offices
Robots
A.W.E. Robotic Wall Automatically Creates The Workspace You Need
11:00AM Sean Fallon | Think about your workspace and imagine if your furniture or your desk or cubicle could automatically reconfigure for different applications with a simple wave of the hand. Now check out the reality of Clemson’s Animated Work Environment (AWE). More »
Design
12:40PM Rosa Golijan | I couldn’t be more envious of Google engineers working out of Switzerland. Despite the tacky wallpaper in its library, the new EMEA Engineering Hub is the most fun-looking office environment I’ve seen in a while. More »
Google’s Swiss HQ Blends A Lot Of Fun With Some Function
12:40PM Rosa Golijan | I couldn’t be more envious of Google engineers working out of Switzerland. Despite the tacky wallpaper in its library, the new EMEA Engineering Hub is the most fun-looking office environment I’ve seen in a while. More »
Random Stuff
Welcome To The Company, Here’s Your 1980s Cubicle
4:40PM Rosa Golijan | Don’t get me wrong, I think the 1980s were fantastic, great music and all, but I’m not so sure that I’d want to be put into a truly old-school cubicle like this on my first day. More »
Design
What’s On Your Mind?
8:40AM Jesus Diaz | What’s on my mind? I would love to work at Facebook, in their new Palo Alto headquarters, that’s what. They are located in a former laboratory, built in the 1960s. The interior looks just as pretty as the exterior. Have a look. More »
Random Stuff
This Is How Office Assistants In Tiny Shorts Fight Freezing
6:40AM Jesus Diaz | I came today to Gawker’s office—under 35C heat and 95 per cent humidity — to find Julia, our brilliant office assistant, typing inside a Slanket, hiding her shorter-than-short shorts. My first reaction: “What the hell are you doing?” Her explanation was good. More »
Design