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A DJ table and skate ramp are among the features staffers can enjoy during downtime in Facebook’s palo Alto, california, office. photography: cesar rubio.

the vision behind paradigm shifting openplan work spaces of tech titans like Facebook and Yelp is steering office design into the future
Did you set out to specialize in the tech industry? Growing up, my dream was to design big houses. but i graduated in the worst economy and ended up taking a job that taught me the other side of design: facilities management and real estate. i learned that programming—space planning, how to accom modate churn—is the underpinning of design.

I’m sure that experience has come in handy. We’re always pushing facilities managers out of their comfort zone! Knowing how to talk to them is key, especially if you want to change a client’s workstations. We often rebel against standards book; we don’t go manufacturerspecific. We make what we call “Frankenstations”: combining elements from different makers to create a custom solution. Speaking of workstations, how do you liberate staffers from them? technology has enabled a boundaryless work space: With a laptop, you can rove around the office. the key is having a design—and a company—that supports that style of working. You can install a ping pong table in your lounge, but if employees think they’re going to get dinged for using it, they won’t. Management has to accept that staffers are going to take their breaks…and that they might spend them playing pingpong. they have to honor the game room as a relaxation space. otherwise, after we walk away, the client starts moving folding chairs and printers in there.

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2012

IIDA Perspective - Spring/summer 2012
From IIDA
Contents
Behind the Issue
IIDA News
Designer Dialogue
What Do Clients Want?
Inside the Design Mind
Design Decoded
Mythbusters
Resources
Viewpoints
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IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2012 - From IIDA
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IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2012 - Contents
IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2012 - 4
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IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2012 - Behind the Issue
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IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2012 - IIDA News
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IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2012 - Designer Dialogue
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IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2012 - What Do Clients Want?
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IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2012 - Inside the Design Mind
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IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2012 - Design Decoded
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IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2012 - Mythbusters
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IIDA Perspective - Spring/Summer 2012 - Resources
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