By Adrian, Nadine; Danaher, Tim; Brandes, Uta; Dickel, Susanne; Erlhoff, Michael

The table is a spot of labor and of motion, however it additionally serves as a spot to convey own issues and personal tastes. therefore it usually characterizes in methods a cloth and symbolic team spirit. The table isn't just very informative in itself, but additionally should always be studied and understood within the context of its cultural, gender-specific, and field-related atmosphere. the focal point of this research is a comparative research of using desks. Desks in insurance firms, banks, administrative specialists, name facilities, and layout studios in twelve nations on all continents have been studied. This ebook provides the consequences within the kind of wide visible fabric, empirical analyses, and demanding essays. The examine used to be conducted by way of the Koln foreign university of layout (KISD) in collaboration with universities in Hong Kong; long island; Seoul; Taipei; Curitiba, Brazil; Pune, India; Auckland; Milan; and Fukuoka, Japan

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Both are ideological claims, since even the formulation of a research subject changes this subject in that it becomes tailored towards the respective research interest. The epistemological interest changes that which is researched. This is unavoidable, but it should not be considered ‘unscientific’, as long as we are aware of this intervention and of the subjectivity of both the researchers and the people being studied. Even more radically, we must agree with Niklas Luhmann that there is no such thing as an objective statement: “The first degree observer focuses on the observed.

Major study areas of the School of Art and Design bring together digital design, fashion, graphic design, product design, spatial design, textiles and visual arts. The study, including the photographic documentation, was carried out together with students from the Spatial Design department. Milan, Design, Male 38 Taipei, Design, Female Taipei, Design, Male Taipei, Design, Female Milan, Bank, Female Milan, Design, Male Hong Kong, Bank, Female Milan, Administration, Female Four Representative Business Sectors Obviously, it would not be useful to study desks in random business sectors in equally random locations, because this would only produce a vast and contingent variety of results.

Taipei, Administration, Female Movable Partitions In Japan and also in other East Asian countries, the idea of using thick brick or concrete walls to separate apartments or rooms, both spatially and acoustically, is simply nonexistent. Instead, ‘walls’ are used in the sense of privacy screens. Therefore, it is not surprising that partitions seem to be sufficient in these countries to create spaces within the office that afford a notion of privacy and therefore are decorated accordingly. ­ 63 Intercultural Comparison Hong Kong, Design, Female Living and Working Another aspect particular to Taiwan, but that potentially also applies to other cities in this geographical region, is worth noting: due to a scarcity of space in the large cities and the associated high rental costs or, alternatively, the fact that buying an apartment or house costs an exorbitant amount of money, many people – especially the younger generation – continue to live with their parents, even though they are at an age where they would normally be expected to have their own homes.

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