START Global is a student association for the promotion of entrepreneurial talent.
Among other things, the association organizes the START Summit and the START Hack, the largest events in the start-up ecosystem in Switzerland. START Global also maintains a worldwide network of local START chapters at universities and is committed to supporting young founders with a fellowship program.

Only used furniture was to be used for the new offices, primarily for reasons of sustainability, but also for reasons of economy. Together with its partners Vitra, Erich Keller, Ruckstuhl and Impact Acoustic, Novu Office took on this challenge with the aim of creating a high-quality, cleanly planned and contemporary office environment - and not just a collection of the second-hand furniture that was easiest to find.

Many different sources were involved, including previous Vitra and Novu Office project customers in Switzerland and Germany who no longer needed the furniture. The imponderables of this type of procurement called for complex logistics with interim storage in St. Gallen and an iterative approach to implementation: room by room was planned with the existing furniture that had arrived in each case to create a coherent overall concept, discussed with Start Global and then furnished. This approach required a great deal of trust from the customer.

The result is an office landscape that consists of around 95% used furniture and yet is in no way a compromise solution. The users are delighted with how inspiring, productive and functional a used furniture project can be.