City Innovator Gifts

'I'm telling ya, it's a jungle out there.'

"Of all the buildings I've designed, it's probably the most handsome."

The trend toward less formal offices began to gain steam.

"You may have been the victim of a mis-sold PFI contract."

"As I understand it, after this scaffolding comes down the city will be done."

A man sees a leak in his ceiling and drills a hole in the floor under leak to by pass his apartment.

"We'll destroy it to the ground ... ...and then..."

A secretary at a desk with a nameplate the says Dot Com.

'She posted her first blog today.'

'You obviously took my suggestion to reduce stress to the extreme.'

"Yes sir, I'll admit I was sceptical about the whole 'mini-office' concept at first..."

"I like this Carl, you've come up with more solutions than we have problems."

On-the-job creativity may go unrewarded an may even create consternation among co-workers.

Man at work sees in lounge refrigerator, 'Creative Juices'

'I think and work spectacularly well either inside or outside the box.'

He's our ideas man. I can never tell if he's working or not.

"Yes, it's different...but I don't think Fondue Friday is going to last."

"Someday this will all be yours...assuming that someday you'll have enough to buy it from me."

Jungle Taxi

You're right-this is way better than a standing desk.

"It's a mixed-use facility: retail space, low-rent housing, luxury apartments, and an area set aside for making steel."

City Centre Development - "...We've spent all the money on the model."

Dare to be different.

'When you've a minute could you design a new health infrastructure for the area with budget forecasts staffing requirements and job descriptions...tomorrow will do.'

Modular Offices

'Have your people facebook my people.'

'Does anyone have a question?'

'As all coherent strategy has failed, we turn to you.'

'Unfortunately, our entirely Twitter and Facebook based business model was a little ahead of its time!'

"Central heat. Pretty posh."

"The coffee is free, but now we rent the tables."

Real Estate Depression

"So, Morrison, what you're are suggesting is we abort the skyskraper idea and instead build a giant hill with interconnecting tunnels.2

'We finally came up with a cubicle design that really works.'

'I'll be happy to put my best man on it, Mr. Orton... but my best man happens to be a woman.'