Apple Campus 2 to Feature Custom Designed 18-Foot Tables Inside 'Collaborative Pods'

[JesperA]

What possible interest is this piece to ANYONE truthfully?!?!??!

"I dont like this article, therefore no-one else should like it either"

I liked the article since i like manufacturing, i like woodworking, i like the Apple Campus 2 project etc etc etc.

You know what, when i see an article with a topic that i know i wont like, i just ignore it, i have never understand the logic of people like you, why do you have such an urge to go into an article that you most likely knew before going into it that you would not like and then go one step further and tell everyone how much you dislike it (and even dictate how other people should feel about the article), same thing every time, if MacRumors write about anything that is even the slightest outside of someones incredible narrow interest span, people like you flood the article and show your detestation with pointless comments.

If you don't like something, just ignore it, MacRumors (and everything else in life) cant be specially made just for you and your interest and the other 7 billion people on this planet may have other interests than you.

 

[Dowjohnny]

"I dont like this article, therefore no-one else should like it either"

I liked the article since i like manufacturing, i like woodworking, i like the Apple Campus 2 project etc etc etc.

You know what, when i see an article with a topic that i know i wont like, i just ignore it, i have never understand the logic of people like you, why do you have such an urge to go into an article that you most likely knew before going into it that you would not like and then go one step further and tell everyone how much you dislike it (and even dictate how other people should feel about the article), same thing every time, if MacRumors write about anything that is even the slightest outside of someones incredible narrow interest span, people like you flood the article and show your detestation with pointless comments.

If you don't like something, just ignore it, MacRumors (and everything else in life) cant be specially made just for you and your interest and the other 7 billion people on this planet may have other interests than you.

Well according to your logic you didn't like his post, so you just should have ignored it. But you even chose to post a reply

 

[JesperA]

Well according to your logic you didn't like his post, so you just should have ignored it. But you even chose to post a reply

Technically you are right but hopefully this guy (and some other people with the same mindset) realize how pointless their posts are and maybe (just maybe) refrain from doing it in the future, my post was an investment for the future

 

[Dowjohnny]

Technically you are right but hopefully this guy (and some other people with the same mindset) realize how pointless their posts are and maybe (just maybe) refrain from doing it in the future, my post was an investment for the future

I totally understand, was just trying to tease you a little

 

[cube]

These are tiny, simple, and inexpensive custom tables which still "fit through a door". Of course, they are buying more than one.

 

[Boatboy24]

Great, but how thin are they?

 

[cube]

Great, but how thin are they?

Probably not a round imperial number.

 

[Tech198]

rounded tables as well ? can see Apple like to match the building...

 

[Keirasplace]

I HATE this kind of setup. I'm a software developer and this kind of setup is hell for us. It is so hard to concentrate and problem solve at work because its non-stop noise and chatter and distractions.

This kind of setup can work in some cases, but its not for everyone. Not everyone works the same and I simply can't think when all I hear is noise.

Did you actually read the article? Seems not.

 

[flat five]

It’s useful that we have both systems, very useful. Metres for accuracy and being able to manipulate figures and feet for being able to estimate at these sizes.

how is metric more accurate than imperial?
or the implication that you can manipulate figures in metric and not feet&inches? and that feet are only good for estimating?

 

[drewsof07]

These will cost a pretty penny, given the cost of white oak suitable for a veneer-like manufacturing process.

 

[houdinize]

"the company's innovative manufacturing technique, which essentially peels away continuous single thin sheets of wood, which is then layered into a table top"

SO... it's plywood? (image search "rotary cut plywood")

Other companies have plywood – this is plywood done right. . . iWood

 

[gohn]

innovative manufacturing technique, which essentially peels away continuous single thin sheets of wood, which is then layered into a table top

Innovative, fairly sure that's how all plywood is manufactured?

 

[Keirasplace]

I'm having hard time figuring out what 16,000 employees will be doing at the new campus.

Is it mostly a lot of group meetings and discussions of ideas and concepts? Is that what these tables are for?

Because when it comes down to actual software development... it's one person typing in code. Or a small team writing code that ultimately gets collected by one person.

Or maybe a handful of people in Jony's secret lab with a CNC milling machine.

Sorry for my ignorance ... I just have no idea how huge corporations work. Microsoft has 40,000 employees at their Redmond campus. It boggles the mind.

They just told you everything in the article; good grief.

Apple has:
- Soft dev, for IOS, OSX, all their services, firmware, new products
- hardware dev for existing and future products
- Dev for their production facility (software, hardware)
- Logistics and supplly chain management with hundreds of different partners
- Marketing
- Communication both internally and externally
- IT (worldwide management and dev)
- Retail and distribution to third parties channels
- Office of the CEO and VP's (Strategy on product, partners, etc)
- HR functions for employees workdwide
- Legal (considering how much litigation there is, that must be one hell of a department)
- Financial departments (day to day, like treasury)
- CFO office, deals more with strategic financial functions
- Governmental affairs (they have to deal with hundred of countries)
- Business dev with all parties of all sort (Hermes, media companies, etc)
etc, etc, etc.

Running a big company in hundreds of countries takes a lot of people.

 

[Macneck]

Yes, let us be pushed around by dumbasses around the world. The writers are based in the United States of America. The vast majority of readers here are likely from the United States of America. They'll use imperial units.

