Retro Futuristic "Star Wars"-Inspired Offices of Giant Pixel
Feb 15, 2014 01:53
Giant Pixel's new headquarters is what a retrofuture office would look like. Designed by Studio O+A, it was made in fostering company culture and collaboration in mind.
“It was up to us to marry that all together in one cohesive design,” says Denise Cherry, a principal at Studio O+A (the design team behind Facebook's and Square's offices, to name a couple). To capture a 1960s-era, but still futuristic look, Cherry and O+A designer Neil Bartley settled on a spare office with a few marquee pieces, including a large perforated-steel screen that makes up the entryway.
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