Madhappy Retail
Various
Ongoing
Ongoing retail design for Madhappy.
Madhappy Aspen, 2024.
Madhappy Chicago, 2023.
Fixtures by Playlab, Inc.
Madhappy East Hampton, 2024.
Madhappy South Coast Plaza, 2024.
Photographer: Sean Davidson
About Social Works
Social Works is a building and interior design studio based in Sydney and Los Angeles.
We approach our work with the belief that architecture can do far more than offer security and shelter; It can bring us together, it can offer us rest, it can focus us, heal us, enliven and enrich us. That’s what we love about it, and that’s how we approach it.
We begin every project by purposefully withholding any preconceived notions of what a building or space should look or feel like. While our design process may bring us back to proven architectural conventions, our interest lies in thoughtfully advancing building typologies to meet contemporary needs.
Our approach is conceptually structured and highly responsive, allowing each project to emerge from the unique requirements and opportunities of each client, brief, and site.
When we create in direct response to how a family wants to connect, a community wants to meet, or a patron wants to eat, it allows us to create thoughtful, innovative designs that are shaped not only by style or aesthetic but by the many ways we live.
Founder
Social Works was founded and is directed by Jesse Taylor. He holds a Master of Architecture with Higher Award from the University of Western Australia and has taught design studios at the University of New South Wales and the University of Western Australia. He has also served on multiple jury panels across Australia and the US, including at Columbia University, Cal Poly Pomona, the University of Sydney, and the University of Technology Sydney.
In March 2021, alongside Georgia Taylor-Berry, he was awarded the inaugural Sculpture by the Sea Artist Award.
Prior to founding Social Works, Jesse worked at several architecture firms, including Mark Haddawy in Los Angeles, Food/Family Architects in New York, and Hassell in Perth. His clients and collaborators have included Virgil Abloh, Tom Sachs, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, and Axel Vervoordt.
Clients and Collaborators
Cleo Restaurant, Decade, Shikfa, Good American, Madhappy, Playlab Inc., Chromeo, A-Track, Fool’s Gold Records, Hand LLC.
Writing and Press
Architecture AU, Frame Magazine, Divisare, Timeout, Hypebeast, Superfuture, The Post, Architecture Australia, The West Australian, Brooklyn Museum.
Contact
AUS +61 434-988-146
USA +1 310-430-8602
Email: office@socialworks.studio
Instagram: @socialsocialworks
LinkedIn: Social Works
Social Works acknowledges, thanks, and pays respect to the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we work and live, including the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation in Australia and the Tongva, Tataviam, Serrano, Kizh, and Chumash peoples in the United States.
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