Seriously, what other industry makes its most important decisions while sitting on fake hay bales at Pac-Man tables in pirate-ship themed treehouses?
Yes, every tech company’s office is garbage. But thanks to design critic Chappell Ellison, we start to see how joyously embarrassing this type of man-child interior design actually is. Ellison took the time to caption a few of the worst startup decor offenders. It’s almost as if Mad Men took place in 2013 Mountain View. Or… something.
“It’s TechCrunch. They leaked everything. John…I’m sorry.”
JOHN gets up, punches fake Mario brick. pic.twitter.com/4GwpioB4cN— Chappell Ellison (@ChappellTracker) March 10, 2016
“John you’re the CEO. What should I tell them?”
“Figure something out. I’m busy”
JOHN climbs into tree house office pic.twitter.com/vo0wANzJI7— Chappell Ellison (@ChappellTracker) March 10, 2016
“The hackers are ransoming our data.”
“How did this happen? Where’s John?”
“I think he’s on the nap net” pic.twitter.com/PZ21WZnVwb— Chappell Ellison (@ChappellTracker) March 10, 2016
“It’s Yahoo. They didn’t take our offer seriously.”
“WHAT?”
JOHN stands up abruptly from his go kart-shaped chair pic.twitter.com/zSGPrB2eGo— Chappell Ellison (@ChappellTracker) March 10, 2016
“The IPO, John. It’s…it’s failing.”
“I don’t understand. How?”
“I’ve called an executive meeting. Ball pit rm #3” pic.twitter.com/VLjZz6WH0o— Chappell Ellison (@ChappellTracker) March 10, 2016
“I ran the numbers on the burn rate and well—”
“We can’t talk about this here. Meet me in the hot air balloon.” pic.twitter.com/DZxtoFcu8I— Chappell Ellison (@ChappellTracker) March 10, 2016