Eight Inc.

Eight Inc.
Private
Founded 1989
Headquarters San Francisco, California, United States
Key people
 Tim Kobe, CEO & Founder
Wilhelm Oehl
Erik Anderson
Jil Kobe
Hilary Clark
Mark Little
Mayumi Seto
Matt Judge
Mike Ely
Richa Menke
Lucinda Tay
Steve Lidbury
Edmond Kuan
Troy Shelton
Number of employees
 170+
Website

Eight Inc. is an experience design firm with offices in New York, San Francisco, London, Honolulu, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xiamen and Dubai. Founded in 1989 by Tim Kobe

Overview

Eight Inc. designs meaningful experiences with emotion and purpose that change the way people think, feel and do.

Recent work in the commercial sector includes the Apple Store,[1][2] retail channels and trade shows, the Nokia flagship stores,[3] stores for Coach Inc.,[4][5] and diverse projects for Virgin Atlantic Airways,[6] as well as the creation of new banking environments for Citibank.[2]

Eight Inc. also designs residential and mixed-use developments, and received the Architectural Record Honor award for the design of "High Density On The High Ground," a competition to create a mixed-use residential solution for New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.[7] In 2006, Eight Inc. represented the United States in the American Pavilion exhibit at the Tenth Venice Biennale of Architecture.[8]

Eight Inc. has designed furniture for METRO,[9] a division of Steelcase, kitchen accessories for Williams-Sonoma, interactive design solutions for Citibank[10] and Nokia,[11] and environmental exhibitions for Herman Miller and Apple.

Current LEED-registered projects include 280 Beachwalk, the first LEED retail complex in Waikiki,[12] and the Malama Learning Center,[13] an educational community resource center on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.

Selected Projects

External links

References

  1. ↑ The Roots of Apple's Retail Stores
  2. 1 2 Citi Gives Branches a High-Tech Look Wall Street Journal, April 12, 2010
  3. ↑ http://vmsd.com/content/nokia-0; http://www.idsa.org/IDEA_Awards/gallery/2008/award_details.asp?ID=35918392
  4. ↑ Coach to Open Flagship Store in Nagoya, Japan. All Business. December 16, 2004
  5. ↑ Coach reopens, expands flagship store in New York. All Business. November 21, 2005.
  6. ↑ Fly, Fly Away Interior Design. November 1, 2001.
  7. ↑ Special Coverage: After the Hurricanes Architectural Record. Retrieved March 16, 2009.
  8. ↑ After the Flood: Building on Higher Ground. Architectural Record. Retrieved on March 16, 2009.
  9. ↑ Steelcase Product Page
  10. ↑ Citibank Interactive Display wkem. Retrieved March 16, 2009.
  11. ↑ 2008 International Design Excellence Awards IDSA & Business Week. Retrieved March 16, 2009.
  12. ↑ Work starts on Beach Walk project “honoluluadvertiser.com. Saturday, March 8, 2008.
  13. ↑ Another Green Retail Center for Waikiki Star Bulletin. January 14, 2009.
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