Inventing Creative Space

A well-designed work space is essential for creatives to communicate and collaborate. What are the needs which a traditional corporate space cannot fulfill?

This proposal aims to share suggestions from a distributed creative team's perspective with architects who were working on floor plans of the new Mozilla office space.

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1. Inventing
   Creative
   Space
   Mozilla UX
   Sep 2012
   

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2. #1 Open space to communicate and get inspired
   idea 1: remove blocks
   

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3. #1 Open space to communicate and get inspired
   idea 2: circle seating
   

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4. #1 Open space to communicate and get inspired
   examples
   

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5. #1 Open space to communicate and get inspired
   examples:
   Campfire Paper & Glass Table by Steelcase
   a table that inspires informal
   conversation and is a hub for
   great ideas
   

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6. #2 Transfer your works to bigger audience
   idea: mobile work station
   

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7. #2 Transfer your works to bigger audience
   examples:
   Mobile easels by Steelcase
   

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8. #2 Transfer your works to bigger audience
   examples at Standford design (d.school)
   

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9. #3 Engage remote communication
   A space dedicted for remote collaboration
   - vidyo connected all the time
   - big mounted display screen
   - easy-to-control mobile camera
   - a printer connected with remote folks
   

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10. #3 Engage remote communication
    examples:
    - Steelcase:
    media:scape
    Tap to easily share your screen
    

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11. #4 Activate your creative cells
    Idea 1: Slidable magnetic whiteboard panels
    

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12. #4 Activate your creative cells
    examples.
    - The TrackWall on magnatag.com
    

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13. #4 Activate your creative cells
    examples.
    - IdeaPaint.com (a single-coat, roller-applied whiteboard paint that transforms almost anything into a high-perfor-
    mance dry-erase surface)
    

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14. #4 Activate your creative cells
    examples.
    - The magnetic RoomPanel on magnatag.com
    

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15. #4 Activate your creative cells
    examples.
    - Steelcase: H.system
    

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16. #4 Activate your creative cells
    Idea 2: iMac mobile station for presenting and showing
    

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17. #4 Activate your creative cells
    examples.
    - Steelcase: mobile elements
    

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18. #4 Activate your creative cells
    Idea 3: space for individual creative time
    

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