{"id":850617,"date":"2026-08-10T20:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T20:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/850617\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T20:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T20:06:09","slug":"places-need-to-offer-something-that-pixels-cant-replicate-acrylicize-on-designing-spaces-for-real-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/850617\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPlaces need to offer something that pixels can\u2019t replicate\u201d: Acrylicize on designing spaces for real connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-block-key=\"erhvg\">Today the studio presents Physical Culture as an antidote to soulless shared spaces. With hugely impactful projects under its belt such as the global experiential design strategy for 19 Spotify offices, and artworks and installations at LinkedIn offices across six continents, the Acrylicize team is using each brief as a tool to connect places with its purpose through thoughtful design, art, community engagement, events, activations, and innovative strategy. All of this (and plenty more) converges to \u201ccreate the conditions for belonging; the sense that you\u2019re not just in a space, but part of it\u201d, says James. Physical Culture being the framework, Acrylicize has honed its creative services \u201cto translate what an organisation stands for into what people actually feel when they walk through the door\u201d.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"9k61h\">Acrylicize defines Physical Culture as: \u201cthe stories, customs, behaviours, collective energy, and creative attributes of a space and the people that inhabit it,\u201d and it\u2019s what\u2019s steered everything from project management to design, production, and art consultancy since its inception. Now formally coining the term, the studio sees Physical Culture as an \u201cessential strategic discipline \u2013 one that recognises the profound impact of the environment on human experience, creativity and connection. As hybrid working has sharpened scrutiny of office design, as public institutions face pressure to do more with what they have, and as brands compete to create experiences that feel genuine rather than curated, the question of what a space communicates has never been more important.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today the studio presents Physical Culture as an antidote to soulless shared spaces. With hugely impactful projects under&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":850618,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134],"class_list":["post-850617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}