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The new interior of the Lion offices in Auckland features New Zealand-themed areas with eye-catching, self-contained meeting rooms painted in Resene colours.

Guaranteed to make you smile – this harbour office meeting room is one of many breakout areas in the new Lion office in central Auckland.

The interior, designed by Creative Spaces, incorporates seven different themes that bring together iconic Kiwi places and traditional life experiences that epitomise the company's products and where these products are consumed.

Creative Spaces says Lion wanted the office to have a New Zealand flavour without being kitsch, with lots of colour and talking points. Because the floorplates are large and deep, using different colours and materials helps to break down the perceives space into well-defined areas.

The floor shown above, has a Harbours & Travel theme, which takes inspiration from rusted wharves and old suitcases. On this room Resene Morepork, a soft lilac grey, features on the weatherboards. This is teamed with bright yellow Resene Tweet on the door and architraves and window frames in Resene Alabaster.

The Lion project won the Resene Total Colour Commercial Interior Office award. The judges say the Lion office is a complex project with a lot of opportunity to use colour.

"Colour represents themes, yet the different areas are seamless integrated to tell a cohesive story. It's an office that truly reflects the company that occupies the space.