Too often, offices are designed as one size fits all. Rapt Studio’s design for Duolingo’s new downtown New York City office takes a different approach.
In many ways, language-learning app Duolingo’s new office in New York City doesn’t look like an office at all. Instead of a lobby, there’s a white-wall art gallery exhibiting 6-foot-tall digital paintings of the app’s characters (each language has its own avatar) and a sculpture of Duo, its owl mascot, elevated on a plinth in the center of the room.
Too often, offices are designed as one size fits all. Rapt Studio’s design for Duolingo’s new downtown New York City office takes a different approach.
In many ways, language-learning app Duolingo’s new office in New York City doesn’t look like an office at all. Instead of a lobby, there’s a white-wall art gallery exhibiting 6-foot-tall digital paintings of the app’s characters (each language has its own avatar) and a sculpture of Duo, its owl mascot, elevated on a plinth in the center of the room. Design
