When we started WuW a few years back, we envisioned an interactive conversation. Creative folks would expound on how their work spaces came to be, what they liked best or least, and why it works well for them. While we had some initial success with this format, it gradually morphed into something else, a collection of unusual jobs and work spaces.
Leave it to the New York Times to deliver a short, neat feature that does exactly what we longed for way back when. A profile of Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator of architecture and design for MOMA, expounds upon the features of her workspace (and her working style) in a way that reaffirms what we love about this format. Here are a few gems from from Ms. Antonelli:
"It is better to have privacy, but if I were to chose between a cubicle and completely open space, I would choose the open space. The illusion of privacy is worse than no privacy."
"Design is to be used. I would never have it just to contemplate it. That would be an aberration."
"What is important is that whatever kind of office people work in, they have the chance to customize their space. People must make their nest."
To copy much more might be plagiarism. You should go
HERE to see the original story. We'd like to think we had an original idea, though.
