Workspheres: Design and Contemporary Work Styles

Paola Antonelli, Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

The Museum of Modern Art, 2001 - Architecture - 223 pages

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.

What people are saying

Workspheres: design and contemporary work styles

User Review  - Not Available - Book Verdict

Based on an exhibition of the same name currently on view at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, this book examines the role of design in the imagined workplace of the future and features work by an ...

Contents

• FOREWORD: 6
• PREFACE: 7
• WORKSPHERES: 8
• WORK WAVES: 18
• 1950 TO THE PRESENT: 26
• DESIGNING THE SPACE OF FLOWS: 36
• CHANGE BOUNDARIES: 44
• TOKYO SEOUL TAIPEI AND BANGKOK: 46
• Interview with BRUCE MAU: 52
• Interview with MICHAEL BRILL: 57
• Interview with FRANCIS DUFFY: 61
• TESTIMONIALS: 64
• THE OFFICIAL OFFICE: 70
• THE INDIVIDUAL WORKSTATION: 96
• CHAIRS TABLES AND OTHER FURNITURE: 108
• THE NOMADIC OFFICES: 132
• DESKTOP OBJECTS: 170
• THE DOMESTIC OFFICE: 198
• SIX COMMISSIONED PROJECTS: 211
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: 218
• PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS: 220
• INDEX: 221
• TRUSTEES OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: 224

Bibliographic information

• Title: Workspheres: Design and Contemporary Work Styles
• Editors: Paola Antonelli, Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
• Contributor: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). Dept. of Architecture and Design
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art, 2001
• ISBN: 0870700138, 9780870700132
• Length: 223 pages
• Subjects: Architecture / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial; Architecture / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation; Architecture / Interior Design / General; Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General