Apple’s New Glass Spaceship Headquarters Discourages Distracted Walking

Apple’s New Glass Spaceship Headquarters Discourages Distracted Walking
Apple CEO Tim Cook stands in front of Apple’s new ‘spaceship’ headquarters during a media event in Cupertino, Calif., on Sept. 12, 2017. Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images
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Apple’s gigantic glass mothership is supposed to be the way workspaces will be designed in the future. Right now, it is the way Apple employees get cuts and bruises.

Apple’s space-age Cupertino headquarters has 45-foot-tall panels of curved glass. Most of the inside walls are also made of glass. This was to make everyone feel connected—everyone can see everyone else even when they are in their own offices—called “pods” in Apple-speak.