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This Communal Office Looks Like It’s from Outer Space + 4 More Clever Finds

A roundup of what we’ve been reading and needing this week
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Fosbury & Sons's new Office Boitsfort. Photo: Jeroen Verrecht
Here at Clever, we’re all about finding the good stuff—unexpected decorating ideas, day-brightening accents and furnishings, news you need to know—and then delivering that info directly to you. Here’s a roundup of five things that stopped us in our tracks this week that we wanted to be sure you don’t miss.

A Co-Working Space Not Unlike a Spaceship祝福那些保留标志性,野兽派modernist architecture such as Constantin Brodzki’s CBR concrete headquarters in Brussels—even if it is to serve our ever-increasing gig economy. Thankfully, the restored building, now called Office Boitsfort, part of co-working company Fosbury & Sons, still includes many original details, like door handles, radiator caps, built-in furniture units, and those otherworldly windows.curbed.com

A Slam-Dunk Gift Idea for Design FreaksStill crossing people off your gift list? (Or in the mood to treat yourself?) Pick up retro Dieter Rams–designed clocks and calculators in thePhiladelphia Museum of Art’s Shop, sold as a collection alongside its current exhibition “Dieter Rams: Principled Design.” The Philadelphia Inquirer says it’s the city’s “best design show in years.”philly.com

We Want Everything in This Serene Milwaukee ShopThat's not a coincidence. All curvy wood and white walls, Commonplace in Milwaukee was designed to let its curated selection of everyday home goods—spiral wall hooks, woven baskets, colorful water bottles—take center stage.design-milk.com

A Hot Take on Pantone’s Color of the YearMichelle Ogundehin, the former editor in chief ofELLE Decoration UK,makes the argumentagainstLiving Coral, Pantone’sColor of the Year. She's not in love with its saccharine hue, but she's also concerned about its tone-deafness in reference to the danger the world’s coral is in due to climate change.dezeen.com

的繁荣Waco, Texas, Thanks to Chip and JoHow did a city known for an infamous cult get rebranded into an upbeat destination for HGTV lovers? Over the past five years,Fixer Upperstars Chip and Joanna Gaines have slowly remade Waco, Texas, in their image, bringing along the rest of the world on their adventures in shiplap and subway tile.nytimes.com