Jon Stuart
I recall that in the windowless, fluorescent kitchen that we had to keep clean (because, apparently, our mother didn’t work there) there was a pinboard for management-approved notices. Among the French/English exhortations not to share our passwords (because we wouldn’t share our toothbrushes, would we?) and the instructions on what forms to fill after a workplace accident, there was a poster about mental health. Nothing fancy, just a simple reminder that fear and stress at work reduced productivity, so we should take regular breaks. I think the poster had been there for more than ten years.
When we were in the office, this was our wallpaper. The Organization coated every surface from the worn, possibly smelly, brown industrial carpet, to the peeling beige walls, pink cubicle dividers, and stained, sagging ceiling tiles—the work culture made physical.
The details are not the details.
They make the design.
—Charles Eames
Surveys have shown that 80% of working people get the Sunday scaries (also known as the Sunday syndrome or the Sunday-evening feeling) and that the average time of its arrival is 3:58 p.m., robbing them of hours of their weekend reprieve.
When I read the theme of this collection, “Fear: that toxic poison to creative expression and authentic being”, I thought of these scenes.
When we were in the office, this was our wallpaper. The Organization coated every surface from the worn, possibly smelly, brown industrial carpet, to the peeling beige walls, pink cubicle dividers, and stained, sagging ceiling tiles—the work culture made physical.
The details are not the details.
They make the design.
—Charles Eames
Surveys have shown that 80% of working people get the Sunday scaries (also known as the Sunday syndrome or the Sunday-evening feeling) and that the average time of its arrival is 3:58 p.m., robbing them of hours of their weekend reprieve.
When I read the theme of this collection, “Fear: that toxic poison to creative expression and authentic being”, I thought of these scenes.