Digitalizace interních agend pro U1 22. 11. 2023
NextGenerationEU aneb spolufinancování EU na projektu digitalizace interních agend u nás v U1. Práci na projektech posuneme zase o kus dál!
VRTIŠKA & ŽÁK: ZA DOBRÝ DESIGN 24. 2. 2023
ONLY2 v Moravské galerii v Brně. Přijďte se podívat nejen na spolupráci s U1 a designérským studiem Vrtiška & Žák.
Výstavu můžete vidět téměr po celý rok od 24/02/2023 do 28/01/2024.
Ohlédnutí za rokem 2022 s Mičánek Motorsport 13. 1. 2023
Úspěch se nezávidí, úspěch se musí ocenit. Divoká sezóna 2022 v podání Mičánek Motorsport a principálem Jiřím Mičánkem, Broňkem Formánkem, Josefem Zárubou a Karolem Baszem a celým teamem, který dotáhli na bednu nejen české agentury, ale i Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe na celkovém 3. místě! Díky, že vás můžeme podporovat a jsme na vás pyšní!
VÍKEND VE ZNAMENÍ MASARYK RACING DAYS 2022 15. 9. 2022
Řev motorů, spousta přátel a repre víkend jak se patří. U1 podporuje motorsport!
U1 POMÁHÁ. KLINIKA DĚTSKÉ ONKOLOGIE MÁ NOVÉ PROSTORY. 17. 2. 2022
Pomáhat je důležité, a proto jsme se rozhodli po oslovení Nadačního fondu dětské onkologie KRTEK pro zrekonstruování zázemí pro rodiče na Klinice dětské onkologie.
Věříme, že nový prostor rodičům zpříjemní čekání při nutné hospitalizaci.
Má tah na branku i respekt k přírodě, vinařstvím roku je Reisten z Pavlova 28. 1. 2022
Vinařství roku pro rok 2021 zná vítěze. Je jím vinařství Reisten, kterému byla udělena cena na slavnostním galavečeru v brněnské hvězdárně. Vinařství z Pavlova u poroty zabodovalo svým tahem na branku a cílevědomostí.
Součástí areálu je také wine bar, který jsme zrealizovali dle požadavků klienta a výsledkem je velmi unikátní interiér vinařství.
Gratulujeme k ocenění!
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URBEX Vol.1 - koncert v káznici 20. 8. 2020
URBEX Vol.1 - fakt jsme to udělali. Koncert v káznici. Rozezvučeli jsme staré zdi mladým zvukem.
URBEX Vol.1 – ultimátní start 20. 8. 2020
URBEX Vol.1 - ultimátní start na hudební scéně brněnské káznice na ul.Cejl.
Sdílení pracovních prostor v showroomu Praha 31. 10. 2019
Rozhodli jsme se "otevřít dveře" a nabízeme pronájem 12 vybavených pracovních míst v našem kreativním prostoru na Smíchově. Jste malá firma, kreativec či freelancer a hledáte pracoviště v atraktivní budově na dobré adrese? Pravě jste ho našli!
THE TEN BEST PROJECTS OF THE TWELFTH DESIGNBLOK 14. 12. 2018
The Only 2 furniture line won the award for Best New Product at Designblok 2018. We were thus among the ten best projects in the twelfth year of this festival. Take a look at them on Arch Space.
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ONLY 2 WON IS THE BEST NEW PRODUCT AT DESIGNBLOK 2018 28. 10. 2018
This past weekend, the Only 2 furniture line won the prize in Best New Product category at Designblok 2018. We would like to thank the organizer and the judges who awarded it to us and to all those who were rooting for us.
BEST NEW PRODUCT ONLY 2 AT DESIGNBLOK FOR THE FIRST TIME 25. 10. 2018
Original, colourful, creative and inspirational, amusing people in offices. This is what a work space filled with the new table system from the U1 workshop should look like. The company is now showing this new product line for the very first time at the Designblok in Prague. The designer duo Vrtiška Žák is behind the design. The authors want to enrich impersonal office space with delicate elements that have bold character, to give every client the opportunity to create their worktop according to their imagination colour and accessory wise.
Realizujeme se i jinde než na zakázkách 19. 6. 2018
Závodníci z U1 byli vidět na O2 Pražské štafetě! Předvedli týmového ducha a skvělý výkon. Díky a gratulujeme!
