GitHub, Bellevue

Project Highlights

• For our fourth GitHub project, two joined forces with IA to furnish a next-generation hybrid office in Bellevue, WA. We selected pieces for multi-use work areas, a flexible all-hands room, and a chic dining space.

• We helped create a warm, residential vibe with an eclectic mix of furniture in a natural palette that reflects the surrounding Bellevue landscape.

• For executive meeting spaces and lounges, we curated statement-making texture-rich pieces, including a custom wood-finish boardroom table and luxe lounge furniture.

In our fourth collaboration with GitHub—a longtime remote-first company—we worked with IA on GitHub’s new Bellevue, WA outpost. As their first brick-and-mortar workplace in the Northwest, the space would be a next-generation hybrid office featuring multi-use zones, upscale meeting rooms, and community spaces.

Stunning views of the Bellevue hills from the office’s 20th and 21st floors inspired IA’s design vision of warm tones, rich textures, and rolling silhouettes. In concert, our furniture selections include wood finishes of red and white oak, as well as various shades of walnut. When it came to upholstery, we avoided leather—to support the sustainability goals of the project—and chose natural-toned materials for a range of pieces, from a twilight-blue sofa to cactus-green chairs to bleached-pebble bar-style chairs.

Where all the work styles are in style

This GitHub office contains multitudes of work options. Their Bellevue office’s 20th floor offers open desking for resident and hybrid employees, phone rooms, team and huddle rooms, and collaboration spaces with lounge seating.  

In the main desking areas, we made heads-down work maximally comfortable with the ergonomic workhorse: Steelcase’s Ology adjustable-height desks with spacious red-oak butcher-block tops.

Other work options are a stone’s throw from the desking areas. AV-equipped team rooms open into a collaborative zone offering an alternative place to gather in small groups, away from big screens. We chose black-and-wood-finish bar-height tables by Allermuir to correspond with the team-room facades and paired them with Naughtone stools to pick up the pale sheen of the cement floors.

We made a home for plants with a half dozen industrial shelving units—their minimalist plywood shelves put all the focus on the greenery.

On the workstation-heavy 20th floor, a bright pantry invites workers to refuel with a quick coffee or snack. We coordinated with California-based Woodtech to manufacture this sleek communal-style custom table for shared break times. The Naughtone stools tie this spot in with the office’s other transitional spaces. .

Leveling up for an elevated outlook

The 21st-floor’s panoramic views are the main attraction for gatherings of all kinds. For ultra flexibility in this all-hands space, we chose reconfiguration-friendly rolling tables with lightweight stackable chairs. To layer in a soft, residential feel, we selected comfy lounge chairs and round tables that rhyme with the serpentine IA-designed banquette.

Neighbor to the all-hands space, this chic greenery-filled, view-centric café offers a nature-infused respite, whether you’re decompressing after a meeting or continuing to brainstorm. We selected furnishings that pick up on elements of landscape and architecture, cohering outdoor and interior tones into one tableau. 

Continuing a color palette inspired by its surroundings, we picked a variety of wood-finish chairs from Bernhardt and Muuto to pair with matte-black dining tables by Davis. Along the banquette, we mixed it up with lounge chair styles, each upholstered in muted natural shades, accompanied by West Coast Industry’s Disc Occasional table.

Straight out of a posh hotel, this classy cocktail lounge—dubbed the Servery—serves drinks and GitHub’s vision of creating warm, alluring spaces that foster comradeship.

Riffing off the room’s architectural textures, tones and silhouettes, we chose luxe cactus-green chairs by Sandler, warm walnut two-top tables, and 30-plus feet of custom-built, circumference-hugging banquettes manufactured by Blastation.

Haute Style for Top Dogs

GitHub Bellevue’s top floor is also home to private rooms for exclusive meetings. For this executive huddle room, we channeled a swanky penthouse vibe. Our haute-minded picks include handsome low-slung sofas by Keilhauer, a blond Cooper Swivel chair by Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, and an architecturally-inclined coffee table with a floating black metal top by Meyer Wells.

Another statement-maker on the 21st floor, IA envisioned a large U-shaped table for this dramatic executive meeting room. To bring this vision to life, we detailed a modern angular AV-integrated version and coordinated manufacturing with Woodtech. We added mod rolling chairs by Davis and finished off this enclave with a wide credenza and a mobile podium by Nucraft, extending the room’s deep wood-tone theme.