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Quartz is moving. In this diary, the question is: How do you capture a company’s culture in a physical space? Help us figure it out.

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Moving offices: How do you capture a company’s culture in a physical space?

Quartz is moving—and documenting the process here on Medium
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Zach SewardFeb 9
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Along with the books, we should probably design a bookplate so that when these volumes eventually…

get borrowed, forgotten about, and left on a Prospect Heights stoop after some spring cleaning, the new owner will know where it came from.get borrowed, forgotten about, and left on a Prospect Heights stoop after some spring cleaning, the new owner will know where it came from. Ex Libris Quartz.
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David YanofskyMar 22

Uh-oh… corporate IT is here :)

On balancing flexibility and policy in the new officeQuartz is moving to a new office in New York. We’re documenting it here because many of our questions apply to other startups. Our introduction explains more about what we’re up to. Follow our publication for updates. ¶ Hi there! ¶ My name is Drew, and I don’t actually work at Quartz. I’m the director of technology for all of Atlantic Media, which is Quartz’s parent company. That means I work across all of our brands, including Quartz, The Atlantic, National Journal, Government Executive…
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Drew SandquistMar 22
Did you say library??!

Did you say library??!

Some books that would fit nicely in our new office
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Sabine CherenfantMar 22
Renderings of the new Quartz office

Renderings of the new Quartz office

They will undoubtedly change, but here are the plans
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Zach SewardMar 22
A portal for interacting with a global team

A portal for interacting with a global team

How we could do water-cooler conversations across an ocean
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Akshat RathiMar 11
You can take it with you: #qzlife

You can take it with you: #qzlife

How to maintain the culture as we grow
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Jenni AvinsMar 6
Making the office fur-friendly

Making the office fur-friendly

On the question of bringing dogs to work
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Jackie BischofMar 2
How to scale good coffee in the office

How to scale good coffee in the office

As we plan our move to a new office, we have a chance to change the coffee scene and make it better.
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Kristin OakleyFeb 24

The #qzla office, aka my house, had an espresso machine.

Anyway, espresso is a lot of work and really hard to make well. It’s fun, for sure, but any machine that is going to have the right feel of…It has traveled with me up north to the yet to be named place that I now work. ¶ Anyway, espresso is a lot of work and really hard to make well. It’s fun, for sure, but any machine that is going to have the right feel of actually making espresso is probably going to be too much of a pain for office use. (I think Zach was the one who enlightened me to the cake-mix dilemma) The quality we get out of it will also probably be very low.
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David YanofskyFeb 24
Quartz moments: Shaping the office layout

Quartz moments: Shaping the office layout

What is so critical about the Quartzy spaces? Everything.
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Katherine ChiaFeb 18
I used to grab lunch from the palace next door

I used to grab lunch from the palace next door

Look up at those majestic beehive-shaped domes
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Anne QuitoFeb 10
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Zach SewardFeb 105 min read

The history of 675 Avenue of the Americas

From Adams Dry Goods to Trader Joe’s

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Zach SewardFeb 96 min read

Inspirations for Quartz’s new office

“Glitch moments” and other visions from the architects

Quartz is moving to a new office. We’re documenting it here because many of our questions apply to other growing startups. Our introductory post…

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