The staff at W&P Design, a New York-based startup that makes trendy barware and cocktail kits, has an unspoken policy: headphones in means “don’t bother me.”
Lead designer Justin Fuller often wears earbuds even when he’s not listening to music. Without the visual cue, he is at risk of near-constant interruptions. The company’s entire team, including co-founders Eric Prum and Josh Williams, works out of a single room on the fourth floor of an airy, sunlit converted warehouse in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. That means Fuller’s 12 co-workers are never more than an elbow away.