Your work environment directly influences your mood and ability to generate inspiration and creativity. Creative workplaces usually have interesting and visually stimulating elements throughout the space. Featured here are 12 creative workplaces that would succeed at inspiring any designer.
12 Creative Workplaces
Zappos
Zappos should need no introduction as they strive for the very best customer service. Their main office is located in Henderson, Nevada which is just outside of Las Vegas. Zappos is defined by it’s employees (Zapponians) who are encouraged to decorate their own workspace.
Credits: Office Snapshots
Williams Group
Williams Group is a marketing firm out of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Their space supports the collaborative nature, team structure and strong service culture of their company.
Credits: http://www.flickr.com/photos/numstead
Twitter
The Twitter office is in the SoMA neighborhood of San Francisco, CA. I like how their space is big and open which should allow them substantial room to grow. Can’t forget to mention how cool their bright green buck statue is.
Credits: Office Snapshots
Tocquigny
Tocquigny is an interactive marketing agency based out of Austin, TX. Their office provides a stimulating, collaborative environment where employees and visitors alike find themselves creatively inspired.
Credits: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tocquigny
smashLAB
smashLAB is an interactive agency out of Vancouver, Canada. I especially like the lighting and choice of accent wall color in their office.
Credits: http://www.flickr.com/photos/50388434@N00
Meebo
Meebo’s Mountain View, CA office has a nice spacious and open feel. I also like how festive everything feels in this environment.
Credits: Office Snapshots
LinkedIn
The LinkedIn office is located in Mountain View, CA and is surprisingly colorful and bright.
Credits: Office Snapshots
Ideacodes
Ideacodes is a web design firm out of San Francisco, CA. Their studio is beautifully lit and accents the furniture well.
Credits: http://www.flickr.com/photos/emilychang
The Hive
The Hive is a collaborative co-working facility in Denver, Colorado. The furniture of choice might be loud for some but to others it screams creativity and inspiration.
Credits: http://www.flickr.com/photos/luter
Front
Front is a design studio out of Belfast, N.Ireland. I like all the wood they have throughout their workplace as it evokes feelings of warmth.
Credits: http://www.flickr.com/photos/designbyfront
Digg
The Digg office has a modern industrial feel to it and is located in San Francisco, CA.
Credits: Office Snapshots
Clearleft
Clearleft has to be one of my favorite workplaces on this list. They are a talented web design studio based out of Brighton, UK. I especially like their sleek computer desks, which were custom made.
Credits: http://flickr.com/photos/andybudd
More Inspiring Workplace Resources
- Office Design Gallery
- Flickr Pool: Inspiring Workplaces
- Creative Workplaces | Inspiration | Smashing Magazine
- 10 seeeeeriously cool workplaces
- Creative Work Environments
Kim
February 24th, 2009
From a design (architectural / engineering) perspective…
I like Williams Group’s use of space.
My friend works at Tocquigny and he is professional yet energetic. Prob same vibe as office.
Meebo looks too cluttered.
Love The Hive’s use of textures.
I like The Front’s homey feel.
The mix of mr16, bay, and indirect lighting fixtures at Digg are perfect for the office environment.
Just my 2 cents =)
Gelay
February 24th, 2009
I wouldn’t mind working for any of these companies.
Creamy CSS
February 25th, 2009
Some of them are pretty nice,..
Roy Vergara
February 25th, 2009
@Kim: thanks for your input kim! always interesting to see different perspectives from people in other industries.
@Gelay: yea seriously me either!
@Creamy CSS: hahaha only some?! yea these aren’t the most luxurious offices from around the world but they sure would be fun to work at.
JohnONolan
February 26th, 2009
Some of them are amazing (twitter/clearleft) but equally some of them lack any imaginattion (digg) some are unbelievably pretentious (thehive)!
Logo Design Guru
February 26th, 2009
It’s so cool to see how other places do business. Some of them are pretty much what i expected, some creativity, but not overdone and extreme and other i kinda thought would have a little more. Really cool concept though and must’ve been fun to research. Thanks for the great post.
Andrew Luter
March 3rd, 2009
Wow! Thanks for the props. I feel amazingly honored to be counted among these other workplaces (which I have to admit I am envious of). @johnOnolan – pretentious? – really? Loud? Certainly. The one difference is that, unlike the other spaces featured, you can work in ours every day for $199/month! More info at http://www.hivecoop.com
Mario
March 3rd, 2009
The Hive is a space anyone can work in. I spent a few months there myself, and the flexibility of the design really make it fantastic. It’s a nice space to rent while doing independent work (I was doing a book).
Min Thu
March 4th, 2009
Thank you for posting very beautiful workplaces! I would like to see more. :)
Ko Ellay
March 4th, 2009
Hi There,
This is the first time i visit as one of my friends (web designer) forward me this link.
Great job for your portfolio and these offices are really inspiring. We need a good environment for more productivities and better result.
Thanks for sharing this!
dmk
May 11th, 2009
An excellent selection or workplaces. I’m just a lowly freelancer but I might put my regular workplace on my blog after being inspired by this post. Thank you.
Paul McKeever
June 17th, 2009
Hey Roy,
Just wanted to say thanks for featuring our humble studio in such good company! Will have to add more images to our Flickr stream soon :)
Keep up the good work,
Paul
css gallery awards
December 19th, 2009
Great Post. It’s so cool to see how other places do business.
Ron Arts Web Design
January 27th, 2010
Nice beautiful workplaces! It is really fun to work in creative environment.