Welcome to Optimism

grand designs

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Work nears completion on our additional space just across the road. We're due to move people around this weekend, so these really are the finishing touches. (Fingers crossed.)

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Alex in the kitchen.

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Big screen for big presentations, which is accompanied by some proper AV kit.

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Ooo – design feature!

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General work area: lots of desks to go in here very soon.

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Looks like it's just been abandoned rather than about to be finished, but this will be a meeting room.

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A yellow door.

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A small room with some dodgy carpeting. This will be an edit suite.

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Stairway to nowhere.

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Looking down on the open area from the gallery. Minstrels not yet in residence.

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Up on the roof.

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View from the roof terrace: our current space on 16 Hanbury Street.

agency meeting

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Huddled masses, yearning to breathe free.

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Nat welcomes Dan and Ray, who have finally agreed to join us full time. Like all new joiners they were asked to tell everyone a secret about themselves. Dan's secret involved atomic bombs. Ray's related to vomiting orange juice down her nose in a cheese shop.

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Tom and Katherine explained what's happening with our fabulous Selfridges window installation.

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And Feh shared his views on the highlights of the work from last week's Cannes festival.

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