Nissan's new Michigan design studio

[Architect Jennifer Luce's] approach has gone beyond the dot-com cliche of comfy sofas and pinball machines sprinkled around a high-tech office: at Nissan she drew on lessons from her work on lofts and houses - about the texture, color and "intimacy" of materials, as she puts it, and about the balancing of privacy and openness - to reconcile workplace efficiency with human needs. - NY Times