Hello there. I am Terry and I am a full-time undergraduate based in Singapore. I take photos, write a blog and design websites.
And no, I'm not a teddy bear.
After stumbling upon this website showcasing the works of design firm Studio O+A, I am so going to make myself get hired by Facebook to work in their headquarters in the future *drools* I wouldn’t say that it looks as awesome as Google HQ, but it aint’ half bad!
Facebook Headquarters by Studio O+A
Of course, there are more photos available at the site which I’ve linked. You should really check it out.
I'm relatively new to the design world - only to start learning HTML in secondary school and then moving on to (X)HTML and CSS in college. Since then I have been hand-coding my designs using notepad, alongside with the amazing help from Firebug. I embrace photography as a personal persuit during my free time, and I prefer spending the rest of it doing meaningless quizzes on Facebook and destroying the world (in Rampage World Tour, that is).
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That office is so gorgeous! I wish the offices in Singapore will start “upgrading” themselves. Most are cramp with very little space and too office like. Open concepts offices are not good when there’s little walking space and I only see white walls everywhere. :(
Actually there are a few offices in Singapore with that concept already, I believe. Many firms are trying to adopt the open office concept, but it’s not an easy process though. Perhaps the big shots are worried that if they’d change to open concept everyone will instantly turn lazy and casual :P
Claudia’s office looks comfy, and it has an open concept too – no cubicles, two comfortable couches and lots of snacks :D
I think open office concepts has a lesser chance that people will turn lazy. I feel that because it’s an open concept, people will be more aware of who is around then. There is pressure to work harder as they know that others are looking at them. That’s how I feel the last time I worked in a place with open office concepts.
You’re right. Peer pressure and all, and I think that’ll be more beneficial and harmful to progress and efficiency. If someone would throw me into a cube farm I’d die inside :/ I can’t imagine being virtually chained to the desk at all times except during lunch, coffee and toilet breaks.
Woah, you worked in an open concept office too? Cool! And yea one will run a higher risk of getting caught on Facebook or Twitter, heheh.
Hahaha! Cube farm? LOL!
Yup, I worked in an open concept office in the past. My job doesn’t allows me to be connected to the Internet due to confidentially issues. Plus, I sit right beside the assistant director and my boss was seated 5 metres behind me. That was a good reason for me to be hardworking. :P
Yea, a cute term invented by people to describe offices with vast amount of spaces taken up by cubicles. I find them rather boring :/
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Image from obrazu.
Wow, your boss sitting 5m behind you? That’s a really good motivational factor :P reminds me of this Doraemon comic where Doraemon was forced to create a 3D impression of Nobita’s teacher to make him do his homework and stop him from sleeping haha!
Oh I just love the creativity of the offices. It’s so unlike the ordinary ones — boring & cramped. I think it’ll be quite hard to be uncreative in a space like Facebooks & Googles!
Those photos makes me want to work in an office now, hehe.
Definitely! I totally dig their open office concept. Not only does it make the working environment more tolerable but may also encourage creativity and interaction among employees. One big bad thing about cube farms is that every worker is simply confined to the small space in each office cubes, while the big shots get their own rooms with lovely window views.
I guess your workplace isn’t half bad too! You don’t get the chance to comb through books and interact with customers if you’re working in an office.
Oh how I would love to work for Google or Facebook. I’ve seen countless articles and even videos pertaining to the offices themselves and boy do the employers have comfortable setting. It’s a dream of mine, but of course I’d have to take up a profession in computer sciences or something of the like, which I don’t plan to do – it would indeed be amazing though!
Me too! I’ve always been fascinated by their open concept offices, which resembled nothing to the cube farms I had in mind back then. When I first heard of the Google HQ office design through a chain mail, I was blown off my feet – I never knew offices could be so beautiful. In my country, majority of the offices are either cube farms contained in concrete buildings or in run down, shoddy converted container boxes :(
Who says that you have to study computer sciences to get in? Sometimes they’d need some talents when it comes to design, human resources, finances and etc. Afterall, Google/Facebook is not all about the technical stuff, heh.
Hope this rekindles your hope in getting employed by one of the non-cube farm companies!