Sean Wayne steps into the headquarters of the education-software company Blackboard in Washington, D.C., and is nearly bowled over by several employees bustling past from different directions. “It’s really active today. This is fantastic!” he says with a grin. “This is exactly what we designed the space to do.” In addition to Wayne, director of interior design and associate principal at Hickok Cole Architects, that “we” consists primarily of designer Jessica Maples. Their team transformed 112,000 square feet in a granite-faced 1980′s office building—a street-level corner lobby and the three top floors—into a space that promotes the company’s brand in every detail and connotes professionalism while encouraging creativity.
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