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July 2006Features

Time to Work

How the workplace has changed through one man.

Posted June 19, 2006

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Compact Comfort

Ziba’s JumpSeat elegantly bridges a design gap between folding chairs and theater seats.

Bedside Manner 101

Stanford University’s new medical school, designed by NBBJ, places a premium on hands-on learning and the cultivation of “people skills” often sadly lacking in doctors everywhere.

Acting Like a Start-Up

After designing offices for a veritable who’s who of Silicon Valley tech firms, Studio O+A has a new challenge: bringing the behemoths back to their renegade roots.

The Networked Office

Products that foster collaboration and efficiency for today’s workplace

1967: F System
Modularity was the chief innovation of the F System, which Ball designed for Sunar. Companies could easily take apart the office system’s desk and storage components and reassemble them in new configurations.
Courtesy Douglas Ball
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