Here’s an inside look at the incredible Google Zurich office. Their “team is strong in all things maps and geo, even more so after having integrated several dozen specialists from Swiss company Endoxon, which Google acquired.”
So there is alot of work here going into Google Maps and Google Earth — the built-in flight simulator discovered by a blogger a few weeks ago was developed here.
Meeting “pods” in the style of Swiss chalets and igloos, fireman poles to allow easy access between floors and a slide to ensure that people can get to the cafeteria as quickly as possible are all part of the striking design at Google’s new European engineering headquarters in Zurich Switzerland.
The building was designed for – and partly by – the 300 engineers who will work there. The alternative office is both a showcase for Google’s unconventional approach to business and a symbol to prove that Google is no longer a US-centric firm.
Mark Alexander on Van Gogh Coffee Mug "I won’t lie – we do listen to our members. It’s good that we can ear our views like this, I’ll be sure to pass it on to our rebranding team, I hear it’s ear-xactly what they’re looking for. Kudos."
John Nash on Van Gogh Coffee Mug "If you replace all current mugs and cups within the centres with these, perhaps you could re-brand to earOffice? Sorry, could not resist that one but will now get back to work!"
Mark Alexander on Green Skyscrapers "Alex – welcome to Dubai! Extravagance and a flagrant disregard for the environment are rife – if it can be done, it will be done and the more expensive the better. A fertile ground for entrepreneurs and innovators, but at what cost? "
Alex on Green Skyscrapers "Great idea , but not sure how ‘green’ this will actually be. How will they generate the huge amounts of energy it will take to rotate each of the floors. Don’t tell me a few photovoltaic cells can keep this in motion."
Mark Alexander on Fur is back – and this time, it’s USB "A nice thought RJ Peters – perhaps we should start petitioning agencies and organisations who can put these words into effect, to do so – it’s an innovation in itself and valuable resource redistribution and efficiency – so it makes good sense. As to whether these items look good – it is difficult..."