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How cool is your office?
The answer is possibly not as cool as these. Office Snapshots is a website dedicated to the beautiful working spaces occupied by companies around the world. It's the artfully curated brainchild of Stephen Searer and it has become one of the best sources of inspiration and ideas for offices everywhere.
While there's lots of evidence to suggest a well-thought out working environment can greatly improve employee morale and productivity, not every company has the budget to install huge ball pools or games rooms. However, small improvements can be made very affordably if you did want to make some changes around your office. Feel free to use our pick of the best workspaces on Office Snapshots to inspire you.
Be sure to check out Office Snapshots for many more great workspaces.
Found in the Empire State Building itself, the stock photo and image company Shutterstock has made their workspace a place their employees don't just associate with work thanks to its yoga studio, a library and lots of visual stimulation on the walls. Not to mention there are lots of games to play!
Image by Bilyana Dimitrova / courtesy Shutterstock
Image by Bilyana Dimitrova / courtesy Shutterstock
The unusual design of JWT Agency's Parisian headquarters feels like it was inspired by caves for those meeting rooms and an English garden for the grass-like carpets. Somehow it works!
Image by Véronique Huygue
Image by Véronique Huygue
OMD, London
The advertising agency, OMD, has made their workspace look more like a home than an office with comfy armchairs, bookcases and cosy rugs in breakout areas, and lots of photos.
Image by Rob Wilson
Image by Rob Wilson
MYOB, or Mind Your Own Business, specialises in business management solutions... and having fun! Their office represents this with staff having access to a basketball hoop, a ping-pong table and running tracks leading into meeting rooms.
Image by Steve Brown Photography
Image by Steve Brown Photography
The office of property and real-estate consultants Teamgnesda in Vienna, Austria, mixes a lot of unusual and traditional concepts and old and new styles but all with great success. We like the big green meeting room!
Image by Teamgnesda
Image by Teamgnesda
It seems impossible to refer to "cool workspaces" without mentioning Google, so here's their Amsterdam office complete with a Delft-china inspired cafeteria, foosball table and caravan!
Image by Alan Jensen
Image by Alan Jensen