Charl posted a fantastic article about the offices of today’s internet companies on Bandwidth Blog and after he showed me I was hooked. I remember seeing pictures of the Google Plex many moons ago and as an interior design junkie, this kind of thing is right up my ally!
Here’s a bunch of pictures from his blog post, but we sure to head on over to his article, as there’s a lot more photographs and some good information!
 
 
 
 
 
Be sure to click here and read more about these offices on Bandwidth Blog!
Which one is your favourite, let me know :)
For me Songbird has to win :) that’s the type of environment that would get me working productively:) plus the nice big dual monitors are very nice :P I’m sure Chris you will agree with me there;)
Songbird has an awesome layout ya, but the Tocquigny offices also look great. It’s actually really hard to decide!
The Yeigo offices are actually super cool as well, I must get some photos and post them!
Songbird one looks like a tidy, organised version of our office, hehehe. I think that one seems the most chilled, and yes, I would get more done in that one. As for the dual monitors, hell i don’t know how i managed to cope with just one!
I like GigaOM and Tocquigny
Songbird is great, but my favourite is Tocquigny – it’s that modern look that I dig :)
wow these are nice!
netvibes reminds me of a real techie office.
my vote goes for songbird, but i rate blip can be comfortable for those really late office nights, kitchen like 2 meters away. :)
43 on amatomu, nice one bro :)
Netvibes reminds me too much of varsity!
So many people are digging songbird, it’s interesting. Blip is very much what I see as a homely office, definitely good for those late nighters, almost encouraging to work!
43.. ye, but it will move back up to around 50/60ish.
now that u mention it kinda reminds me of varsity too… eeek
yeah songbird is well rounded, wooden floors give it a nice cosy feel and the facebrick wall adds that little bit of industrial – which i like.
I’m seeing the common trend of plants, so this weekend I am going to head out and buy myself a plant for work and then get a fish tank for the desk in the new year I reckon.
Spice the office up and the motivation follows!
yeah thats a good idea.. !
mine is pretty much a empty office with a desk..
lets come back next year Jan and give updates on our office mods.
Ye mate, was talking to someone earlier who studied interior design and feng shei – he was saying that by introducing plants, fish, etc. into an office space, ones motivation would be pushed subconsciously. It totally makes sense though.
So ye, I now must motivate myself to get motivation to get a plant which will motivate me more than I am motivated now :)
take some pics of yeigo noob!
Hehe, already in the works. There will be a follow up article on local internet companies, and Yeigo is on the list already :)
nooooooob!
I am really into that open plan style/cozy home vibe of Song-bird and the wood effect just sets that whole look off well. Blip.tv also isn’t to bad gives the look of an art studio which could be a awesome office for web designers or graphic designers.
This is great. It would be interesting to see where most South African bloggers blog from.
Blair – ye, I’m an open plan fan too, nice and cozy for sure! I do get the point that it makes it harder to work, but people should have self discipline. Blip.tv is pretty cool, I agree.
esvl – Ye, I was thinking about creating an office space type local website for bloggers to upload images, but atm I don’t have the time, hopefully someone else will venture into it!
Think I need to speak to the big boss… ;-)
Arne – hehe, do it, it’s good exposure!
done – sent to them …. no response for 48 hours :-/
Arne.. I got hold of the company camera and am taking some photos, waiting to get some really good ones, before submitting. It’s such excellent exposure :)
Hope you hear from them soon!
I’m looking for help with interior over here: http://imod.co.za/index.php/2008/06/16/jazz-up-your-new-offices/