Project Type: Commercial Interior Design
Location: Lower Manhattan| 200 Varick Street, New York, NY
Project Size: 5500 Square Feet
Scope: Interior Design, Furniture Design, Sourcing & Procurement, Project Management

Kivvit, a top national public affairs strategy firm, approached us to design their new headquarters in Lower Manhattan that would represent their brand as a sleek, thoughtful, and focused firm. After scoping out the project and understanding the nature of how the Kivvit teams are adept at transitioning between working independently and in groups, we agreed on an open plan that would take advantage of the natural height of their new office space, but maintain existing conference rooms and work rooms for private meetings, calls, and impromptu strategy sessions. As part of the design development, we made sure to take ownership of their newly minted master brand color, affectionately dubbed: Kivvit Gold.

Timing for this project was crucial. The conversation with Kivvit began in mid-August, 2015, with a proposed move-in date of October 5th that same year. We set an aggressive construction schedule of 3 weeks and worked closely with the GC and all necessary consultants on the planning stage for the project. This meant that as soon as the client approved our final design, all parties involved could immediately begin working. 

Client: “Typically the process of moving an office and creating a beautiful new space out of somewhere dark, dim, and frankly obnoxious is anxiety provoking. But working with Zac made everything pretty much painless. He kept us on track and crafted magnificent ideas for furniture and fixtures in the process.”

— Geoffery Mullings, Financial & Administrative Coordinator, Kivvit

Project Resources

Designer: Zac Feltoon Design, LLC
          Interior Design, Furniture Design, Project Management
          Team: Zac Feltoon, Isabell Jansen
Registered Architect: Alan J. Feltoon AIA AICP
GC: Empire State Contracting
MEP Engineer: Walter T. Gorman, P.E., P.C.
Lighting Consultant & Supplier: DeltaLight
Furniture Fabrication: Good For Us, Withers + Grain, NYCitySlab
Building Management: Newmark Grubb Knight Frank
Interior Photography: Raymond Adams