New Moz Office

Moz moved its Seattle office (AKA “The Mozplex”) in early 2020 and viewed the move as an opportunity to elevate the brand’s physical presence, improve upon shortcomings of the previous office design, and craft a space that will welcome & delight its employees when they return to the physical office following a long, coronavirus-imposed closure. I’m honored to have served as the lead graphic designer for this project and I am so proud of the final result.

My role:

  • Designing all of the flat graphics (e.g. privacy films for glass-walled meeting rooms) throughout the office.

  • Participating in a small committee of Moz employees who met throughout Q1 2020 to discuss our vision for the space with our architect and interior designer.

  • Conducting user research and making interior design recommendations based on that research for the employee wellness / lactation room.

Meeting Room and Phone Pod Privacy Films

The new office is celestial bodies-themed, so I designed a starry, 1960s-inspired privacy film pattern made of 4-pointed stars. Several rounds of print design review achieved a film design that obscures fine details but doesn’t block light.

Meeting room privacy film under natural light. Click to enlarge.

Meeting room privacy film and room name detail.

Phone pod privacy film. Click to enlarge.

Continuing the celestial bodies theme, office meeting rooms are named after constellations, galaxies, and moons, and the spaceship-like phone pods are named for different real life spacecraft. It was an entertaining challenge to translate NSFW mythologies like the story of Princess Andromeda into work appropriate icons.

Meeting room iconography. Click to enlarge.

Phone pod iconography. Click to enlarge.

Patterns used throughout the Mozplex: hexagons, 4-point stars, and SEO (Moz’s industry) constellations. Click to enlarge.

Phone pod privacy film and pod name detail. Click to enlarge.

Meeting room privacy film under artificial light. Click to enlarge.

Office Entrances and Reception

Main entrance. Click to enlarge.

Employee entrance. Click to enlarge.

Reception.

Waiting area with preserved moss wall.

Wellness Room

The Wellness Room, also known as Lunetta (Italian for “little moon”), is a space designed for new mothers who need a private room to pump milk, and people in need of first aid or a quiet place to rest. Every design decision in the Wellness Room was made using direct feedback from in-person user interviews with the room’s target audience. A peaceful, comforting ambiance was achieved through a midnight blue, gold, and white color palette, soft lighting, lunar-themed screen printed artwork, and homey décor.

Wellness Room. Click to enlarge.

Milo Baughman’s Recliner 74 chair was chosen to furnish the petite space because pre-design interviews revealed that a chair with an upright back is important for breast pumping ergonomics, and it has the added benefit of a small footprint. Cubby spaces are provided for easy pumping equipment storage.

Wellness Room door detail. Pre-design interviews identified privacy concerns that were eased by signage to clearly label whether or not the door is locked.

Wellness room décor detail.

Thank you to my fellow project contributors:

Vinyl printing & installation and backlit reception sign by AlphaGraphics Seattle, preserved moss wall by Ambius, build out by Avara Construction, interior design by Christine Chaney, Wellness Room lighting consultation provided by Harold’s Lighting, and architecture by Marvin Yamaguchi.