A Man in His Office: Paul Malmstrom of Mother New York

At work, it’s all about sharing,” says Paul Malmstrom, founding partner of Mother New York, an advertising agency whose space is anything but ordinary. Mother New York, like a house, is built around a central hub—the kitchen. In fact, the first thing you see upon entering the agency’s office on 11th Avenue in Manhattan’s west Chelsea neighborhood is the communal cooking space, a motive that was entirely calculated. Since launching the agency in 2003, the company has gone on to work wit...