These walls can talk: Southwest Airlines showcases its history, employees via "scrapbook" on walls throughout headquarters.
Photo Marketing, March, 2006 by Gretzner, Bonnie
Some companies keep scrapbooks of events and other important dates. Southwest Airlines has made the walls of its headquarters a life-size scrapbook.
The Dallas, Texas-based company recently added on to its headquarters, and now the enormous 921,000-square-foot building features close to 20,000 framed pieces documenting company history. The L-shaped building features three stories in front and five stories in the rear of the building, and each floor displays everything from officer photos and historical advertising to photos of employees with their pets.
"I believe our president, Colleen Barrett, would tell you she would like these walls to be like walking into your family living room," says Melanie Jones, the Public Relations programs manager for...
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