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1 online resource (319 pages :) : illustrations (some color) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
About This Book; Action Space'Office'; Research Methodology; The Places; Four Representative Business Sectors; The Clusters; Little Number Games; Intercultural Comparison; Object Worlds as Gender Staging; Comparative Analysis of the Business Sectors; The Desk as a Thriller; Personal Office Upgrades; The Desk as a Geodesic Space; The Desk as a Miniature World of Events and Identities: Musings from Hong Kong; Gobalised Desktop Skirmishes? Reporting from the Colonies; Visions; The Concepts of 'Public' and 'Private'; Reflections on Anthropology and Design; From Chessboards to Monopoly Games. |
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The New York ExperiencePotential Practical Design Implications; Bibliography; Authors. |
Summary |
The desk is a place of work and of action, but it also serves as a place to exhibit personal things and preferences. Thus it always characterizes in two ways a material and symbolic unity. The desk is not only very informative in itself, but also must always be studied and understood in the context of its cultural, gender-specific, and field-related surroundings. The focus of this study is a comparative analysis of the use of desks. Desks in insurance companies, banks, administrative authorities, call centers, and design studios in twelve countries on all continents were studied. This publicat. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Language |
Translated from the German. |
Subject |
Office decoration -- Psychological aspects.
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Office decoration -- Psychological aspects. |
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Office decoration. |
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Work environment -- Psychological aspects.
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Work environment -- Psychological aspects. |
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Desks -- Psychological aspects.
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Desks. |
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Psychological aspects. |
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Interior decoration -- Human factors.
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Interior decoration -- Human factors. |
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Personal space.
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Personal space. |
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Office decoration -- Psychological aspects -- Pictorial works.
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Genre/Form |
Pictorial works.
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Subject |
Interior decoration -- Human factors -- Pictorial works.
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Personal space -- Pictorial works.
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Work environment.
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Work environment. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Illustrated works.
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Illustrated works.
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Added Author |
Brandes, Uta.
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Erlhoff, Michael.
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Adrian, Nadine.
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Dickel, Susanne.
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Danaher, Tim.
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Other Form: |
Print version: 9783034610421 (OCoLC)780088396 |
ISBN |
9783034610421 (electronic book) |
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3034610424 (electronic book) |
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3034607741 |
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9783034607742 |
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9783034607742 |
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