"We want Studios to be a place to retreat with interior spaces that can evolve with us and support a productive, flexible and healthy work style."ĭropbox has already converted its offices in San Francisco, Seattle, Austin and Dublin and may eventually build additional "Studios" in other areas, too. "In designing the Studios experience, we wanted to offer a space that provides a sense of belonging, a place to brainstorm, for community building, learning, and growing," Simpson told Insider. For example, the redesigned offices have features like flexible walls and movable furniture that make it easy for workers to manipulate the spaces as they please. The spaces discourage individual work and are instead intended for "special moments" of in-person collaboration and team building for the firm's 2,000-plus workers.
In late 2020, the cloud storage company announced plans to become permanently remote-first after an internal survey revealed that 90% of its employees felt more productive at home.īut instead of getting rid of its offices entirely, it decided to turn them into WeWork-like collaboration spaces that it's dubbing "Dropbox Studios." The idea is to "reimagine the purpose of the office," according to vice president of design Alastair Simpson. The pandemic permanently changed the way that Dropbox approaches its offices. See more stories on Insider's business page.Photos show how Dropbox incorporated features like flexible walls and moveable furniture.The spaces are designed solely for "collaborative work" according to VP of design Alastair Simpson.Dropbox redesigned its offices because of its shift to being a "virtual first" company.
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