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SMSGH

Visualization of the reception: full-height orange wall, dark desk with a white sms logo behind it, multicolour striped carpet, low black benches at the window and recessed ceiling panels over a cove-lit glass partition.

Interior design, visualization and later photography for the SMSGH office in Accra, Ghana: twelve plates that run from the orange-walled reception and boardroom renders through to photographed corridors, workrooms and the break-out space.

SMSGH needed a workplace that felt like its own brand: energetic, informal and clearly Ghanaian, without slipping into a novelty colour scheme. The company was moving into a conventional open-plan floor, so the design had to absorb rows of workstations, meeting rooms and a reception while still reading as somewhere people wanted to sit. RDVS. DESIGN answered with a zoned plan and a strong accent palette.

The floor is split into a public front and a working back. Reception, lounge and breakout sit in saturated colour, while the open desk areas are calmer, organized on timber floors with green screens and a striped runner marking the main circulation spine. Glass-walled meeting rooms line the corridors, and the boardroom keeps its own darker, wood-lined character.

Orange is the signature, used on full-height reception walls and partitions, then balanced by white ceilings, pale timber and a deep green shelving wall. Yellow armchairs and large paintings lift the lounge. Lighting is mostly recessed panels and cove strips, with pendants and track heads marking the social spaces; the photographed rooms add downlit glass partitions and exposed concrete.

The set merges two records of the same commission: seven visualizations from the design phase, each carrying the SMSGH OFFICE credit block dated May 2013, and five photographs of the completed office carrying the RDVS MAGAZINE mark. Together they show how closely the orange, timber and glass scheme translated from screen to floor.

The project was published as SMSGH OFFICE — RDVS. DESIGN; the full set is on Behance and the companion set.

Visualization of the reception: full-height orange wall, dark desk with a white sms logo behind it, multicolour striped carpet, low black benches at the window and recessed ceiling panels over a cove-lit glass partition.
Visualization of a private office: white desk with a computer and black task chairs, green accent wall with open shelving, warm timber floor and ceiling, cove lighting and an orange sofa in the foreground.
Visualization of the breakout lounge: exposed timber ceiling beams and track lights, large colourful paintings on white walls, grey sofas, two yellow armchairs on a dark shag rug, black coffee table and white chairs beyond.
Visualization down the main circulation route: striped runner carpet between timber-floored desk banks with green screens, white columns, an orange and white partition wall at right and linear ceiling lights leading to a red far wall.
Visualization of the boardroom: long pale table with black leather chairs, timber floor and wall panelling, a dark green feature wall washed by concealed lighting, recessed linear ceiling slots and a planter in a white trough.
Visualization of the open-plan floor: rows of workstations with monitors and green desk screens on timber flooring, black mesh chairs, an orange wall in the distance, yellow lounge seats at right and planted troughs between bays.
Visualization of a meeting room: the sms gh speech-bubble logo mounted on a white wall, grey tiled floor, a pale table ringed by black and chrome chairs, air-conditioning unit above and a downlit white ceiling.
Photograph of a completed corridor: glass-walled offices with frosted horizontal strips, polished dark timber floor reflecting the downlights, an exposed concrete column, white ceilings and a glimpse of the workspace at the far end.
Photograph, another corridor in the built office: blue-grey columns and walls, glossy timber floor, a bed of white pebbles around a planter with a young palm, timber door at the end and downlight reflections.
Photograph, close detail of the pebble border beside the timber floor: smooth white and grey river stones in shallow focus, the office blurred behind, RDVS MAGAZINE mark in the lower right corner.
Photograph of a small office: pale wood desk with a computer, black task chair, grey sofa against a white wall, grey tiled floor, timber door, framed board and a window with blinds looking onto another building.
Photograph of the break area: dark ceiling beams with yellow pendant lamps, high tables with black, yellow and tan stools, white painted brick, a sofa at left and a glossy floor underfoot.