Valve spent last Friday afternoon designing something totally different from pixels - we had a mission to pimp our office. Materials such as plastic, paper, ducktape etc. were given to the teams to create prototypes of themed spaces that separate a meeting area of the open space. The six teams ended up creating and presenting a variety of creative, outstanding and amusing solutions to use our office space more effectively. See the pics below and visit the office to see the compositions in real life

Designing in process.

Implementation, team Jungle Heat.

Team Arabian Nights building interior to the tent.

Die Western Lounge under construction.

Presenting the prominent beer dispenser of Die Western Lounge.

Taking a peek to the Underwater World of Jacques Cousteau (note the periscope on the left next to the sea lion!)

Arabian Nigts full heat.

iBooth in active use straight away.

Where do creativity and ideas reside? Right where the designers and other creatives do their work.

At the Helsinki Design Week Open Studio evening, everybody is welcome to take a peek inside offices, studios, workshops and other creative spaces.

Valve’s office is open, and we warmly invite everyone to visit, meet our people, and take a look at some of our latest work. We’ll be offering some small tasty tidbits and drinks.

Open Studios on Wednesday 1st of October from 5pm to 8 pm right here at Pieni Roobertinkatu 7.

Welcome!

Valve hosted a social event that included some of the biggest names of the graphics and multimedia industry. The event was held in co-operation with Ardites and was part of the Khronos Group’s programme during their visit to Helsinki. The Khronos Group is a member-funded industry consortium responsible for the stewardship and development of the open standards for multimedia authoring and playback.