And I think the greatest and most powerful nation on Earth will do as it pleases.

...our fellow here still thinks we live on planet earth...

Anyway I have to admit that, for a moment, I considered using IMPERIAL units instead of the (IDS) International Dumbass System, not to upset Donald Trump and his crew. You scared me!

 

[Supermacguy]

Hopefully they never need to turn a corner with a table that long! Getting a 9 foot table through a hallway is sometimes a huge problem.

 

[nieks]

feet and pounds... Ugh.

5.40m x 1.22m, 299.3kg.

You guys do realise that there is some wrong rounding involved?

5.50 meters long, instead of 5.48 meters long
1.20 meters wide, instead of 1.22 meters wide
300 kg, instead of 299.3 kg

The non-rounded american non-metric numbers should be:

18.045 feet long
3.937 feet wide
661.386 pounds

edit: please keep in mind that I actually registered to post this
greetings from the Netherlands! (or, as many Americans often so wrongfully say: "Holland". Which is only a part of the Netherlands, like 1/3 or something like that).

 

[WigWag Workshop]

I was bummed when the started removing the high wall cubicles where I work, for low walled and these pods. Pods can be good for certain types of functions though.

 

[Rigby]

Anyone else think Apple should rather focus on their products than wasting resources designing custom office tables (and that whole fancy building, for that matter)? A "hungry" company doesn't do things like this.

 

[diipii]

Apple Campus 2 has been designed from the ground up to meet Apple's exacting specifications, and the same careful attention is also being applied to the interior of the building, including the furniture. In a recent visit to the Apple Campus, design-focused site Design Milk was given a small tidbit of information regarding one element of the interior design of Apple Campus 2 -- the tables.

Apple is having 500 custom white oak tables created for Apple Campus 2, each one measuring in at 18-feet long, 4-feet wide, and 660 pounds. The tables are being designed by Dutch company Arco from a single sheet of wood with skateboard-style rounded edges and a seamless surface.

Apple plans to use the tables inside of open area "pods" located on each floor of the main ring-shaped building. The layout is designed to encourage "accidental mingling" between employees by providing an open workspace that "brings people together organically," a concept Design Milk says originated from the time Steve Jobs spent at Pixar.

In an interview with Arco director Jorre Van Ast, Design Milk gleaned some details about what it was like designing a piece for Apple. Apple's team of designers and Foster + Partners were looking for something built to their exact specifications, and van Ast describes the collaboration as "very intense and constructive."
When completed, the tables, along with 300 additional tables and 200 benches, will be shipped to Apple in Cupertino and installed at Apple Campus 2 using cranes and dollies. Apple's second campus is still under construction, but much of the main ring-shaped building has been completed, as has work on several auxiliary buildings like an auditorium and a fitness center. Apple plans to finish construction at Apple Campus 2 by the end of 2016, with employees moving into the space starting in 2017.

For much more detail on the tables that will be used at Apple Campus 2, make sure to check out the full article on Design Milk.

Article Link: Apple Campus 2 to Feature Custom Designed 18-Foot Tables Inside 'Collaborative Pods'

In the Appleverse Pods rule. You will use the Pod or else. If it doesn't happen in the Pod it doesn't happen or is very, very suspicious. Pods U Akbar. The Pod is the way and the light. Until they are perceived suddenly to be rounded or, heaven forfend, fat or, I can hardly say it, not THIN. Then chaos, Armageddon, They will become Death the Destroyer of Worlds. But the Angel Cook will declare a New Way of All Things Applefied and Profitable. The FanFools will trot behind stabbing doll-Pods with iPens, raving deliriously and passing over all their cash, truly the only way to happiness in the land with no Windows.

 

[newtestleper]

I'd like the guy on the right's job.

 

[zzebi]

Seriously? Is it really that important to spend thousands more on these tables than buying some standard office furniture?
Apple's vanity is reaching new highs. Their leaders are completely out of touch with the fact that they are a publicly owned corporation and responsible for their share holders and customers.

It's fine to maintain the luxe appearance through flashy Apple stores and a nice looking headquarters, but here we are talking about frickin' meeting room tables! I had the same thoughts when I saw how much they spent on their new auditorium with its carbon fiber roof and all glass walls.

This is all vanity now. We are clearly beyond company necessities.

 

[scott911]

"There are no visible seams because of the company's innovative manufacturing technique, which essentially peels away continuous single thin sheets of wood, which is then layered into a table top."

umm - that's called plywood. Certainly it's high grade, but really - they made a table top out of plywood.

 

[Iamthinking]

Agree with the "vanity" posts.

Furthermore, how many huge old-growth trees were cut down to make these 1-piece tables, I wonder? This is eco-friendly Apple?

 

[the8thark]

Metric system.

Ugh.

18 feet x 4 feet, 660 pounds. Freedom units for the win.

It is not Apple's fault that the US use an out dated archaic measurement system. I for one an glad Apple sometimes use the metric system. Would be better if Apple used it all of the time though.

Freedom you say? Well I say freedom of choice for the win. Apple are choosing to use the standard measurement system of most countries. Well done.

Also these tables are made/designed outside the US. The rest of the world uses the metric system.

The choice is simple. The US should move to the metric system fully or get left behind. Many US companies are doing this but the average US citizen and the US government refuse to.

Choosing to be left behind is a choice. One I will never make but a large portion of the US is choosing to be left behind.