13 Playful Work Environments That Reinvent Office Space


There's a lot to love about startup culture: the sizzle of new ideas, the innovative partnerships, the roller coaster of soaring successes and surprising failures. Also, the gorgeous, gloriously unconventional workspaces.

Tech companies prize innovative office plans, from the behemoths all the way down to the bootstrappers. Color, playfulness and the occasional extravagant design element dominate the aesthetic of major techie workspaces like Google, with its futuristic sleep pods and micro-kitchens, and Facebook, with its woodworking shops and arcade games.

But the big fish hardly have the monopoly on über-hip office spaces. For evidence, look no further than Box's neon slide and Skype's grassy gaming areas.

Here are some of our favorite offices, overflowing with funky accessories such as swings, hammocks and Foosball tables.


Image: Bruce Damonte, courtesy of Boor Bridges Architecture

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