{"id":3055,"date":"2019-06-10T14:52:20","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T14:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/?p=3055"},"modified":"2019-12-12T21:10:45","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T21:10:45","slug":"fcstudios-julie-fisher-blurring-design-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/10\/fcstudios-julie-fisher-blurring-design-borders\/","title":{"rendered":"fcSTUDIO’s Julie Fisher on Blurring Design Borders"},"content":{"rendered":"

As co-founder of Chicago-based architecture and design firm fcSTUDIO<\/a> and the owner of an impressive portfolio that spans North America, Julie Fisher is at the vanguard of a movement that blurs residential, commercial, and hospitality design. Yet no matter how innovative her interiors, Fisher keeps art front and center.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe create spaces that have lots of layers and discoveries to keep things fresh, even when you see it every day,\u201d she explains. \u201cClients come to us for our ability to use conventional materials in different ways.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For Chicago’s WNDR Museum, her firm re-imagined the conventional gallery experience, creating an immersive space where visitors can engage with interactive technologies alongside works by Yayoi Kusama, Richard Prince and Barbara Kruger. Curiosity and a willingness to see things differently drive all that Fisher does, from the design of homes to workspaces.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Envestnest Interiors by fcSTUDIO.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Fisher-designed Chicago headquarters of Envestnet Analytics attests to these talents. What could be a stark, minimal office space instead reads like a gallery, its modern lines, backlit niches, and open screens framing art and antiques in a purposeful way. For a firm that invites a wide range of clients into its offices, the layered design communicates a warm sense of hospitality. Textiles and rich textures bring depth to meeting spaces.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe client is an incredible visionary with a unique design sensibility,\u201d Fisher says. \u201cWe wanted to celebrate his appreciation for art and design, and it was important for the space to welcome in business partners from across the globe. Unique cultural offerings can bridge old and new and bring a layer of color and interest to any space.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fisher’s use of art and antiques fits the trend in contemporary office design towards residential-style collaborative spaces. As open-plan offices proliferate, companies face increasing demands to provide appealing, comfortable niches within them.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Uptake Technologies Interiors by fcSTUDIO. Photography by Tom Harris.<\/p><\/div>\n

Caf\u00e9s, kitchens and communal spaces are common in today’s workplaces, where casual interactions can bond teams and lead to creative ideas. Technology has rendered old barriers obsolete, facilitating new ways of working.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe younger generation expects offices to cater to their needs,\u201d Fisher says. \u201cWe create and design with the idea of total flexibility: comfortable-feeling, hip-looking spaces in which employees can work or eat.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Helping this mission along are recent technological advances in textiles. \u201cTechnology has come so far in the past few years,\u201d she says. \u201cWe\u2019re able to turn residential fabrics into vinyl wall coverings, and we just met with a rep that can create wallpapers on a variety of surfaces and fabrics.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"

Wicker Park Landmark Interiors by fcSTUDIO. Photography by Tom Harris.<\/p><\/div>\n

Fisher also favors creating wallpaper patterns with photos and novel designs. \u201cThis has been around for quite some time, but was reserved for projects with huge budgets and lengthy time lines,\u201d she adds. \u201cNow everything is so readily available and can be done reasonably in a reasonable amount of time. I\u2019m geeking out on technology.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"

Wicker Park Landmark Interiors by fcSTUDIO. Photography by Tom Harris.<\/p><\/div>\n

In residential designs, Fisher\u2019s work evokes the same mixture of surprise. In a recent gut rehab and redesign of an historic Wicker Park home, fcSTUDIO appended an ultra-modern rear addition and kitchen. Throughout the process, Fisher was careful to honor the owner\u2019s personal style by repurposing older pieces repurposed in unexpected ways.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe layered her home with tapestries, created benches out of latticed doors, and fabricated a screen out of ancient roofing tiles,\u201d Fisher says. \u201cThe client\u2019s unique and eclectic style was a perfect match.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the end, Fisher believes her clients seek her out because of her determination to mix clean lines with rich materials.\u201cThis common thread works for both the commercial and residential sectors,\u201d she says. \u201cMost of our clients essentially want the same thing: durability, comfort, and warmth with aesthetic appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"

