
Het verhaal van de geheime kamer bij Pixar
Als je Walter Isaacson's biografie van Steve Jobs hebt gelezen dan heb je er al over kunnen lezen: bij Pixar had animator Andrew Gordon een geheime kamer. En toen die kamer alsnog bekend werd, en dus helemaal niet meer geheim was, werd die kamer ongedoopt in 'The Love Lounge' en kwamen er veel bekende mensen langs. Steve Jobs was ook een fan en bezocht The Love Lounge ook meerdere keren.
The wackiest piece of serendipity was "The Love Lounge." One of the animators found a small door on the back wall when he moved into his office. It opened to a low corridor that you could crawl through to a room clad in sheet metal that provided access to the air-conditioning valves. He and his colleagues commandeered the secret room, festooned it with Christmas lights and lava lamps, and furnished it with benches upholstered in animal prints, tasseled pillows, a fold-up cocktail table, liquor bottles, bar equipment, and napkins that read "The Love Lounge."
A video camera installed in the corridor allowed occupants to monitor who might be approaching. Lasseter and Jobs brought important visitors there and had them sign the wall. The signatures include Michael Eisner, Roy Disney, Tim Allen, and Randy Newman. Jobs loved it, but since he wasn't a drinker he sometimes referred to it as the Meditation Room. It reminded him, he said, of the one that he and Daniel Kottke had at Reed, but without the acid.
Op YouTube staat nu een grappig filmpje waar je in iets meer dan twee minuten de historie van deze 'geheime' kamer kunt zien: