Our new office needs to have…
We’re very excited about our move to Wardour Street in a month or so. Tim is leading the build, making lots of calls and interrupting meetings for last minute eBay bids. He has plastered the walls with whiteboard plastic so that we can display, explain and necessarily defend our suggestions for the new office.
I thought I’d post what what we had in mind and update you later on what made the cut.
Perfunctory: A well-stocked stationery cupboard, meeting room, recycling bins, bicycle storage, colour, generous coat rack, giant teapot/urn, paper store, artwork prep area (glue room), library/ inspiration shelf, showers.
Inspired: Film nights, nap area, magnetic blackboard paint, bubble chairs for do-not-disturb moments, bubble chairs with built-in headphones, lockers, giant lego, colouring books, coffee machine, heat sensitive wallpaper, a very quiet area , a great big vending machine full of….
Fanciful: Picnic benches (but why not?), astroturf, piano, fish tank, juicer, hammocks, naughty step.
Aint gonna happen: Allotment , oompa loompa, kittens, massage area.
You don’t need a whole new office to nip out and get: Drinking squash, a flippin’ great thesaurus.
And who really needs a: Cereal dispenser, sandwich toaster.
Jason Anderson said (September 4th, 2009 at 10:53am)
if you’re getting new desks etc. then you really should invest in proper desk and chairs – not just ones that look cute, but ones that can be height adjusted properly. A studio full of desks all at the same height is -so- 19th century; since when are we as people all the same height with the same lengths legs, eh?
Ian said (September 7th, 2009 at 2:15pm)
thanks James, we’ve decided that desks are so 20th century that we have burned them in an enviromentally friendly way and we are all going to stand