Julie Fisher, Co-Founder of fcSTUDIO. Photo courtesy fcSTUDIO.<\/p><\/div>\n

\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Are you an architect or designer with a story to tell?<\/h2>\n

Join Our Trade Program<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Register with us<\/a> to receive exclusive discounts and benefits, plus free shipping on your first order. Trade professionals are also eligible for collaborative features on our blog and social media channels. Please note that trade registration with PAGODA RED is only open to interior design and architecture professionals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As co-founder of Chicago-based architecture and design firm fcSTUDIO and the owner of an impressive portfolio that spans North America, Julie Fisher is at the vanguard of a movement that blurs residential, commercial, and hospitality design. Yet no matter how innovative her interiors, Fisher keeps art front and center. \u201cWe create spaces that have lots […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nfcSTUDIO's Julie Fisher on Blurring Design Borders - PAGODA RED Stories<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/10\/fcstudios-julie-fisher-blurring-design-borders\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"fcSTUDIO's Julie Fisher on Blurring Design Borders - PAGODA RED Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As co-founder of Chicago-based architecture and design firm fcSTUDIO and the owner of an impressive portfolio that spans North America, Julie Fisher is at the vanguard of a movement that blurs residential, commercial, and hospitality design. Yet no matter how innovative her interiors, Fisher keeps art front and center. \u201cWe create spaces that have lots […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/10\/fcstudios-julie-fisher-blurring-design-borders\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PAGODA RED Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-06-10T14:52:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-12-12T21:10:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/10JulieFisher.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1614\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sarah Coffey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sarah Coffey\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/10\/fcstudios-julie-fisher-blurring-design-borders\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/10\/fcstudios-julie-fisher-blurring-design-borders\/\",\"name\":\"fcSTUDIO's Julie Fisher on Blurring Design Borders - PAGODA RED Stories\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-10T14:52:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-12-12T21:10:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2a053df32f953bd27f5691085ca1b73f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/10\/fcstudios-julie-fisher-blurring-design-borders\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/10\/fcstudios-julie-fisher-blurring-design-borders\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/10\/fcstudios-julie-fisher-blurring-design-borders\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"fcSTUDIO’s Julie Fisher on Blurring Design Borders\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"PAGODA RED Stories\",\"description\":\"Stories from PAGODA RED\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2a053df32f953bd27f5691085ca1b73f\",\"name\":\"Sarah Coffey\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/author\/scoffey\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"fcSTUDIO's Julie Fisher on Blurring Design Borders - PAGODA RED Stories","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/10\/fcstudios-julie-fisher-blurring-design-borders\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"fcSTUDIO's Julie Fisher on Blurring Design Borders - PAGODA RED Stories","og_description":"As co-founder of Chicago-based architecture and design firm fcSTUDIO and the owner of an impressive portfolio that spans North America, Julie Fisher is at the vanguard of a movement that blurs residential, commercial, and hospitality design. Yet no matter how innovative her interiors, Fisher keeps art front and center. \u201cWe create spaces that have lots […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/10\/fcstudios-julie-fisher-blurring-design-borders\/","og_site_name":"PAGODA RED Stories","article_published_time":"2019-06-10T14:52:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-12-12T21:10:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2500,"height":1614,"url":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/10JulieFisher.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sarah Coffey","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sarah Coffey","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/10\/fcstudios-julie-fisher-blurring-design-borders\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/10\/fcstudios-julie-fisher-blurring-design-borders\/","name":"fcSTUDIO's Julie Fisher on Blurring Design Borders - PAGODA RED Stories","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-06-10T14:52:20+00:00","dateModified":"2019-12-12T21:10:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2a053df32f953bd27f5691085ca1b73f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/10\/fcstudios-julie-fisher-blurring-design-borders\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/10\/fcstudios-julie-fisher-blurring-design-borders\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/10\/fcstudios-julie-fisher-blurring-design-borders\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"fcSTUDIO’s Julie Fisher on Blurring Design Borders"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/","name":"PAGODA RED Stories","description":"Stories from PAGODA RED","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2a053df32f953bd27f5691085ca1b73f","name":"Sarah Coffey","url":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/author\/scoffey\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3055"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3055"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3112,"href":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3055\/revisions\/3112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pagodared.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}