Inside, beyond heavy, unmarked doors, stands a cathedral-ceilinged chamber of riveted steel, like the air lock for a massive interplanetary docking station.
As your pupils adjust to the dim interior light, it becomes clear that the creatures seated in the four B-52 ejector seats are not alien foes but surfer types who couldn't be more psyched to be here.
Oakley prides itself on aggressive nonconformity.
"We obsess about every component of our business," says Oakley president Colin Baden, who first worked for the company as the architect of the unconventional headquarters.
Image: Dystopia Chic -- Sunglasses maker Oakley's HQ in Orange County, California, projects a complex Blade Runner persona. | Photograph: Dwight Eschliman
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