Nový Huracan ve stáji Mičánek Motorsport 23. 4. 2018
Stáj týmů Mičánek Motorsport se může pochlubit novým přírustkem. Nový vůz Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo Evo projede svými rychlými koly významné závody v rámci Evropy. Naše logo tomuto fešákovi sluší! :-)
A BOOK od Armstrong 12. 3. 2018
Už jste viděli letošní A BOOK od Armstrong?
Najdete tam i naše realizace s produkty Armstrong. Mrkněte se třeba na Chyron Hego, IBM a MU.
DEVELOPER CALOUSNESS REPLACED BY SOUND EXECUTION FROM THE VRTIŠKA & ŽÁK STUDIO. U1 IS MOVING TO SMÍCHOV. 26. 2. 2018
Those searching for a piece of New York aesthetics in Prague’s Smíchov finally have a chance for success. The U1 company has found a location for its Prague showroom.
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U1 DESIGNER RADEK MAŠINDA GIVES ADVICE IN REGARDS TO THE MANAGERIAL OFFICE. 26. 2. 2018
Managers have a responsibility for some areas, and many of them are at the top for the entire company. They must often focus so that they are able to find a solution to a problem or to come up with a brilliant strategy which could take the company all the way.
That is why it is imperative they have a good environment for their work.
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SOFT WORK ZONES BRING REFRESHMENT 15. 6. 2017
One of the most common mistakes made by many companies is the mistaking of "soft" work spaces for those of relaxation. A relaxation space is one where it is possible to rest, perhaps even to sleep, and one which contains elements that lead people away from work. On the contrary, activation is necessary to working. The new trend is to stand while working. To give people elements due to which they can work while standing, at least for a little while. The reason is that after having worked an entire day sitting down, the attendance of a short meeting standing up engages entirely different muscle groups. A "hard" space is one where we carry out continual work. It is where we work with permanent tools (the telephone, IT equipment) with minimal outside interaction. This outside interaction takes place in the soft spaces. It is where telephone calls take place, and plentiful contact between people takes place. Everything should be organized in such a manner that people should only spend the necessary time in this space to carry out specific tasks.
CZECH COMPANIES STRUGGLE TO UNDERSTAND THE APPROACHING YOUNG INTERNET GENERATION 24. 5. 2017
Members of generation Z, born from the mid-90’s up, have different expectations from their work than the generations before them. They are the Children of the internet, and they are individualists. Therefore, they want to move freely between their work and private lives, educate themselves while working and be employed in an environment which allows all of this. Only one in five Czech companies is prepared for the arrival of the so-called post-millennials.
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7 STEPS TO AN EFFECTIVE WORKPLACE 2. 5. 2017
Office space, when compared to wages, is usually a small fraction of a company’s expenses. Although its impact is not easily expressed in numbers, it has a great deal of influence on an all-round good atmosphere and efficiency. For this reason, investing time and resources in office environments pays off greatly. Czech companies are not used to this. However, the time of growth in the economy and a shortage of high-quality employees is motivating many of them to focus on this side of business as well
2017: A NEW LIFE IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS MARKET AT LAST 12. 4. 2017
After a few bad years, a new surge in construction of new office buildings is expected. The ever increasing competition is pushing the construction of modern facilities of international parameters.
“The progress is most prominent in Prague and Brno, where office parks of considerable size are forming. These have positive influences on the quality of the office space, because they put a lot of emphasis on utilising recent world trends in office environment.”
- Radek Mašinda, a designer at U1
COURAGEOUS STEPS AND EXCELLENT TEAM LEAD A COMPANY FORWARD 6. 4. 2017
So we left a well-paid job and set off on a journey, during which we wanted to assert our ideas and bring our new solutions to reality, incorporating all our company stands for.
ENVIROS – CASE STUDY: MODERN OFFICES HIDDEN IN A HISTORICAL BUILDING 15. 3. 2017
Our goal was to come up with a concept of space and its arrangement to best serve the needs of the company and its employees, while at the same time creating harmony with the historical building. The result was a lavish central room with the original flooring and reliefs combined with contemporary elements and light fixtures, which are consistent with the original interior.
