The Tactical Urbanism aesthetic is fully back and now it's making its way indoors, too. https://t.co/q6ToRP4wbW

— Fred Scharmen (@sevensixfive) April 30, 2021

One under-appreciated benefit of redesigning offices for the era of pandemics is they will be soooo much more hygienic generally. The amount of needless cold and flu transmission we previously put up with was bananas, and clearly hurt productivity. https://t.co/FKLbd52HFy

— Noam Scheiber (@noamscheiber) April 30, 2021

google wants “hang on, i need to connect my headphones” when signing on a call to become “hang on i need to inflate this giant whoopee cushion next to my desk”https://t.co/3YYPYpwxb0

— dan seifert (@dcseifert) April 30, 2021

Fascinating. The Googleplex started as a fantasy version of a college campus. Now it seems to be going for a hybrid of jr high and sleepaway camp. https://t.co/0QZKNPsHnz

— Margaret O'Mara (@margaretomara) April 30, 2021

This seems like a lot of work and effort that could be avoided if we just did away with open office plans altogether https://t.co/hI09uYgw7c

— Amelia Gapin (@EntirelyAmelia) April 30, 2021

I can't get over the fact that somehow a *robot blow-up wall* is somehow a better idea than remote work (or actual walls) for tech companies ? https://t.co/9fXVDeyU40 pic.twitter.com/GKpPFiCiQw

— Owen Williams ⚡ (@ow) April 30, 2021

This is a really interesting story on how Google is redoing its offices for the hybrid work era — although I have to say, this looks like one of the most uncomfortable meeting spaces on earth https://t.co/obuT5vEQ8m pic.twitter.com/2DRMvpPfUQ

— Tom Gara (@tomgara) April 30, 2021

Why do plans for post-pandemic office life all read like settings for the next installment of “Saw” https://t.co/S0kDQ2N2dZ

— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) April 30, 2021

They already have the cycling meeting, isn’t that an outdoor option?

— jeron (@ThisIsJeron) April 30, 2021

The Googleplex of the Future Has Privacy Robots, Meeting Tents and Your Very Own Balloon Wall https://t.co/T4OdrFNmx1 “The future of work that we thought was 10 years out. Covid brought us to that future now.” pic.twitter.com/mjeHCiHP1K

— Steve Case (@SteveCase) April 30, 2021

balloon walls, open-air tents, virtual campfires! fascinating to see how a company with unlimited funds is redesigning the post-pandemic workplace https://t.co/OWCCWDTJqN

— Sapna Maheshwari (@sapna) April 30, 2021

When your "office" is nicer than 99% of luxury hotels. https://t.co/nXNC16KDB5 pic.twitter.com/Hu2LoZScVB

— Shira Ovide (@ShiraOvide) April 30, 2021

Hey Siri: why will working remotely remain popular post-pandemic? https://t.co/mpUYNAjxNB

— Lars Schmidt, Author of "Redefining HR" ⚡️ (@Lars) April 30, 2021

just ditch the open office shit and give everyone cubicle offices like the old days https://t.co/L5L2dMCZMK

— ∞ savage ✡️?️‍? (@cebsilver) April 30, 2021

In this great @daiwaka @CayceClifford story on Google's post-pandemic office experiment, do the offices-of-the-future look like:
- glamping sites?
- bubble wrap?
- or pressure on other CEOs to make your post-pandemic offices look like Google's?https://t.co/98itcfOtVs

— Pui-Wing Tam (@puiwingtam) April 30, 2021

I've heard all sorts of stories about companies spending stupid amounts of money on goofy solutions trying to figure out how to drag people back to offices. Why are we all so beholden to office space? https://t.co/9GVbIUC3FA

— Mike (@TxdoHawk) April 30, 2021

“Org chart is a whiteboard, cubical dividers on wheels” is only transformational when it comes from the Google region of tech, otherwise it’s just sparkling mismanagement. https://t.co/KS7ly7PGS5

— Corey Quinn (@QuinnyPig) April 30, 2021

The @nytimes did an article about some of our work back in my @Google days! Those prototypes are looking good!https://t.co/rSJwglgZjX.

— Kat Dov ? (@katdov) April 30, 2021

This balloon wall at Google is a hilariously bad idea https://t.co/l0yMLpvvs5 pic.twitter.com/0ndYax4dtU

— Brian Koerber (@bkurbs) April 30, 2021

If you're a $1.5 trillion company, you can experiment with workspaces like this https://t.co/eVJ6ZLWWEY pic.twitter.com/a6C86N3YcW

— Josh "1/2 vaccinated" Sternberg (@joshsternberg) April 30, 2021

This is an article about Google's office "innovations" though none are all that innovative (hot desking? very 2005). And imagine being the awkwardness of activating this inflatable wall to separate yourself from your neighbor... https://t.co/m6uMTEeBre pic.twitter.com/IDRGTyN6tr

— Allison Arieff (@aarieff) April 30, 2021

I love Google's subtle and extremely not-weird "inflatable balloon wall that wheels into place in situations requiring more privacy" https://t.co/xPY1vZLaKV pic.twitter.com/eF9jxDIZ3s

— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell) April 30, 2021

What if instead, you know, just let people work from wherever they want?https://t.co/zJbDIgGD7H

— Miguel Beltran (@MiBLT) April 30, 2021

Glimmers of the office of the future are starting to emerge ... https://t.co/FZIVBn0tkT

— Richard Florida (@Richard_Florida) April 30, 2021

Google, which once redefined how employers treat employees, is now trying to redefine its offices for a post-pandemic world when staff no longer wants to come in every day. It involves modular furniture, new meeting rooms, teepees and inflatable walls https://t.co/glPGfEoJcL

— Daisuke Wakabayashi (@daiwaka) April 30, 2021

what do future generations want from offices?

"Ikea meets Lego"https://t.co/MVUSwkfK5O

— erin griffith (@eringriffith) April 30, 2021