After just blogging about UK design trends, I came across pictures of Google’s new headquarters in London designed by the Penson Group. A mixture of kids’ playhouse, padded cells, grandma’s parlor, color, and British flair certainly make this workspace unique.
Photo via Co.Design.
Welcome to Google!
Photo via Co.Design.
No, this is not an on-site daycare!
Photo via Co.Design.
Meeting request: Conference call at 2 p.m., Phone booth #1,
Photo via Daily Mail.
Actually love this lounge area!
Photo via Mashable.
Hmmm, wood paneling? (Not to mention some of the other design choices…)
Photo via Mashable.
Padded cell for Executive Time-Outs?
Photo via Daily Mail.
Caution! Highly infectious tufting virus…
Photo via Mirror.
Interesting, but you really lost me with that machine-made traditional rug.
Photo via The Huffington Post.
And the virus keeps spreading…
Photo via Cool Picture Gallery.
Even the monitor is not immune!
Photo via Izismile.
I don’t even want to know…
Photo via the Mirror.
Hope you enjoyed these pictures (:
What do you think? Fun or faux pas?
August 16, 2012 at 5:25 pm
Fun, like a box of crayons. Crayons always symbolized creativity in my mind, thus appropriate!
August 17, 2012 at 8:59 am
That’s very true! It looks like an awesome place to work (minus the tufting on the computer screen…haha). They even allow naps!