WHAT YOU WOULDN’T EXPECT TO FIND IN AN OFFICE 28. 2. 2017
Offices of the future contribute to competitiveness and creativity, while at the same time being equipped with everything at hand – a coffee maker, water, refreshment, systems to plug in electrical appliances, as well as work equipment (access to documents via touchscreen technologies, wireless charging etc.). Every employee will have, more or less, free access to all the office space thanks to a variety of mobile solutions, so it will be up to them where to spend their working hours and what environment fits them the best.
BRNO IBM TEMPTS YOUNG TALENT WITH NEW OFFICE SPACE. THEIR INSPIRATION WAS A TREE TRUNK 13. 2. 2017
We designed a floor of open offices for a few hundred people, and we ensured enough personal and living space. We tried to meet the future generation of employees halfway, so that they would feel good here, had somewhere to put their things and relax when they need to.
A smartphone in one hand, a tablet in the other, a laptop in the third one and a gaming console in the fourth. With a pinch of salt, this is how a typical Gen Z member could be described.
Tobogán, kulečník i zahrada - relaxaci na pracovišti najdete i v Praze 11. 11. 2016
Open space zvyšuje na pracovišti asociálnost, tvrdí nová studie. Mnoho firem už také od otevřených kanceláří ustupuje. Nová generace pracantů navíc od svých šéfů vyžaduje svobodu a dávku kreativity. A tak se kancelářský svět chtě nechtě mění. Článek iDNES.cz/Metro.cz stojí za přečtění.
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Office of the future? A living organism! 3. 11. 2016
Many of us may still remember the stuffy offices full of cigarette smoke, ringing with the sounds of typewriters. Then the 90’s computer era came and, along with it, a new trend – tiny and stale cupboards were replaced with breezy, open-space type planning. Nowadays, we are again one step ahead.
Press U1 designer Radek Mašinda on the influence of colours in the workplace 3. 11. 2016
One of the most prominent influences on human psyche, as well as work dedication in the office, is colour. The right ones stimulate us, the wrong ones make us tired and demotivated. So, how does one choose the right colour scheme to reach their goal?
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Environment has a massive impact on the effectiveness of work 3. 11. 2016
Noises in open offices stimulate extroverts to better performances, introverts, on the other hand, struggle with it.
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Relax in the office? Lounge areas are beneficial to creative thinking 3. 11. 2016
The work environment has changed dramatically in the past three decades in many companies, both in the Czech Republic and abroad. Small offices are gradually being replaced by the new standard in the form of open office spaces.
Press The office mouse’s dream: Attractive work places are being created in Brno 3. 11. 2016
It doesn’t matter whether you work in an office, a school or if you are a programmer. Your subconscious continuously perceives your surroundings and reacts to them. A bad environment brings everyone down. The counterstep is a creative design that will properly break the mould.
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Is the office environment stressing you out? We have tips to make it friendlier. 3. 11. 2016
Everyday work in a mundane environment, lacking anything lively and suffocating enthusiasm? That is a nightmare come to life for every creative spirit, and not just for them.
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Guerrilla fighting day in U1 3. 11. 2016
Our company, U1, helps clients with the planning and implementation of office space. Leading a company that specialises in a field where Czechs are just starting to explore is a tough act.
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Creativity needs its own space 3. 11. 2016
Jaromír Popek (co-founder of U1) writes about his own know-how on equipping open space offices in the EURO magazine.
Press Shared offices complicate workplace relationships 3. 11. 2016
The risk of both physical and mental illness is higher in a shared workplace. According to Environment and Health, a study by Scandinavian Journal of Work, people who work in open space offices take more days off work due to sickness by 65%.
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The five most annoying things that turn office life into hell 3. 11. 2016
Even Maxim is starting to get interested in the problematics of the office environment.
Press Boredom motivates no one. Say goodbye to open space offices 3. 11. 2016
Strangely coloured modular furniture, an impersonal environment and dull conference rooms. Everyone who has ever been employed in a regular office building knows the sterile and vague workplace. Progressive company owners said goodbye to the grey and started turning the “second home” into an attractive office space.
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Czech companies follow in efforts to make the workplace more comfortable. 3. 11. 2016
Creative, innovative, flexible - these are the characteristics many companies expect from their employees. For adequate productivity, however, the right environment is crucial. Although, when creating such settings, it is also important to mind your finances.
