Incusa HQ | Headquarters Interior Design

INCUSA HQ

OFFICE

Incusa Headquarters is a headquarters interior design project for a family-owned leather company with over ninety years of history… business with over ninety years of history and four generations dedicated to the art of leather tanning.

Founded in 1932 and based in Silla (Valencia), the company works with some of the most renowned fashion houses in the world. Its specialty: high-end leathers for footwear, handbags, and accessories.

Within the industrial complex that houses its entire production, one of the buildings contains the main offices, which called for a radical transformation, both functional and aesthetic.

INCUSA’s exterior carries the quiet familiarity of an established industrial building. Low horizontal canopies, simple rendered volumes and prominent lettering give the complex a distinct identity, rooted in the everyday architecture of production. The façades retain an understated, slightly nostalgic character: an expression of a place shaped by work and continuity.

This existing language provides a point of departure for the intervention. At the office entrance, small-format handcrafted ceramic tiles introduce texture and depth, drawing on the building’s mid-century sensibility. The renewed threshold connects the industrial exterior with the more intimate atmosphere within, allowing the company’s history to remain present in the experience of arrival.

Craftsmanship as part of Architecture

The entrance to this building, previously indistinct within the complex, became our first design gesture. We understood that it needed to become an iconic point, a welcoming space that would mark the beginning of the client experience.

To achieve this, we proposed an envelope with references to the mid-century universe, reviving the retro feel of the original offices and incorporating small-format handcrafted ceramic cladding, used both at the entrance and in the wet areas.

One of the project’s conceptual pillars was to highlight the company’s own product: leather. Some of the furniture pieces were custom-designed and upholstered with leathers produced by Incusa, serving as a tactile and material tribute that allows visitors to experience the brand’s craftsmanship firsthand.

In the reception area, a large-scale leather curtain adds texture, theatricality, and a sculptural presence to the space. Crafted from leather produced by INCUSA itself, the piece brings its manufacturing identity into the architecture, turning the threshold into a tactile expression of its history.

The curtain pays quiet tribute to the knowledge and craftsmanship accumulated over decades. Working with the company’s own leather gives this familiar material a different role: it becomes part of the space, marking the transition into the workplace and establishing a direct connection between production, people and place.

This bespoke element anchors the office interior design in INCUSA’s identity. The experience of arrival begins with something inherently its own, a material shaped by the company’s work and reinterpreted through a handmade architectural intervention.

Greenery and colour

The color palette revolves around the natural tones of tanning: deep browns, rich blacks, and reddish hues, evoking the material world of Incusa. As a counterbalance to the harshness of the industrial surroundings and the lack of exterior greenery, we introduced large-scale natural elements inside.

Two custom-planted trees, one at the entrance and another in the common area, bring freshness, life, and a sense of refuge for the employees.

The Lounge Area

The lounge area, conceived as a welcoming space to unwind, enjoy a coffee, or hold informal meetings, also acts as a prelude to the factory tour. It’s a required passage for all visitors, so we paid special attention to its visual storytelling.

One of the walls was transformed into an exhibition installation for the swatch books in which the company presents its leather collections, finishes, and colors.

With INCUSA’s leather destined for the fashion industry, the wall becomes an editorial display of the company’s annual catalogues. Designed each season by guest artists or graphic designers, these sample books are presented like the pages of a fashion publication, celebrating the creative dialogue between material, graphic design and fashion that shapes the brand.