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Instagram Opens New Office In New York (Pictures)

7 June 2018

1 minute read

For the design of the newly minted, tech-infused work base, the social media platform utilized architecture firm Gehry Partners. Alongside Kitty Bromhead the NYC culture lead, the in-house design team worked together to provide detailed cues for the direction of the large project. New York’s natural aesthetic served as a source of design inspiration.

Key highlights of the space include the Digital Greeting Wall and the Dome, both part of the company’s entrance area. The wall features curated Stories and feed content captured by global users of the platform. While the Dome, a partial shape with overhead lighting and moveable seating offers an interactive user experience for visitors. The numerous meeting rooms and mini-kitchen areas throughout the designed space provide countless options for the creative staffers.

The new company’s office is spectacular for many reasons but unique for one reason – the office interiors are styled after the app.

WIRED exclusive takes a look at the inferiors closely below:

instagram new office — The office in NYC appears to be more contemporary than that of California, showing more of word based outlook

instagram NYC office — The corridors are open vault walk-ways with a serene touch of colours that are less bright..

instagram New york office 300 staff — The NYC office opened with 300 staff

The New York office habours over 300 staff according to the company’s co-founder, Mike Krieger.

Some lookout at the California office:

The Spectacular Lobby

App themed Backdrops

The Simplistic Dining Room

instagram new york office — Conference rooms usually induce yawns, literally and metaphorically, but Spalter loves the white-walled room where he and his team will hash out new features. “My team is really excited about having a standing space where we can discuss design work in progress,” he says. Large, replaceable foamcore boards snap right onto the wall, creating vast places to display work and refine ideas. Two standing tables with tall chairs encourage participation and collaboration because it keeps people moving around the room. “It’s not magic, but it changes the purpose of the room,” Spalter says.

The Micro Kitchen

The Blue Bottle

instagram blue bottle office newyork — Coffee is the fuel powering any office, and Instagram didn’t skimp. It selected the ultra hip Blue Bottle for its coffee bar. Spalter let Blue Bottle design the space, which looks pretty much like the rest of the office—lots of light-colored wood and white walls. “Their furniture might be better than ours,” Spalter says. “I looked at the bottom of the chairs to figure out how I could get them.”

Aesthetics and decorations

instagram new york office styled after the app — The open floor plan required creating quiet places where employees can concentrate, or get a few moments of quiet. The biggest is the library, where the shelves teem with art and design books and employees can sketch with colored pencils or relax with a coloring book.

The new office is not set to the usual feel like the California office, which was set to keep you in the app even in real life. We can say the California office is “all about Instagram!” but that of New York is strictly for serious business.

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