Forward Networks, Palo Alto, CA

Client's Program:  Attract highly-skilled engineers in a uniquely comfortable, collaborative and sophisticated work environment.

Designer:  Keri J. Wood

Design Concept: Sophisticated Innovation

Custom Design Solutions: Reclaimed Wood-Paneled Walls Create a Dramatic Backdrop adjacent Black Write-On Walls--fostering collaboration and innovation.  Customized user experience is achieved through the installation of over-sized Sit-Stand Desks installed with reclaimed wood tops and wire-management kits.  Wall Construction was detailed to create maximum acoustical privacy from inside the variously-sized conference rooms.  Comfort was achieved with ergonomic task chairs and over-sized leather lounge seating.

Complete Solar Solution, Foster City, CA

Client's Program:  Create a positive and energetic place to work that will attract new talent and fuel our Start-up's identity and company culture.

Designer:  Keri J. Wood

Design Concept: Positive, Confident Energy Derived from the Sun

Custom Design Solutions: An Inviting Reception Area followed by an Open Workplace using Benching Desks and a pop of their Corporate Color.  A blast to their past in the employee Break Room--the Art Collage on the wall was created using One-of-a-Kind Works of Art painted by the CEO's wife and brought from their First Office Space.

Russell Research Corporate Office, East Rutherford, NJ

Client's Program:  Escape the rigidity of Traditional Office Design and create a space that Fosters Collaboration and Fuels the Innovation of Ideas

Architect: SNS Architects & Engineers, Montvale, NJ
Designers:  Keri J. Wood & Helen Logan

Design Concept: Central Park, with it's Meandering Walkways and Spontaneous Gathering Places

Custom Design Solutions: Creative Open Space Plan encircled by high-end Reception Area, Client Research Center, Conference Rooms, Private Offices, Private Telephone Rooms, Employee Call Center, and Central Employee Cafe; custom Fabric-Tension Panel canopies used as backdrop for open gathering areas; use of Furniture Arrangements and Color to Create Distinction between in-house Operation Teams

TATA Corporate Office, Montvale, NJ

Client's Program:  Using existing office layout, create own Corporate Identity through the installation of Fast-Track Finish and Furniture Specifications 

Architect:  SNS Architects & Engineers, Montvale, NJ
Designer:  Keri J. Wood


Design Concept: Eight O'Clock Coffee, Six Corporate Colors representing their distinct Flavors of Coffee

Custom Design Solutions: Brightly-colored break-out areas; Blue Leather Wall Panels at Board Room;  3form Custom-Color Ecoresin Panels throughout; Custom Flooring Patterns in VCT and Carpet; Custom Way-Finding Signs

Seaport Federal Credit Union, Elizabeth, NJ

Client's Program:  Turn Walk-Up Window w/Back-of-House, into Full-Service Credit Union

Architect:  Grad Associates, Newark, NJ
Designer:  Keri J. Wood


Design Concept:  The Waves of the Sea

Custom Design Solutions:  Custom Millwork Solutions for Enclosing Technical and Security Equipment; Convex-Concave Custom Millwork at Teller Line; Custom Check Desk, Optimize the space for employees and patrons despite minimal square footage.

Abundant Life Chiropractic, Sunnyvale, CA

Client's Program:  Transform Open Floor Plan into Boutique Office Space with High-Efficiency and Privacy for Clients. 

Designer:  Keri J. Wood

Design Concept:  The Tree of Life

Custom Design Solutions:  Highly-efficient floor plan provides critical adjacencies that maximize in-office communication, traffic flow patterns, and also give client privacy.  Neutral, earthy color palette offers a feeling of relaxation and calm; small areas of high contrast with things from nature add interest.  Custom Millwork Solutions optimize the use of the space.

Citibank Design & Construction, NY, NJ, CT, PA

Client's Program:  Fast-paced Roll-Out of Retail Branch Locations throughout the Tri-State Area

Architect:  Grad Associates, Newark, NJ

Designer:  JB+C Associates

Project Managers:  David Robinson & Virgilio Torreo

Architectural Draftsman & Onsite Construction Administrator:  Keri J Wood

Design Concept:  "De Novo" developed by Pentagram, London

Responsibilities:  I Surveyed Existing Conditions at proposed branch locations, Created Construction Documents for Retail Branch Locations throughout the Tri-State Area and beyond; Served as Onsite Construction Administrator for the Architect

 

Hudson News Corporate Office, East Rutherford, NJ

Client's Program:  Update Existing Office Space to Reflect Retail Store Identity

Architect:  SNS Architects & Engineers, Montvale, NJ
Designers:  Fay Logan & Keri J. Wood


Design Concept: Pop Culture

Custom Design Solutions:  Custom Flooring Patterns in Stone Tile, Carpet, and VCT

575 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY

Client's Program:  Renovate Three-Story Public Atrium, Elevator Lobby, and Basement Cafeteria for the L'Oreal Headquarters Tower in Manhattan.  

Architect:  Gensler, New York

Designer:  Aaron Birney

Job Captain & Architectural Draftsman:  Keri J. Wood & Lisa Tatsuuma

Furniture Design

Client's Program:  Custom-Design a Headboard from Family Heirloom Walnut

Designer:  Keri J. Wood

Design Concept:  American Colonial, Georgian Palladian Firelace Mantle at Drayton Hall, Charleston, SC

Custom Design Solutions:  Crown Molding, Dentil Molding, Egg and Dart Molding, and Traditional Corbels framing Rustic Hardwood Planks

Client's Program: Custom-Design a Wet Bar for a Resident Hunting Lodge

Designer:  Keri J. Wood

Carpenter:  King Cabinets & Woodworks

Tenant Improvement Coordinator, The Shops at Tanforan, San Bruno, CA

Client's Program:  Within 18 months, completely renovate a 1,000,000 sf dilapitaded shopping mall near the San Francisco Airport.

Developer:  Wattson-Breevast, Irving, CA

Architect:  Altoon+Porter Architects, Los Angeles, CA

Leasing Agent:  General Growth Properties, Chicago, IL

General Contractor:  Whiting-Turner, California

Tenant Improvement Coordinators:  Keri J. Wood & Suzan Swabacker, San Francisco, CA

TI Responsibilities:  As Onsite Tenant Improvement Coordinators, Suzan and I were responsible for the simultaneous design, then construction of 115 tenant fit-outs.  We developed a pre-construction procedure to facilitate turnover to Tenants of all Architectural and MEP components; Reviewed Tenant Construction Documents for compliance to the Landlord Design Criteria; Integrated diverse tenant designs while maintaining consistency of the Core and Shell; and monitored quality control of Tenant Design and Construction.

Private Residence, Salt Lake City, UT

Client's Program:  Turn their Private Residence into a luxurious retreat from the world.

Designer:  Keri J. Wood, Studio Red LLC

Design Concept: Casual Elegance, Invoking Timelessness and Comfort

Design Notes:  January 7, 2011.  I am pleased with the results (don't mind the carpet & wall colors, those will be updated soon.)  First I had the existing wood finish on the sofa and (2) chairs painted by a local artist, to look like glazed maple.  Second, I had the sofa recovered in Mohair with (2) overstuffed bench cushions (rather than 3) and removed the diamond tufting.  Thirdly, I had the (2) chairs recovered in a distressed palomino leather with a high-quality (Ralph Lauren) faux zebra hide on the outside back.  Here is the Before & After: