Medium is a social platform website founded by the co-founder of Twitter in August 2012. Since Twitter has a 140-word limit for each article, this online platform was extended to allow more people to Talk more and let storytellers (Storyteller) or reporters, editors, bloggers, etc. publish articles in the form of micro-blogs. The content is not limited to professional reporting, but can also be about sharing life essays and other topics. Currently based in the San Francisco Financial District office, there are about 30 full-time employees, including one job opening called storyteller. Isn’t it strange?
Through photographer Darren Hull’s lens, he captures a day’s work inside the Medium office. We can see that the old office building, which originally looked like an iron-style building, has changed hands over hundreds of years, and the interior design has also followed suit. It has been transformed into several styles, and the decoration style chosen by Medium is consistent with its founding purpose. Since it is a place where stories are told, the office space cannot be too boring, right!
So the kitchen, bar, social room, table tennis room, newspaper reading area, rest room, library, and area for employees to place bicycles are presented one by one. Seeing this, if the internal staff is the largest It’s no exaggeration to say that the office is the source of inspiration! These have hard-cornered and cold hardware facilities, furniture with a light industrial flavor, and personal items brought by the CEO or employees, and then look at every corner For employees working hard, the seemingly spacious and open space balance design seems to blend into a creative industrial style exclusive to Medium? It clearly sets the best footnote for the two cores of team spirit and stimulating creativity. .
The previously unfinished walls were deliberately left behind. The office space and other items were staggered in various intervals that were not obvious. The large glass windows revealed warm light and comfortable air. You can faintly smell that various seeds of inspiration are sprouting. Whether it is a conference room with transparent glass or a completely open dining area, you can know that this kind of office space is strongly encouraging everyone to freely express their creativity, which is in line with the design of the Medium platform. The original intention is exactly the same: "If you've got something to share, jump in. Medium’s composing tool is truly what-you-see-is-what-you-get and has just the right amount of formatting to tell your stories without getting in the way.”
There is no superfluous or useless project design, so that every writer can keep up with the times and improve with the evolution of social platforms, so that viewers can take a piece of rest time, even if it is as short as just While sipping a cup of coffee, storytellers from all over the world can communicate and share with them. Isn’t it great to combine this idea with the design of the office?
