Interior of the Larkin Administration Building, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1904 (demolished in 1950).
Look at this office. Innovative for the time, yes. But do you think anything creative was ever produced in this space? No way!
Fun fact: Wright designed some of the desks so that the chairs were immovable - just screwed right onto the desk. Talk about being chained to your work. Those people could have used access to a yoga dungeon for sure.
For some really great Larkin ephemera click HERE
Chillspacing: How to Have the Coolest and Most Creative Office in the World
As part of my 2011 Lotus Awards hosting duties, I recently visited top ad agency Rethink to put my cool/creative workplace theories to the “IRL” test, and lead a guided video tour outlining some dynamic action items for anyone who wants to transform their own office or workplace into the trans-media creative live-work-play biosphere of their dreams, with Bon Iver Muzak and everything!
Attention corporate/contract/commercial interior designers/architects: This is a very important video. I would probably take notes, because he drops a lot of pretty radical terminology and design concepts you might not be familiar with. YET.
