Research Catalog

Title

Workspheres : design and contemporary work styles / edited by Paola Antonelli.

Publication

New York, N.Y. : Museum of Modern Art : Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, ©2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Antonelli, Paola.
• Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). Department of Architecture and Design.

Description

223 pages : color illustrations; 27 cm

Summary

In the past, work has shaped the way we live. In the near future, the way we live may shape the way we work. Workspheres creatively confronts the design demands of the ever-evolving contemporary work environment. Featuring design products, prototypes, and models, and part of a groundbreaking 2001 exhibition held at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, this exciting book introduces work concepts originated by internationally recognized designers who address the unique needs of specific work scenarios, including the nomadic office of a business traveler; the domestic office; the virtual office; and more traditional offices in settings configured for group interaction. Featuring projects commissioned especially for Workspheres by such avant-garde brainstormers as LOT/EK, Digital Image Design, and Hella Jongerius, interviews with designers extraordinaire Bruce Mau, Michael Brill, and Francis Duffy, and more pictures of chairs, cubicles, and desks that you've ever imagined, even in your most compulsive catalogue fantasies, Workspheres is the ultimate consideration of contemporary work space.

Alternative Title

• Work spheres
• Design and contemporary work styles

Subject

• Office furniture > Design
• Industrial design
• Design
• Office furniture > Design > Exhibitions
• Office equipment and supplies industry > Design > Exhibitions
• Office layout > Design > Exhibitions
• Electronic office machines > Exhibitions
• industrial design
• design (discipline)
• Electronic office machines
• Design
• Industrial design
• Büroeinrichtung
• Arbeitsplatz

Genre/Form

• v – Exhibition catalogs.
• exhibition catalogs.
• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs.
• Catalogues d'exposition.

Note

• "Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Workspheres', organized by Paola Antonelli, Curator, Department of Agriculture and Design, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 8-April 22, 2001"--Verso t.p.
• 其他题名:Design and Contemporary Work Styles.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Workspheres / Paola Antonelli -- Work waves / Larry Keeley -- The office: 1950 to the present / Christopher Budd -- Designing the space of flows / John Thackara -- Time: change: boundaries / Aura Oslapas -- Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei, and Bangkok / Kayoko Ota, Jim-hee Chang, Hui-Chi Chou, and Rachaporn Chouchouey -- Interview with Bruce Mau / Paola Antonelli -- Interview with Michael Brill / Sarah Robins -- Interview with Francis Duffy / Paola Antonelli -- The official office -- The individual workstation -- Chairs, tables, and other furniture -- The nomadic office -- Desktop objects -- The domestic office -- Workspheres: six commissioned projects.

ISBN

• 0870700138
• 9780870700132
• 0810962179
• 9780810962170

LCCN

00136719

OCLC

• ocm46491049
• 46491049
• SCSB-9047716

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library