Turning office space into a museum

A fancier approach of decorating the headquarters and our global office spaces

Our inspiration

When Twilio moved into its new headquarters (just down the block), the Brand team wanted to make a statement about the way employees impact the company. We were assigned to redesign the office space.

Our approach

Inspired by museum design, we took notes of wayfinding, descriptions, and patterns. By understanding the relationship of the art, space and the people of a museum, we were able to apply the same logic to our office to create the Museum of Communications.

A full size canvas… an office building

I wanted to celebrate Twilio’s contribution to modern communications and inform employees and their visitors of the history of communications in a beautiful and interactive way. Everyday is full of meaningful moments that we wanted to capture into the office, so we developed a museum theme of murals to preserve our history and celebrate the company’s spirit.

Design process: prototypes

We mapped out the office with all available walls that can be great for murals. From there, we created an optimal path for employees and guests to walk through, with different zones that represented different themes. Working with the environment, we took note of scale and colors to create a welcoming and vibrant space.

Jungle Wall mural

The world of communications is expanding into the unknown. I was inspired by the Amazon, the biggest rainforest that’s home to at least 1 in ten known species on Earth. It’s also home to the scarlet macaw, who are able to learn upwards of 100 different words, and some even seem to be able to use them in context.

The elevators open up to the main entrance on the second floor to a hallway that has an opening revealing another wall. This unique design presented a framing opportunity, creating two layers of a mural - as if you’re walking into the jungle.

The design is a combination of bright vibrant colors that is welcoming and communication icons scattered throughout the colorful foliage.

Since it’s multiple walls, I wanted to create an experience that felt like “walking through the jungle.” I shrunk the design down to 10% to fit on letter paper, and mocked up the overlay to make everything proportional.