Over the last several months, I’ve slowly been categorizing each post with location data so that eventually we would be able to have an index with every office location. Well, that day is here and I would like to introduce you to our new Location Index.
The location system uses Wordpress’ built-in category hierarchy, which would make the task seem easy, but in fact it was extremely tedious and boring. You see, previously, we had been tagging every post with the location data, but being the dunce of web design that I am, I had no good idea of how to display that information. So after introducing the Company Index, I just decided to use categories to simplify the whole thing. The only issue is that Wordpress does not allow a tag and category to use the same slug, so I had to slowly, one-by-one, go through and create the categories, attach them to posts, delete tags, then rename the category slug to the short form you now see.
Anyways, I realize that the data on both the Company index and Location index is not the most beautiful looking, but it’s there, and it’s useful. My goal is to keep adding features to Office Snapshots that adds value to the readers. A refreshed site design is probably overdue, but at this point, I’d rather have a useful site with a ton of offices than a pretty website that has some content but is ultimately not very useful.
The next thing I’ll be working on is some way to browse by office ratings. Any other ideas that would make the site more useful to you?
Adams & Knight is an advertising firm based out of Avon, Connecticut. They work in Advertising (print, tv, radio), PR, and develop interactive solutions for their clients, many of whom are huge name companies like IBM, Spalding, Prudential, and Travelers.
The company is another one that takes pride in the workspace, but has a completely different style than we’ve seen recently. The first thing to notice is that the space has a clear 50’s vibe, complete with a diner, Bob’s big Boy statue, and period decor. The second element worth noting is the impressive conference room located in the heart of the office. Large and roomy, it has some wonderful style and lighting coming from the fixtures and skylight. A third great feature is the 60-seat movie theater that the company uses for training sessions, focus groups, and larger staff meetings.
The office itself is located on the edge of a nature preserve with beautiful trails employees are able to take advantage of.
For those of you that haven’t heard of TOMS Shoes, it is a pretty neat business run out of Santa Monica, California. They sell shoes that people like. For each pair of shoes someone buys, they donate a pair to someone in need in the world. the company has grown quite large over the last couple years and looks to only grow larger.
The TOMS office isn’t a typical workplace by any means. As you can see in the video, it is basically a combination office/warehouse that has a collection of interns and employees scattered about. Instead of cubicles, they just hung canvas sheets from the ceiling to give some privacy. The environment seems pretty laid back, but you can’t really complain when the business started out of the guys apartment and has been able to give away over 140,000 pairs of shoes.
In a world in which most people hate their jobs and hate going to work, a well designed workplace and its atmosphere can really change things. Mono, a Minneapolis-based advertising agency gives us an example of an office that puts employees first, which in-turn makes them work more efficiently and effectively for their clients. Some of which include Herman Miller, Apple, USA Networks, NBA tv, and General Mills.
What really makes this office spectacular is that it is really an advertisement for Mono. When clients stop by, they are undoubtedly drawn into the energy that the design gives. Not only is the place eye-catching, but it is well thought out. The space isn’t just a collection of cool stuff to appease employees and to trick them into working. Instead it is a place where employees can come and thrive in what they do.
Designer Charlie Lazor of Flatpak house and Lazor Office collaborated with agency co-founder Chris Lange to transform the vacant space into its current state. The features of the office are quite impressive from their Herman Miller Embody seating, to the large collaboration areas throughout the office. Ping-pong, work pods, a good-sized design library, and a fantastic kitchen are all wonderful additions. Enjoy!
Whenever someone is shopping around for hosting services and wants to treat their data right, perhaps they should think of Datotel. With a name that sounds eerily like ‘Data Hotel’, you know that they will pamper your data more than a company with a name that sounds like ‘Soggy Data Cardboard Box House’. The company is growing and specializes in Private Cloud Computing, Hosted Managed Services and Colocation Services and is located in WingHaven, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis.
The company has a great space with a lot of nice features. The view of the autumn marshland outside is a pretty nice bonus. We don’t even have trees that change color in So Cal (until they die from drought, of course). The interior space was designed around the Herman Miller Resolve System and houses a number of their 38 employees. If I know my Herman Miller desk systems, the desk heights are adjustable which can save some in-desk agony. They also combine assigned desks and hotdesks, allowing some of the employees to seamlessly work at both this location and their datacenter facility.
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Adams & Knight
(22 votes, average: 4.18 out of 5)
