Juno Therapeutics and Flad architects engaged Studio Other when combining their multiple locations into one headquarters located in Seattle. The 195K square foot facility mixed open workstations, lab space, and collaborative meeting rooms in nine floors of the building. Juno’s medical research is cutting edge and they wanted their office culture to reflect that within the furniture.

Together the team co-designed the space down to every detail. The conference table bases were designed to mimic the notable double helix within a human’s DNA strand. The workstations were designed in a raw steel to match the industrial bones of the core building. The reception desks had laser cut brand detailing with backlit acrylic that morphed into the building’s walls seamlessly.

As a result, Studio Other provided 657 workstations, 8 vice president stations, 5 private offices, 22 kanban meetings tables & miscellaneous storage items.

One of the project managers for Google San Francisco approached Studio Other to collaborate on some of the workstations for Google’s engineering team. She wanted something that she had never seen before, both functionally and aesthetically.  

The project management team wanted the desks to be able to move around easily while concealing all the wiring within the mobile station. Studio solved for this by housing all of receptacles on the underside of the height adjustable surface with one curly cord output so that facilities would only need to plug/unplug one cord whenever they wanted to move the desks.  

The engineers had grown accustom to throwing personal items and prototypes on the desk surface.They also had large CPU’s that needed to travel with the desk when re-configured.Through the co-design process Studio brainstormed storage that moved up and down with the surface and created a heavy duty caster system that the facilities team could utilize across all floor types.  

Lastly, the engineers liked to collaborate with one another. But instead of booking a meeting room they would just pull up next to each other and troubleshoot an item on the workstations dual monitor arms. However, when the monitor arms only have so much flexibility they found themselves straining to see each others screens. Studio created a sliding monitor track that moved up and down the surface so that each user could have full mobility with their screens.

Western Office and Studio Other created a customized solution for this fast-moving company whose values drive their success and steer their decision making. As this client expanded their current company’s footprint, they wanted a strategic partner with a fast pace team who could keep up with their evolving needs for years to come. We worked closely with the project architect to reflect the design intent in the furniture solutions throughout this new building while spending a day with various employee user groups in a mock-up format to determine their needs and wants to perform their best work.

A culture of personalization and “being the authentic you” at work were big drivers for the furniture component of their new workspace. Our team ideated a kit-of-parts solution that reflected the company culture, worked within their budget and schedule, gave ease of access and management for the IT and Facilities departments, along with the function and aesthetic that supported the employees various work styles.