Snelleman Tom

Snelleman Tom’s Managing Partner Martin Kerrigan leads a team of Brisbane-based consulting accountants and financial planners.

Their aim is to give their clients a better understanding of how wealth is created, built and protected, and how, by using a holistic approach to wealth creation, it is possible for nearly everybody to achieve financial independence.

They engaged Tonic Design to create an office space for their growing business in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane.

As part of this process, they were updating their company brand and wanted to provide additional, designed space for more employees.

As you would expect from savvy accountants and wealth managers, Snelleman Tom demanded a strong return on their fitout investment.

They knew a contemporary office design if done well would help attract and retain quality staff and generate a broader client base.

From a practical standpoint, the design had to facilitate casual client and staff collaboration, provide privacy when required, and give spatial ownership to its’ occupants.

In keeping with its progressive approach, Snelleman Tom wanted to move from static, paper heavy workstations to a hot desking, paperless environment.

Another key decision was to blur the traditional line of ‘front of house’ vs. ‘back of house’.

That meant locating meeting rooms and gathering spaces adjacent to the kitchen to facilitate interaction between staff and clients.

Bottom line?

Snelleman Tom’s offices are contemporary, fresh, and functional; enjoyed by their staff and clients alike.

Project Details

Project size – 504 m2
Completion date – 2015
Building levels – 1

Project Awards

AIA Commendation
IDEA Commendation

Project Team

Interior Design

Tonic Design

The Tonic Design team is experienced in architecture, interior design, furniture design, film making, and digital design. They integrate these skills to practice design as interpreters and synthetic thinkers, leading and working with teams of consultants and builders on complex projects ranging from boutique retail fit outs to large scale master planned developments.

Tonic Design believes in combining new technologies with the fundamental elements of design to create spaces of significance, connecting and translating ideas into a complete design solution.

Their design ethos is centered around the principal philosophy of their team – to achieve functional, thoughtfully designed people orientated buildings that are sympathetic to their surroundings.

Tonic’s work and collaborations have led to several, local and national awards, including commendations through the Australian Institute of Architecture Awards program, being named as an IDEA Awards finalist, and being named as a finalist in the Inside Retail awards for design.

www.tonic.cc

Photography

Damien Bredberg

Damien has carved out a reputation as one of Australia’s most sought after professional photographers.

He specialises in Advertising and Commercial photography, and has produced international award-winning images for close to two decades.

The addition of motion and drone has been a natural evolution in response to clients seeking a consistent look and feel to their content.

www.damienbredberg.com.au