As our company has grown, how we configure and design our offices has been a crucial part of how we foster connection… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
I have the privilege of working with our in-house design studio, called Samara, and our humanitarian team, called Human. Samara is thinking… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
Design helps shape our everyday interactions through products, furniture, objects, or experiences. — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
In art school, you learn that design is much more than the look and feel of something - it's the whole experience. — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
We started Airbnb because, like many across the U.S. and in New York, we were struggling to pay our rent and decided… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
You must have the ability to recognize good design and good user experience. These are core things at Airbnb. It doesn't matter… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
Design has always been a driving force in my life: it's the lens through which I experience the world. — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
To me, 'design thinking' is another way of saying empathize with the customer. It's consideration for the person you're designing for. — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
How do you convince somebody to host a stranger for the weekend? That's not a trivial thing. It's not something I think… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
We're a community-driven brand, but at the same time, we want every host in every home to recognize that they're all individuals, and to… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
Airbnb was born out of necessarity. Our rent went up. It was born out of a problem. — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
There's no reason any company should be limited by its physical environment. — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
We expect Seoul to be one of our most important markets not only in Asia but around the world. — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
What we're doing with Airbnb feels like the nexus of everything that is right. We're helping people be more resourceful with the space they… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
When the car was introduced in 1908, people could experience a brand new way to travel that was more efficient than a horse and… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
When we go city by city, country by country, the majority of our hosts, our owners, are simply renting out their spare bedroom. — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
Given Miami's unique role in Airbnb's roots, I'm particularly proud of how South Floridians have embraced home sharing as an opportunity to earn supplemental… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
Starting a company in San Francisco when we did usually meant it was destined to be a data-driven tech company. But that didn't seem… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
In the post-war United States, you had this race to the suburbs. Cities shrank, the suburbs got bigger - and the notion of community… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
Scheduled shipping is one of many inventions that has made New York a global capital of innovation and creativity - from Willis Carrier's invention… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
