FORJ is a commercial interior designer for offices, shops, venues and other commercial interiors in Melbourne and Victoria. We design the fitout, starting with early planning or a test fit and working through finishes, joinery and furniture to the design intent drawings your builder prices from.
Workplace · Keysborough, VIC
Retail · Relevant experience
Hospitality · Concept
Relevant experience: Designed by Sam Fossati in a previous role, before FORJ was established.
9 years
Across commercial interiors
Your builder
Or one introduced from our network
Melbourne
Working across Victoria
Relevant experience: Designed by Sam Fossati in a previous role, before FORJ was established.
Retail · Relevant experienceElwood, VIC
A wine store interior in Elwood, drawing on Mediterranean references, with colour, texture and material used to draw customers further into the store.
Workplace · Relevant experienceKeysborough, VIC
A workplace planned around how the teams move and work together, with the industrial character of the building softened rather than removed.
Hospitality · ConceptEagle Bay, WA
A barrel room interior where timber, stone and darker earthy finishes connect the room to the property outside.
Retail · Relevant experienceNewtown, Geelong
A budget-conscious wine store in a former blind shop in Newtown, Geelong, designed to hold a clear identity without unnecessary complexity.
Workplace · Relevant experienceMelbourne CBD, VIC
A full-floor law office in the Melbourne CBD where timber, stone and reeded glass give each room privacy without closing it off from the light.
Hospitality · Relevant experienceWindsor, VIC
An upstairs function bar on Chapel Street, Windsor, with a red palette chosen to suit the existing brick and a central bar set by a structural wall.
An office, a store and a hospitality venue put different pressure on a floor plan. The service pages below explain what we look at in each.
We start with headcount, the meeting rooms people actually book, where focused work happens and what clients see when they arrive.
A new tenancy
You are considering a lease, or have signed one, and need to know how the space will work before the fitout is designed.
An expansion
More space, another floor or a second site, and the plan needs to work across all of it.
Product display, the counter, stockroom access and the path to the back of the store are worked out before finishes, joinery and furniture.
A new store, venue or clinic
The customer path, the service counter and the fitout all need to be worked out before opening day.
Covers, staff movement, the bar, the kitchen pass and how guests arrive and leave come first. Finishes, lighting and furniture follow.
A test fit checks whether the tenancy can fit the team, rooms and circulation you need before you sign the lease.
Before signing a lease
Check the floor works for the business before you commit to it.
Choosing between tenancies
Compare two or three options on the same brief.
Refurbish or relocate
Test whether the current space can work before deciding to move.
A growing team
See whether the floor can take the headcount you expect.
Property and leasing
Landlords, agents and developers who need test fits, leasing plans or suite concepts to support a leasing decision.
FORJ designs the fitout. A commercial builder builds it, either one you already use or one we introduce from our network.
If you already have a builder, FORJ can work with them.
FORJ: Leads the interior design.
If you need one, we can introduce builders from our network based on the project, location and budget.
Your builder: Engaged by you. Introduced by FORJ or your own.
Considering a commercial tenancy? Here is what we would test before committing to the space, from planning and circulation to existing fitout and services.
What a business can realistically review, plan or upgrade before the financial year closes, and what is better planned now and built after June.
The five stages between a brief and builder pricing, what each one produces, and where the builder and consultants come in.
Construction cost depends on the tenancy, the scope, the finishes and the builder's pricing, so we don't publish fitout rates. Early planning tests what is realistic before you commit, and design intent documentation gives builders a clear basis to price against.
Often, yes. Existing partitions, ceilings, floors, joinery and furniture are reviewed in the first stage. Where they suit the new plan, keeping them can reduce cost and disruption.
The documentation matches the stage and the decision being made. A test fit needs a plan. Builder pricing needs finishes, joinery and details settled, because anything left open is either priced as a risk or decided later on site.
Send us the plan, address or a short brief and we will come back with what we need to scope the next step.
Based
Caulfield South, Melbourne
Led by
Sam Fossati, Design Director
