Redefining the Workplace

Design naturally gravitates toward narrative. The choices a designer makes — shaping space, orchestrating light, applying color — come together into a clear and intentional theme. Without it, design risks feeling arbitrary and lacking purpose.

At Studio O+A, a multidisciplinary San Francisco firm that has pioneered new ideas about work and workplace for companies like Slack, adidas, Microsoft, and Hyundai Motor Group, co-founder Primo Orpilla has spent his career doing exactly that: building spaces where story and design are inseparable.