2024-05-09T19:34:53-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150420387/oma-debuts-principles-square-collection-for-perth-design-week Josh Niland 2024-03-14T19:28:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T13:44:40-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/48/48e98c79811afd38f977bb9e7766be7d.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Photos of the central hub for <a href="https://www.perthdesignweek.com/2024-program" target="_blank">Perth Design Week</a>, the eight-day event taking place now in the Western Australia capital, have been revealed by <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/382/oma-the-office-for-metropolitan-architecture" target="_blank">OMA</a> to go along with the start of festivities.</p> <p>Their colorful design for PRINCIPLES Square is located inside Cathedral Square in Perth's city center and features the Australian debut of the firm's office furniture collaboration with <a href="https://www.unifor.it/en" target="_blank">UniFor</a>, which first premiered at <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150312892/take-a-look-at-some-of-our-favorite-architect-designed-furniture-and-homegoods-products-at-salone-del-mobile" target="_blank">Milan Design Week in 2022</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>Intended as the main gathering space for Design Week, the concept creates a variety of socializing and spatial scenarios. For the event's second edition, no less than 20 events will be hosted there. Philippe Braun, the project's associate-in-charge, told the press that its realization "stimulated us to further explore how the collection can be applied beyond the typical."</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ef/efd14255a3fb69d586120811b812ead8.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ef/efd14255a3fb69d586120811b812ead8.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photography by Frans Parthesius, courtesy OMA</figcaption></figure><p>OMA says of the arrangement: "PRINCIPLES Square is the manifestation of the potential of the collection. The installation takes advantage of ...</p>