Tokyo office designed for the unclumsy


	Tokyo office designed for the unclumsy

haraya

3-8-2008 9:44 AM

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office, interior, space, work, interaction, environment, walls, division, japan, movement

haraya says:

No skateboards and twist cars in that office. No roll-ey chair races either..

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3-8-2008 11:09 AM

bignosemousie

Oh man. I would trip every day. Every. Day. Maybe more than once a day.

3-8-2008 6:50 PM

haraya

I'd probably trip too, mousie. I can be clumsy sometimes

3-8-2008 8:54 PM

bignosemousie

I can fall down while I'm standing still.

3-20-2008 7:44 AM

BartendingBear

OSHA sez: Designers gone wild. We don't let that happen.

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