privacy while also allowing light to filter through.
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Anne Claus Interiors puts candy-striped onyx bar inside &C’s Amsterdam office