Offenhausen – September 2009. “Anyone who wants to grow needs space. But why pay now for offices you will only use in the distant future?” Anita Gödiker, the Managing Director of Satellite Office, summed up a problem which worries many company owners whose business model demands flexibility. She addresses this problem, giving small and large companies the chance to move into offices in good locations from the beginning. They can also rent whatever equipment they may need.

Around 12 years ago, the visionary businesswoman saw a gap in the market and laid the foundations for providing a successful business-centre service. In the early days, Satellite Office’s clientele consisted mainly of new businesses which were looking to expand with caution and were afraid of unnecessary costs. Nowadays, her clientele includes well-known companies from all over the world. She offers her clients centrally-located, prestigious office sites in Berlin, London or Barcelona.

She and her 27 permanent employees provide other companies with a full service. Anything is available – large city offices, functional yet attractive office furnishings or professional back-office facilities – all with flexible rental contracts. Regardless of whether clients need facilities on a long-term or temporary basis, they only pay for what they use.

One of the most attractive business centres in Satellite Office's portfolio is the flagship office on the Kurfürstendamm in Berlin. To this day, the legendary boulevard remains one of the best-known shopping streets in the capital. “Raumhaus”, a Berlin-based interior-design company, created 16 exclusive, modern rented offices in a Jugendstil building on the street. The interior-design experts from “Raumhaus” were responsible for the furniture and colour scheme in the building. They chose subtle, design-oriented furnishings reflecting the prestige of the exterior facade and creating the perfect symbiosis of historical old building and modern office environment.

With an area of 740 square meters available, the “modul space” furniture system from Bosse, a brand of the Dauphin HumanDesign Group, was able to show exactly what it is capable of. A wide range of furniture components can be created from a few individual parts which can be put together and dismantled like building blocks. Universal and timelessly elegant, they adapt flexibly to users’ changing needs.

“modul space” was used to furnish not only the large suite with manager’s office but also three individual offices, various team and project offices, a large conference room overlooking the boulevard, a small conference room in the tower room and the reception with waiting area. If need be, specific offices could be turned into a self-contained executive business suite with its own meeting area and space for team assistants.

“sim-o” office swivel chairs from Trendoffice, another brand of the Dauphin HumanDesign Group, were chosen. They offer four adjustment options, a good-quality synchronised mechanism, a high level of comfort with ample support for the back and great freedom of movement. They were given a “good” (2,2) quality rating by Stiftung Warentest.

All the furniture including the chairs is creamy white and fits in perfectly with the building’s carefully-restored, champagne-coloured facade. The few selected clients who rent premises here are mainly from the international consulting sector, the media and creative scene, the legal business and the health industry. They are as exclusive as the furniture from the Dauphin Group.