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Flickr Find: Fun Open Office Space

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All work and no play makes us bored.

That's why we love this space! It inspires us to gather a bunch of fellow bloggers and brainstorm ideas for work (on a Saturday, no less)...

 
 

080108open-01.jpgThe huge red couch looks oversized and the bright kindergarten-style chairs look like they were magnified to grown-up-size. And the enormous dry erase board--Don't get us started!! We love this work space.

[image from Alex Osterwalder]

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Flickr Finds, bright colors, dry erase board, office furniture, open space

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PeeWee Herman Goes To Work

posted by bepsf on August 1st 2008 at 2:44pm
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I like the mix of colors. This is not your average meeting room.

posted by farfalla1 on August 1st 2008 at 7:08pm
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i can swear this is from one of my buildings at EPFL, (a science/tech uni in switzerland)! I was JUST thinking of taking some photos of the cool furniture in this building to send it to you guys. They have a lot of other cool seats :D

posted by chia on August 2nd 2008 at 2:02am
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Primary colors and shapes = fun? This is a forced look that begs for validation. This is like, you know we are hip, right? We are fun, right? You can tell we are hip and fun, right? RIGHT? Children need (or so we've been conditioned to think so) or appreciate such obvious indications, but with adults, you're challenged to pull off a look with a lot more subtlety or else it just looks like a big-sized nursery school.

posted by K T G on August 2nd 2008 at 2:54am
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If I hadn't read the headline I would have thought this was a gov't operated child psychologist's office in East Berlin circa 1986.

posted by Seaside on August 2nd 2008 at 6:49am
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Ever notice how there's no people sitting in these cool, hip chairs and sofas?

posted by Palmetto on August 2nd 2008 at 10:57am
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This meeting area is definitely interesting. The design is great, but don’t you think it would be a bit distracting? They should look for a bigger table for everyone in the meeting to use. The little table is probably the most boring part of the room. The red sofa seems overwhelming compared to the chairs. I don’t think I’ve seen this furniture online. Where do you think you can buy it?

posted by mattholmes on August 2nd 2008 at 10:12pm
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it's not actually a meeting room. It's just one of the "common spaces" at EPFL to maybe bring your sandwich or sit around for a cup of coffee with classmates or colleagues - we have 4 coffee breaks a day (i can now confirm it's EPFL after checking out the flickr page). Other parts of the building can be seen here: http://mediatheque.epfl.ch/ic/modules.php?include=view_album.php&file=index&name=gallery&op=modload&set_albumName=Building&page=10

It really is a nice open space but very empty like most of the other buildings here - students busy in their labs/offices/classrooms?
I love these seats: http://mediatheque.epfl.ch/ic/modules.php?include=view_photo.php&file=index&name=gallery&op=modload&id=C99C7997_RT8&set_albumName=Building

posted by chia on August 4th 2008 at 4:25am
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