Heritage meets contemporary workspace design
About Us
District 1250 Curated Workspaces is a flagship workspace store with design-driven consultancy in Amoreiras, Lisbon. Built on 60 years of office furniture expertise from J.J. Silva & Irmão, Ltd., the flagship store focuses on creating complete work environments for corporate clients, architects and public institutions through a mono-brand design philosophy.
Today the business is led by the third generation, an architect with over 20 years of experience in workspace design. District 1250 marks a deliberate shift from traditional multi‑brand furniture retail to a focused mono‑brand flagship store with design‑driven consultancy, dedicated to creating coherent, ergonomic and sustainable work environments.
PHILOSOPHY MONO‑BRAND
focused,
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District 1250 operates on a simple principle: depth over breadth. Rather than offering a fragmented catalogue of dozens of brands, the studio works with one coherent design philosophy. This mono‑brand approach allows for clearer storytelling, stronger product expertise and more integrated workspace solutions.
By treating desks, chairs, storage, acoustics and light as one system, we help companies and design teams build workplaces where posture, concentration, collaboration and wellbeing are supported throughout the working day.
Design & ergonomics
We focus on posture, comfort and long‑term use, ensuring that every workstation supports real tasks and real bodies.
Planning & coherence
Layout, product selection and everyday work experience are planned together, so spaces feel clear, legible and easy to use.
Sustainability & longevity
We prioritise durable products, responsible materials and flexible layouts that help companies align workplaces with environmental and wellbeing goals.
District 1250: the Amoreiras postcode
1250 is the postcode of the Amoreiras district in Lisbon, the historic business and retail area where our showroom is located. Amoreiras grew around some of the city’s first modern office towers and the Amoreiras Shopping Centre, and today it concentrates headquarters, law firms, consultancies and creative agencies.
Our compact, exceptionally well‑located showroom sits at the crossroads of several central neighbourhoods and key road axes, making it highly accessible for professionals moving between meetings across the city. By calling ourselves District 1250, we anchor the brand to this specific postcode and to the contemporary work culture it represents: dense, connected, urban and knowledge‑based.
SHOWROOM CURATED WORK ENVIRONMENTS
The Amoreiras showroom is small in size but strategically placed in the heart of Lisbon’s office district. Instead of rows of isolated products, the space is being reimagined as a sequence of complete workspace settings: executive offices, focused workstations, collaborative areas and compact home‑office setups.
Each setting is conceived as a realistic fragment of a real office. Visitors will be able to sit, adjust and experience how furniture, technology and layout come together. When complete, the Amoreiras showroom will function less as a traditional shop and more as a live
“district” of curated work environments.
Zones you can experience
Executive and management offices
Individual focused workstations
Bench systems and team areas
Meeting and project rooms
Home offices & private studios
Professionals establishing home offices or private studios, who benefit from the same contract‑grade products and planning expertise.
Public institutions
Public institutions tendering for high‑quality office furniture and work environments, including turnkey and large‑scale contract programmes.
Architects & interior designers
Architects and interior designers looking for a specialised workspace partner that can support them in contract furniture projects.
Corporate clients
Corporate clients, from SMEs to multinational companies, seeking design‑led office solutions and integrated contract projects for single or multi‑site workplaces.
who we design for
Services
Workspace planning & consultancy
We support clients along the full journey of creating or transforming a workspace – from the first conversation about how a team works to the final installation on site.
Workspace consultation
District 1250 offers a workspace consultation service: clients share measurements, photos and basic information about how their team works, and we develop a tailored layout with product recommendations and a budget estimate. This service bridges the gap between simply browsing furniture and commissioning a full interior design project, giving companies a coherent, architect‑led solution for their workspace.
Support for architects & interior designers
Architects and interior designers working on commercial or institutional projects receive technical support, including detailed product specifications, AutoCAD blocks and 3D models, material samples and finish options, lead time information and installation guidance.
Public tender response
District 1250 has experience responding to public procurement tenders for office furniture. The studio prepares technically robust proposals that address ergonomic standards, sustainability criteria and long‑term value, as well as common requirements in government and institutional tenders.
Corporate
projects
For corporate clients, District 1250 combines workspace analysis (how teams work, how long they sit, what tasks they perform) with product selection and layout design. The result is a complete office environment tailored to the company’s workflow, brand identity and budget, with a clear focus on wellbeing through ergonomics, acoustics and access to natural light, helping companies align their workplaces with environmental and wellbeing goals.
A third‑generation perspective
The nine-to-five doesn't have to be dull. With the right workspace, ergonomic seating, proper desk height, good acoustics, and natural light, the day feels different. That's what we're here to create.
Sérgio Pereira da Silva, Architect
Third Generation of J.J. Silva & Irmão, Ltd.
We made a conscious choice not to be a multi-brand shop. When you focus on one design philosophy, you can go deeper. You understand the products better, you specify more precisely, and clients get a clearer, more coherent result.
My grandfather and his twin brother spent their careers inside other people’s offices; they saw what worked and what didn’t. As an architect with more than two decades of experience, District 1250 is my way of taking that shared expertise and turning it into something that genuinely improves how people feel at work, not just what their office looks like.
Sérgio Pereira da Silva, Architect
Third Generation of J.J. Silva & Irmão, Ltd.
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