INK: Innovation at the Workplace

INK, one of Southern California's top advertising agencies, recently expanded their offices & created a work environment suitable for creative people! As I've said before, working in an office that is NEAT & well put together, inspires CREATIVITY! 
 

In my opinion offices should invest their BIG $ money into the items they use daily.....& leave the smaller budget for everything else. IKEA is a great place to shop for this type of project. They have a ton of desks in several different finishes as well as counter stools for office kitchen areas! 

From the looks of it it seems INK got some of their items from IKEA, which is fantastic! 

The conference chairs however are probably not from IKEA....however similar style chairs can be found on sites like ZGallerie for under $300 each! Not bad? 

Investing in good conference room chairs should be a must for any company.....especially to impress (& make comfortable) out of town guests coming in to visit the company! 

Employee rec rooms are a big part of the MODERN office these days, at INK you'll notice they have a PING PONG  - perfect to get rid of any workday STRESS right?!? 
 

In my opinion, in order to really create INNOVATION in a workspace - you have to go against the grain!
 

Basically, think out of the box when designing your new offices. Do what MOST people are NOT doing. Get the picture?!? 

For example if you notice the INK office has a BAR in the conference room, more than likely for parties & so on...but STILL, different! Also, the SHAG RUG in the office- that isn't something you see ALL the time right?!? But in this case, it works.

And seriously...an office without cool ARTWORK would be VERY BORING to me! INK has simple pieces - probably from local designers or even employees themselves. Great idea! This company is a perfect example of what the MODERN office (away from home) will look like! Enjoy!

 -images via INK

Submit Photos of Your Closet...(Via Made By Girl)

Most women are fascinated with shoes & handbags.

But we need to have a place to put them right???   It's such a gift to be able to have a LARGE closet that you don't have to share with anyone! 

It's not that we as women don't like to share, it's just that many of us really NEED all the space we can get!  I admit, I have lots of purses, lots of jeans & plenty of shoes.  Thank God for my guy, he was kind enough to build an entire shoe rack for the shoes and put together the IKEA closet system you see below....which is so convenient. 

The BEST part is that we do not share closet space, because if we did, it would be VERY cramped!  So, with this post, I'm going to put a call out for submissions of YOUR CLOSET.

Do you have a nice closet? If so, I'd love to post it here on Made By Girl!!

What I'm looking for:

• It has to be your own (not shared) and must be shot in daylight without a flash (if possible). 
• It doesn't have to be GRAND or anything like Mariah Carey's - but it should be cute enough to share with others! 
• email me 3-4 pictures describing what you have in your closet & your favorite part about it as well as a link to your blog.
• not all closets will be posted, but please don't let that detour you away from submitting! Thanks!!

Below is my closet....

-top 4 images via Nuevo Estilo

-bottom image via jen ramos