Wednesday, 18 September 2013

Office Design

Over the years have been involved in looking at office design.  Sometimes leading with advanced tech design, sometimes not.  Today, for the first time for a while, I was in a pretty standard box cubicle office.  Little boxes in a larger box.  Boring but, neat and functional.  No distractions. Not even much decoration by the inhabitants.  Then I happened on Awesome Google Offices Around the World.   Very impressive, very fun, but does this really make a difference?  For creativity or for just plain work? Could a controlled experiment be done to show a value?   Or will offices even continue to be relevant?  Or ....

" ... Imagine working in an office that looks like a spaceship, or perhaps one that’s part rainforest. Just think of the ideas you could come up with while lying in a bathtub filled with foam, staring at dreamy-looking fish tanks. It may sound too good to be true, but for Google employees around the world, imaginative and unusual designer workspaces are a daily reality. ... " 

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