Hotdesking at Microsoft’s Amsterdam Headquarters
How do you fit 1000 Microsoft employees into an office and achieve social interaction and collaboration? Hotdesking. Just in time for our earlier discussion on hotdesking, we’ve come across some images of Microsoft‘s Amsterdam headquarters. Designed by Sevil Peach and Veldhoen + Co., a leading activity-based workplace consulting firm, the office space has no assigned desks [...]
Microsoft’s Garage of Innovation
We’ve had the opportunity to see a couple Microsoft office spaces, but their latest space, the Garage of Innovation is something else. Designed by Studio O+A, the Garage of Innovation is meant to give employees an outlet for creativity beyond the regular desks. One way of doing this is to equip employees with all sorts [...]
Microsoft – Pioneer Studios Office
When you think of Microsoft, you typically think of dry, boring, and bland. Hopefully that will change after today’s office. Microsoft’s Pioneer Studios space is wonderful. Here is some information on the space from the designe company, SkB Architects: MicrosoftÂs Entertainment and Devices (E & D) division needed an inspiring, flexible studio where ideas could [...]
Microsoft Belgium Offices
When you are an intergalactically recognized company, everyone is going to be fairly critical of your office spaces. Thats why when we first posted about their offices, some people felt like they were pretty drab. That being said, their Belgium space is quite a bit different. Its features are appealing, though it has a very [...]
Microsoft Bellevue, Redmond, and Seattle Offices – Video Tour
This video isn’t a comprehensive tour showing closeups of workstations, but it does give us a good idea of some of the perks that come with being a Microsoft employee, or Microsoftee. The tour is led by a guy that seems like a part-time college resident assistant, in a video that seems like a college [...]
Microsoft Startup Labs
Microsoft is a company that we have briefly featured before, but today’s post gives a much better look at a specific wing of the Microsoft corporation; Microsoft Startup Labs. Before writing this post, I hadn’t heard of it, but am now intrigued. The MSL team is currently working on several projects like Meshlists, Collaborative Crossword, [...]
Zune Headquarters
Today we’re doing something no one has done in a long time: talking about Microsoft’s Zune. We tend to forget, but yes, iPod’s less popular little brother is still around. But he likes emo music and doesn’t talk to anyone, so he only has himself to blame. The Zune offices are pretty nice. They have [...]
