Eight Inc.

Eight Inc. is a multidisciplinary design and innovation studio with offices in New York City, San Francisco, Honolulu, Tokyo, Beijing and London. Founded in 1989 by Tim Kobe, Eight Inc. designs residential and commercial properties, products and communication concepts.

Overview

Recent projects in the commercial sector include the Apple stores, sales channels for retail, commercial exhibitions, the Nokia flagship stores stores for Coach Inc. and various orders for Virgin Atlantic Airways and the design of a new world of banking for Citibank.

Furthermore, Eight Inc. designs private residential buildings and objects using private and commercial use, and received, among other things, the Architectural Record Honor Award for Design High Density On The High Ground, a competition for housing projects with mixed-use development in New Orleans, who tendered after Hurricane Katrina been. In 2006, Eight Inc. represented the United States at the exhibition in the American Pavilion at the Tenth Biennial of Architecture in Venice.

Eight Inc. designed furniture for METRO, a division of Steelcase, kitchen accessories for Williams -Sonoma, interactive design concepts for Citibank and Nokia as well as exhibitions for Herman Miller and Apple.

Current LEED ® certified projects are 280 Beach Walk, the first LEED ® - loading complex in Waikiki and the Malama Learning Center, an educational center on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.

Selected Projects

Nokia flagship Sao Paulo, Brazil

Virgin Clubhouse San Francisco Int'l Airport

Apple MacWorld San Francisco, California

2100 Kalakaua Waikiki, Hawaii

Edgewood House Mill Valley, California

The Post International San Francisco, California

Katrina Design Competition High Density on the High Ground