Abstract
The digital nomadism that stimulates the mobility and flexibility of everyday life is also reflected in the ways of working. Before covid-19, the tendencies were already that the future of work lies in a hybrid model between remote and presential work. The covid-19, and the consequent exponential increase of the remote working, hygiene and safety care, accelerated the change to new, more hybrid and flexible work models. Therefore, the workplace is becoming for the users a space for socializing and developing collaborative activities. In that sense, the workplace should be more flexible to facilitate the moments of interaction, sharing and networking, giving priority to collective wellbeing and comfort. Furniture design plays an important role in this process and consequently it needs to approach the new demands of current lifestyle, by looking for versatility and modularity features in order to create environments suitable to this work paradigm. The fundamental goal of this research is to arouse interest to the impact of furniture design in the improvement of atmospheres and scenarios compatible with new forms of collaborative work.
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This work is financed by national funds through the FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., under the scope of the project SFRH/BD/146306/2019.
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Cruz, R., Pombo, F. (2023). Designing Furniture for Versatile Spaces of Collaborative Work. Covid-19 Accelerating the Change. In: Raposo, D., Neves, J., Silva, R., Correia Castilho, L., Dias, R. (eds) Advances in Design, Music and Arts II. EIMAD 2022. Springer Series in Design and Innovation , vol 25. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09659-4_34
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