Project Details
- Project Name
- 3M Design Center
- Architect
- MSR Design
- Client/Owner
- 3M Design
- Project Types
- Office
- Project Scope
- Interiors
- Size
- 40,000 sq. feet
- Shared by
- Selin Ashaboglu
- Project Status
- On the Boards/In Progress
Project Description
FROM THE ARCHITECTS:
Global innovation company 3M announces the
development of the 3M Design Center, an incubator for progressive ideation and
the creative heartbeat at 3M. Located at 3M headquarters in St. Paul, Minn., the 3M
Design Center will stimulate creativity as an open, multi-level studio
environment, four times the size of the current design space. The interior architecture will incorporate use of 3M
solutions and technologies throughout, as well as energy efficient systems and
recycled materials demonstrating that sustainable, smart design supports a
better future.
Flexible spaces—including a fast prototyping lab,
materials library, brand labs and an interactive area known as the “Design
Hive”—will foster spontaneous connections and ignite cross-functional
collaboration among partners, thought leaders, customers and colleagues at 3M
headquarters, connected to 3M Design studios around the globe.
The new Design Center will
cross-pollinate creative minds from diverse backgrounds—from user interface
and product design, to brand experience and more. 3M Design applies integrated, creative thinking to
identify future customer needs that innovate industries.
Ranging from digital
applications in the dental business to the migration of safety materials and
technologies into the fashion world, 3M products cast a global footprint with
design as a catalyst for change. The new Design Center will provide a timely
complement to such initiatives, enriching innovation and enhancing new business
opportunity.
