When Okta asked us to reimagine the environmental graphics for their 14th floor in San Francisco, they weren’t looking for wall decorations—they were building a prototype for the future of work.
No pressure.
The entire floor needed to feel radically different from the rows of white desks and tech sameness. It had to invite people back after years of working from home—not because they were told to, but because they wanted to be there.
Lemoine was brought in to design that shift. To make it feel like a place to land, connect, and focus—without losing the energy of what it means to work at Okta.
“we do not remember days, we remember moments.”
research. insight. beautiful bike rides.
Before any design began, we studied how people actually used the space—where they landed between meetings, gathered to collaborate, or needed a moment of quiet. Interviews, workplace strategy sessions, and my usual long solo rides through the Bay Area revealed a central theme: balance. Between tech and nature. Remote and in-person. Motion and stillness.
That theme became the foundation for the concept: Moments in Time. Each neighborhood on the 14th floor embodies a painted moment—captured while biking throughout California over the past decade. These sketches, made in my sketchbooks with a bit of ink and watercolor, were then translated into large-scale murals combining analog softness with clean digital form.
The hybrid style mirrors the hybrid workplace itself—where digital and physical worlds blend to support creativity and connection.
This work celebrates the joyfulness of our moments.
Pause. Breathe. Be here now.
more human. please.
The 14th floor was designed like a journey through California—each space reflecting a unique landscape, from foggy coastal trails to golden valleys. Lemoine translated that into large-scale murals and wall graphics that feel alive, intentional, and quietly powerful.
Every mural served a purpose: to anchor each space emotionally, break visual monotony, and invite people into a rhythm of working that felt more human. Not overdone. Just right. From the sketchbook to the massive walls.
Six months later, the data told the story: a 25% increase in floor utilization, no mandatory return-to-office policy in place.
People were choosing to come back. That’s the power of space done right.
The floor became more than a prototype. It became a proof of concept—for how design, when done with intention and empathy, can actually change the way people feel at work.
Cool. Let’s build something people feel.
