Visiting agency offices are always fun. And I mean those creative agencies. They always have funky decor, interesting wall hangings and a super cool attitude about their working environment. Today, the whole day was spent at Saatchi & Saatchi's Guangzhou office. It was my first time there and I loved it!
Firstly they have a "comfort room". Which basically means a room with soft flooring like a nursery, a crib (?!), several soft toys that are about my size, those huge spongy bedroom slippers that have cartoon characters on top and a nice seating area that looks like kids' work area. That was super cool! Then they had a wonderful meeting room which they call the Theatre. It definitely had theatre styled seating, with the only differenc being that instead of seating with chairs, they had a formation like waves on the floor. You can just sit on the crest of a wave or at its trough and rest your back against the curve. I had never seen a room like that before so that was also super funky! Only thing was that, after showing us this funky space, they said they are shifting the meeting to a more conventional room because apparently post one hour, all participants in the wave-room usually end up with a backache. OK, not very ergonomically designed then. Still, funky it definitely is! They also had a cafe within the floor which was aptly named Central Perk and which produced a constant flow of drinks and food (including proper meals like Chicken Rice!). As you can see, am thoroughly impressed! And last but not the least, just after lunch, half the folks in the office took out their pillows and went into an unabashed siesta at their desk. Apparently, that's Chinese working culture for you. Who would have thought!
After a day of long but productive meeting at this cool place, we did what we do best - have a good team dinner! And man, the food in China has once again taken me by complete surprise! It was AWESOME! I stufffed myself with dim sum - two kinds, fried rice, mushroom dish, a dish of duck with beans and celery, some egg dish, pork, beef, tofu (soyabean curd), an awesome dessert (like really, really awesome) made of "red dates" that looked like light chocolate cake but tasted far better and of course the inevitable green tea which wasnt as great on its own but added to the overall experience! I was satisfied. Truly.
So yes, it was a really fun day thanks to the agency's creativity and the chef's creativity! :)
768 more to go.
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