Unison Workspaces

About

Unison is recognised as one of New Zealand market’s leading quality providers of interior commercial furniture and lighting.

Our aim is to provide design led, future proofed, quality, commercial products from world renown suppliers; to help customers create healthy, fun, collaborative, flexible and engaging environments.

We aim to help businesses create a workplace which will:

Enhance the wellbeing and health of the workforce
Attract and retain top employees
Enhance collaboration, innovation and productivity
Improve bottom line performance

We view the workplace as an “evolution” and never a one-time event, and recognise the importance of offering flexible quality solutions within a range of products and services, allowing our customer’s investment to evolve along with their business strategy.

With over 25 years of experience in the field and access to the world’s leading products, the team behind Unison bring with them the skills, knowledge and passion to help create spaces that drive productivity and long-term value. Unison works in partnership with you on every aspect of your project from planning through to specifying, delivery and after sales support.

We’ve worked with businesses of all sizes and their A&D firms to understand, plan, design, develop, and build great workplaces.

And we recognise the importance of providing exceptional customer service so at we are focused on operational excellence and an enhanced customer experience.

“Research confirms what we know from common sense: a happy and healthy workplace leads to contented, productive staff, improved attraction and retention, stronger financial performance, faster growth, and an effective competitive edge”.

In Unison with Suppliers

Unison has exclusive distribution agreements in New Zealand with a range of world-leading international furniture manufacturers, so we can provide businesses with the right furnishing solution that best fits their needs.

The team at Unison have many years of experience working with leading suppliers, both locally and internationally. From international manufacturers such as Herman Miller, Walter Knoll, Palau, Howe, Segis, Billiani and Muuto, through to local custom manufacturing solutions.

These manufacturers specialise in their respective niches and produce the best options available in the market, this includes:

Herman Miller – workstations, ergonomic seating, meeting room tables, classic designs – Eames, Nelson.

Walter Knoll – extensive soft-seating range German designed but manufactured in Australia.

Muuto - affordable luxury - a complete collection of Scandinavian furniture and lighting

Palau – World leading manufacturer of collaborative solutions and acoustic booths..

Howe – famous 40/4 chair and elegant demountable boardroom room tables

Segis and Billiani – all offer collections of beautifully designed mixed material products for café and contract spaces.

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Testimonials

On behalf of ASB Corporate Property, we would like to reference Unison Workspaces for their succesful installation. This was a very unique fitout as ASB has adopted the Activity Based Concept where there are no offices but lots of different and interesting areas where you can work.
We found the whole installation process professional; thought ahead and ensured that the process with them seamless; made our life easy by ensuring all items were marked with their location so all knew where items were to be located; dealt with the small number of minor issues quickly with nohassles.
We have no hesitation in recommending them for future work of this nature.

Jane Guest - ASB Bank - New Head Office Auckland

In 2012 our law firm Cooney Lees Morgan, relocated to new premises in Cameron Road, Tauranga. The move was a physical relocation but also a major change to how we worked, as all employees were moved out of offices into an open plan environment.
Unison worked with Wingate & Farquhar on our workstation design and the layout of our new environment. The major challenge of the furniture design was to create a sense of space for the different groups within our organisation and simultaneously provide privacy within an open plan solution.
To achieve this Unison Workspaces customised a unique furniture solution utlilising our Clover workstation system. Storage space was another challenge, some areas required large amounts, Unison managed to incorporate custom storage into the workstation design to solve the problem.
The team at Unison worked with us to provide a furniture fitout that met all of our complex requirements. The furniture provided works well within the concept plan and the project met both the brief and the budget.
Our staff are delighted with the new work areas and we would have no hesitation to work with Unison Workspaces again in the future.

Chris Mayes - Cooney Lees Morgan

Ernst & Young chose Matisse (now trading as Unison Workspaces) to supply the office furniture for the new Brittomart location in 2012. The decision was partly based on the high quality of the products and also due to the fact that the refurbishment of a considerable amount of the existing workstations could be included into the new plan.
Ernst & Young is delighted with the new contemporary workspaces, partly constructed from workstations that were purchased more than a decade ago.
“The new office design and furniture has been very well received by both staff and clients. It is contemporary, visual appealing and conducive to collaboration and creativity.”
“The fact that we could re-use some of our existing furniture was a huge bonus, reducing both the cost of the project and the environmental footprint.”
Jane Roulston was the Project Manager from the Matisse side.
“Jane was fantastic to work with, she made sure that everything went to plan and was always on hand with advice and suggestions when we needed her support. Her industry experience was really invaluable to our project.”
Overall the project was highly successful; we achieved everything we set out to and more. “I would have no hesitation in recommending Jane Roulston or Unison Workspaces to any organisation considering a new office fit out

Ngare Doran - Ernst & Young

Staples Rodway have a history in Tauranga that spans 65 years. After occupying our previous premises for almost 30 years the company was ready for a change. One of the key requirements for our new offices was to create an energetic, contemporary space where staff and partners could collaborate effectively together.
A major paradigm change was to move all previously ‘office bound’ employees into an open environment, creating a fundamental shift in how the teams communicate and work together. To encourage seamless communication and foster collaboration, certain areas or zones like the central ‘Marketplace’ were allocated as communal work spaces.
The decision to work with Matisse (now trading as Unison Workspaces) was partly due to the legacy of the excellent reputation in the marketplace, and the creativity of the solution developed for our budget.
For our offices Unison selected a mixture of Clover Architectural offices and desks from MOX. They chose Sayl meeting and task chairs complemented with custom tables and Gliss café and barstools. The breakout area was furnished with Steelwood chairs and stools.
Unison Workspaces managed to complete our project within the required budget. The timeframes were very challenging considering some of the components were imported, however, Unison worked hard to pull everything together by the required deadline.
“The team at Unison Workspaces were good to deal with. I was impressed with how well the project was handled and the creative problem solving skills of the team. I would be happy to work with Jane and Unison Workspaces again for any future projects.”

Mark Robinson - Staples Rodway