Press U1 is creating office spaces for leading Czech companies 3. 11. 2016
Who we are, what we do and how are we doing it in an article in Hospodářské Noviny.
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Offices are coming to life 3. 11. 2016
What are the trends in office design? What is the correct way to project an open office? You can find answers to those questions in this article from PROFIT.
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After open-space, team-offices to come 3. 11. 2016
Nowadays, individual work seems to be less effective. Cooperation, on the other hand, is the new phenomenon which yields faster results in a larger team. This stress on speed is the influence of the changes.
Press How to plan your office space effectively 3. 11. 2016
Are you considering a smaller office space or starting a company and don’t know how to correctly plan your office space? When creating an environment that will inspire and stimulate you and your co-workers whilst also being comfortable, it is vital to focus on more than just modern furniture and new wall paint.
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U1’s Jaromír Popek on creating an interior 3. 11. 2016
Here’s a little taste of the upcoming book archSPACE \ Office, which will contain interviews with interior creators. An interview with Jaromír Popek and designer Stanislav Nehybka covers the topic of office space design.
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U1, a company built as a manifest against office clichés 3. 11. 2016
It seems like Brno will always be second fiddle in the Czech Republic. Although not in everything. Brno outpaces Prague in office environment. For example, in IT companies, the fraction residing in buildings with a quality standard defined as class A is distinctly larger in Brno than in Prague. On top of that, the South-Moravian capitol saw the emergence of the company U1, a company which provides top quality office interiors.
Press Lifocolor Brno: even a factory can be likeable. 3. 11. 2016
The new Lifocolor company base was built with regards to 30 years of future development. The interior was designed by the architectonic studio K4 in cooperation with U1, who also supplied the furniture.
Press Five things you wouldn’t expect in an office 3. 11. 2016
The office environment has changed dramatically in the last quarter-century. This is, of course, related to the development of office equipment. While in the 90’s, piles of three-ring binders and filing folders were essential equipment, and computers took up most of the desk. Today’s office, a tablet and a flash drive, can easily fit into a handbag, and future trends go even further.
Press Generation Z has different ideas about work 3. 11. 2016
The vast majority of employers acknowledge the differences between each generation’s job demands, however, only a fifth of them would be able to offer what the youngest seek. This is the conclusion of U1’s company research.
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O2 Arena saw the legends of kickboxing and Tomáš Hron’s victory 14. 10. 2016
Brno’s Thai-box champion masterfully defeated Andrei Stoica from Romania. He won his milestone 100th duel in the professional ring.
Best startup 720° 7. 6. 2016
Do you take interest in the interior air quality in your office space? We are part of the project 720 degrees, which participated in big projects in Europe, as well as in initial pilot projects in the USA. Additionally, it won first place at the IoT Startup awards. Together we provide complex data about the quality of the office environment.
Investing in design pays off 4. 5. 2016
According to the results of the British Design Council, one Pound Sterling invested in design brings twenty Pounds Sterling in profit back to the company.
Another way to deliver goods 22. 4. 2016
Even a small cabriolet can be a big help.
Feedback for the completion of the interiors for FEI 27. 1. 2016
“We spend a major part of our lives at work. The design of the workplace and the common areas - colourful composition, selection of equipment and furniture - was crucial for us in the building process of our new technological centre. We engaged with our employees in the whole project, in order for them to be able to realize their ideas. In U1 we found experienced professionals who offered us expert know-how and a willingness to listen and discuss our needs. U1 was a key partner for the resulting interior atmosphere and its combination with architecture. We are glad that almost everyone feels good in our company now. U1 carried out the lion’s share in this effort.”
Jiří Očadlík, FEI Czech Republic s.r.o.
We have introduced our own line of furniture on Designblok 2015 16. 9. 2015
U1 has presented their own collection of furniture for modern office space on Designblok 2015 - Only1.
Completion of the FEI interior 12. 9. 2015
U1 team finished installing the interior project for FEI. Read more in the references section
Friendly offices benefit company development 16. 1. 2015
The times of struggling by the desk with a pen and paper, or a noisy typewriter, surrounded by piles of three-ring binders are long gone. They were pushed aside by the “modern” era. In bigger cities those tiny rooms were replaced by open-space type offices, which have many perks – co-workers are much easier to reach this way.
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Greetings from U1 14. 5. 2014
The generation gap is not an issue for us :)
