Workspheres: Design and Contemporary Work Styles - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0870700138 ISBN 13: 9780870700132

Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2001

Synopsis

Workspheres is the catalogue of MoMA's Spring exhibition devoted to the way we work and the role of design in creating effective solutions for work tools and environments in the near future. The exhibition features nine concepts for work tools and environments designed to represent solutions to the specific needs of nine unique sets of work ambitions, problems, skills and requirements. Each has been assigned to individual teams of architects and designers and is based on extensive research in consultation with an international advisory group. This catalogue not only represents the exhibition, but also expands upon it. While the main body of the volume is devoted to the nine models, the history of workplace design and an analysis of offices, both national and global, will also be included in a series of six essays by internationally known designers. In addition to history and cultural differences, the publication also addresses such themes as individuality within a work organization, communication design, interface design, and the impact of digital technologies on different professions.

About this title

About the Author

Paola Antonelli, Curator in the Museum's Department of Architecture and Design, is the author of Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design.

From the Back Cover

Workspheres is the catalogue of MoMA's Spring exhibition devoted to the way we work and the role of design in creating effective solutions for work tools and environments in the near future. The exhibition features nine concepts for work tools and environments designed to represent solutions to the specific needs of nine unique sets of work ambitions, problems, skills and requirements. Each has been assigned to individual teams of architects and designers and is based on extensive research in consultation with an international advisory group. 

This catalogue not only represents the exhibition, but also expands upon it. While the main body of the volume is devoted to the nine models, the history of workplace design and an analysis of offices, both national and global, will also be included in a series of six essays by internationally known designers. In addition to history and cultural differences, the publication also addresses such themes as individuality within a work organization, communication design, interface design, and the impact of digital technologies on different professions.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art, New York
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870700138
• ISBN 13: 9780870700132
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Antonelli Paola