Signs of the Times: Wayfinding in the Age of COVID-19
With the pandemic as the impetus, three design firms reimagine the future of wayfinding, graphic communication, and circulation.
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The Future of Materiality: 5 Key Insights from ThinkLab’s Digital Seminar
A host of experts convened to discuss the future of clean, safe interiors—it has little to do with anti-bacterial surfaces and more to do with behavior and experience.
Studio O+A Revamps McDonald's Chicago-Area Research Compound
Bold graphics impose a fun aesthetic on the lab, where the fast-food giant tests its equipment innovations.
Is There Such a Thing as a “Design Activist"?
A recent Think Tank panel hosted by Studio O+A highlighted, approvingly, of the infiltration of activist language and values into design practice.
Inside Slack's New San Francisco HQ
Studio O+A crafts the ultimate workplace for Slack by channeling life on the Pacific Crest Trail.
Will the Culture of Good Taste Devour McDonald’s?
Two new sparkling buildings in Chicago—designed by Carol Ross Barney and Gensler, respectively—demonstrate a new design direction for the ubiquitous fast-food chain.
Technology Special: The Future of the Workplace
In this special section that appeared in Metropolis Magazine's April 2018 issue, award-winning design firm Studio O+A examines and imagines the future of interiors in a tech-driven world.
Studio O+A Is Putting a Mobile Design Studio in a Repurposed Food Truck
The studio's Food for Thought Truck will travel the country this summer to provide free design services for rural communities.
Why Technology Can Be the Enemy of the Creative Workplace
“Creativity” is a big buzzword now for workplace design, but we’re killing that with too-smooth, totally connected offices.
So Long Conference Room! How Microsoft Envisions the Future Office
With the help of Studio O+A, Microsoft’s Envisioning Center lets the company's employees and customers try out current products and experiment with flexible configurations.
