A projected image of Google’s logo, with an L.A. flair. The Google office in Venice opens for business on Monday morning, Nov. 7, 2011. (David Sarno / Los Angeles Times)
Just outside the employee lounge sits the iconic binocular sculpture created by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. (David Sarno / Los Angeles Times)
There’s a little sitting room inside the binoculars sculpture. This is a view straight up, through the roof of the sculpture. A model of an oversized lightbulb hangs inside. (David Sarno / Los Angeles Times)
A hall near the entrance is plastered with many of the clever Google logo doodles from across the ages. (David Sarno / Los Angeles Times)
