The office I am currently conjuring up design is a pretty creative space. We have nice spacious floors with an open concept office. No barriers between desks so easy for us to collaborate and shout at each other and share music... or throw airplanes...
There's a separate area where the poker table, foosball table, and blackjack table sits. A clown bike leans idle against the leg of someone's desk. The Wii and Playstation 3 waits for hardcore gamers in the mini meeting room just off the kitchen. A volleyball and football lie in the middle of the floor, and I sit at my desk on a resistance ball.
Meeting rooms are the usual rectangular space but one side is floor to ceiling windows that overlook the water. The other side is a white marker board great for brainstorming and sticking up sticky notes.
So I start my day with a Starbucks coffee (tall soy latte extra hot), a breakfast bagel from the cafe just downstairs (toasted ham and egg bagel), and a piece of fruit (a banana today!). At my desk, I go through my emails, and check my calendar to see if I have any meetings to prepare for or to attend. Then I go through my to-do list and start up the programs I need (or pull out my sketch pad) to get through the first task.
That's pretty much my start. Sometimes I'll walk over to my colleague's desk to check out a design mockup, or a wireframe. Sometimes I'll just put on some of my music if nobody else is playing anything. It's a great working environment and what's better is that the people here are even more amazing.
We're a bit of a crazy bunch at times. You'll see someone zip around the corner on the clown bike, or me standing on my resistance ball.
Company meetings are usually held just in a common desk area and are incredibly laid back.
Yes we do DO work, but we make sure we're having fun while we do it!