BEN WATERS LAUNCHES BUREAU BRAUN

BUREAU BRAUN was founded in Spring of 2018 by our Design Director, Ben Waters. In response to overwhelming demand from our clients to assume a more hands-on role in their projects, BUREAU BRAUN launched as a full-service creative agency in Fall of 2019, providing interior, architectural, and UI/UX design services across the US and around the world.

Mary Jane Braun, our Founder’s grandmother, on her wedding day in 1940.

Mary Jane (a.k.a. “Nini”) was a creative force in the family and early life of our founder, Ben Waters. She taught and encouraged Ben to knit, paint, draw, build, and, most importantly, find joy in the creative process. While never an easy task, aspiring to Nini’s spirit is the cornerstone of our work.
 

OUR PROCESS

We, at BUREAU BRAUN believe that great ideas start with a hand-drawn sketch. A tactile and human-centric design needs to be the result of a tactile and human process: sketching is, and has been, the medium of designers since the Renaissance.

A test-fit for a San Mateo Office

Serial sections for a Bridgehampton residence facade design

Elevation for an Upper West Side Kitchen

After developing our initial sketch with the client, we move to virtual reality (VR)—a powerful tool to convey design intent and gain buy-in from stakeholders of all levels of design experience. VR portrays, in exact-scale and materiality, the vision for the design, so we can tweak, modify, add, or subtract any given design item in real time.

VR eliminates any confusion along the way, allowing the designer and client to make changes dynamically—and before it’s too late and too costly. In other words, VR ensures utmost communication, so that there are as few surprises as possible.

Click the image below to see a set-path fly-through for a client’s offices in San Mateo, California.

One employee was so impressed by the VR design process, he noted:

I can’t believe how exact the VR tour was. The [completed] space looks identical to the one you showed us during the All Hands Presentation!

Subscriber First Name, are you ready for the future of design services? One that not only meets its client’s needs like never before, but also, in the most cost-effective means possible, too? Let us make your vision a reality—a vision we can meld and form together through our unique design process.