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What is the best office design you have seen?
- athesyn 13y agohttp://37signals.com/office http://37signals.com/office
- pearjuice 13y agoLooks like a really cold place to work. So much space allocated to void, you can probably hear your voice echo.
- trumbitta2 13y agoNot a problem, since they don't actually use it that much. In REMOTE, they state that there are a maximum of 6 persons (they are 30+) at the office on any given day.
- pearjuice 13y agoThat makes the problem only bigger.
- lucb1e 13y agoActually I'd think the objects diffuse your echo more than the large open space contributes to it. But of course someone working there would have to comment for us to know :)
- jamesrom 13y agoI disagree, big, open spaces force a certain quietness. Think of a big library or an empty theatre. Whereas if everything was filled with clutter or more desks, no one would feel the need to be quiet because everyone is so close it would be pointless to try.
- minor_nitwit 13y agoPoor DHH eating lunch alone.
- drusenko 13y agoI'm partial to ours :) https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pkcd36tw2febm66/tNYzHJY80d https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pkcd36tw2febm66/tNYzHJY80d
- kayhi 13y agoVery cool, ever find a need for private work areas?
- Link- 13y agoLove it, I'm sold! The dark wooden bookshelves should be in the brick room with a couple of reading lamps and the whiskey bar :D
- alexpopescu 13y agoEverything's looking great... except the desks :-(
- cududa 13y agoDropbox is hands down one of my favorite offices
- aaroneous 13y agoThat's the Weebly office
- snowwrestler 13y agoLooks like lot of huge, beautiful places for hanging out, and one chaotic, cramped place to actually do work.
- d4vlx 13y agoThat is a beautiful, amazing office, except for the part where people work. I will not work in an open plan office like that. That is my opinion but as far as I understand most scientific studies support it. As opposed to industry and agile consultants hand waving arguments. For example: http://theconversation.com/open-plan-offices-attract-highest-levels-of-worker-dissatisfaction-study-18246 http://theconversation.com/open-plan-offices-attract-highest...
- strzalek 13y agohttps://www.panic.com/blog/the-panic-office/ https://www.panic.com/blog/the-panic-office/
- rbanffy 13y agoHow much do you charge for working there ;-) ?
- alexpopescu 13y agoDo you accept visitors?
- taylorhou 13y agothe entrance to mothernewyork.com's office is like a bustling kitchen + coffee shop. the receptionist of course asks you what you'd like to drink. hands down the best and most cultured agency office on my startup trip there last week.
- jnl 13y agoHeavybit http://www.heavybit.com/clubhouse http://www.heavybit.com/clubhouse
- seanhandley 13y agoI love ours, the Melbourne Hosting office in Manchester, UK: http://www.melbourne.co.uk/about-melbourne/we-have-moved/ http://www.melbourne.co.uk/about-melbourne/we-have-moved/
- cimorene12 13y agohttp://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2013/03/08/10-cool-office-spaces/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2013/03/08/10-coo... I work at one of the companies listed.
- fnazeeri 13y agohttp://www.businessinsider.com/the-ultimate-office-for-athletes-and-people-seeking-a-healthier-lifestyle-2011-7 http://www.businessinsider.com/the-ultimate-office-for-athle... I am fascinated by this idea of designing a space with the goal of helping employees live longer / happier lives. I would love this for our new space. Is this crazy?
- heliodor 13y agoI'd think open layout designs do not qualify for this question as it's pretty well established that they are bad for productivity.
- seanhandley 13y agoDefine "productivity", then define specifically what it is about open layout offices that harms it?
- mhitza 13y agoMomentarily let's just define it as getting things done without disruption. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2044-8295.1998.tb02699.x/abstract http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2044-8295.1998.... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2401283/Open-plan-offices-DONT-boost-productivity-Study-rubbishes-economic-benefits.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2401283/Open-plan-of... http://www.informedesign.org/Rs_detail.aspx?rsId=1888 http://www.informedesign.org/Rs_detail.aspx?rsId=1888 While the research information is relatively thin (as most work related research seems to be), it goes in line with my experience (and probably the commenter you've replied to).
- jfim 13y agoIf your productivity is measured by getting code out that works and is maintainable, or any other activity that requires focus for extended periods of time, then getting interrupted in an open layout office is going to bring it down. Having a quiet office that's insulated from drive-by management and other distractions can really help in that regards. If I remember correctly, Peopleware [1] devotes a longer explanation as to why. If your work isn't that and requires more collaboration than concentration, open layout offices probably work better for those kinds of work. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peopleware:_Productive_Projects_and_Teams http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peopleware:_Productive_Projects...
- seanhandley 13y agoI'm not saying one way or the other if it helps or hinders productivity. But productivity is such a nebulous idea. If you're getting at what I think you are, it's probably better to express it as an increased probability of becoming distracted. Dev team in our office each has headphones for that express reason :-)
- mkramlich 13y agosmall, quiet, private, plenty of desktop space and wall space, plenty of power outlets. ability to increase/decrease light and temperature to taste. comfortable healthy chair. adjustable heights for chair, desktop, keyboard and monitor. other folks can't sneak up from behind you. hard/impossible to be interrupted, especially by chit-chatters.
- hatsix 13y agoI recently visited the New Relic office in Portland and had serious office-envy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPgFhlyc7s0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPgFhlyc7s0
- jacques_chester 13y agoI got to visit the StackExchange office in New York a few weeks ago. The development floor is divided into hexagons. Two walls are glass (including a door), the other 4 walls are white and double as whiteboards. Each office is given two large desks which can be raised or lowered electrically. Essentially it's another experiment in PeopleWare architecture by Spolsky. I liked that each developer had a private office, but I found that without decoration the blank walls made it feel too much like the set of a 70s movie dystopia. http://www.businessinsider.com.au/stack-exchange-office-tour-2013-10#welcome-to-the-stack-exchange-1 http://www.businessinsider.com.au/stack-exchange-office-tour...
- mcone 13y agoI've always wanted to visit Pixar's office. http://officesnapshots.com/2012/07/16/pixar-headquarters-and-the-legacy-of-steve-jobs/ http://officesnapshots.com/2012/07/16/pixar-headquarters-and...
- jfb 13y agoPixar and it's not even close.
- jreed91 13y agoSeeing as many companies get their furniture from Allsteel, they have a fantastic headquarters. http://www.allsteeloffice.com http://www.allsteeloffice.com
- sandGorgon 13y agoI have a question, primarily since Im a heavy user of redshift these days. What kind of artificial lighting is good - white lighting or the yellowish, natural lighting.
- atom-morgan 13y agoI'm a huge advocate of white lighting. Yellow lighting hurts my eyes.
- Avinio 13y agoFew of the Silicon Valley firms offices http://www.decoist.com/2013-08-22/silicon-valley-offices-tech-interior-trends/ http://www.decoist.com/2013-08-22/silicon-valley-offices-tec...
- fnazeeri 13y agoWow, amazing photos. I'm struck by how pervasive sitting is. Everyone assumes people should sit, but the data are clear that we should be standing.