The Resource My desk is my castle : exploring personalisation cultures, Uta Brandes & Michael Erlhoff (eds.) ; authors, Nadine Adrian [and others] ; [translation from German into English, Susanne Dickel and Tim Danaher]
My desk is my castle : exploring personalisation cultures, Uta Brandes & Michael Erlhoff (eds.) ; authors, Nadine Adrian [and others] ; [translation from German into English, Susanne Dickel and Tim Danaher]
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The item My desk is my castle : exploring personalisation cultures, Uta Brandes & Michael Erlhoff (eds.) ; authors, Nadine Adrian [and others] ; [translation from German into English, Susanne Dickel and Tim Danaher] represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item My desk is my castle : exploring personalisation cultures, Uta Brandes & Michael Erlhoff (eds.) ; authors, Nadine Adrian [and others] ; [translation from German into English, Susanne Dickel and Tim Danaher] represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.
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- 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
- Language
-
- eng
- ger
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (319 pages)
- 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
- The New York ExperiencePotential Practical Design Implications; Bibliography; Authors
- Isbn
- 9783034607742
- Label
- My desk is my castle : exploring personalisation cultures
- Title
- My desk is my castle
- Title remainder
- exploring personalisation cultures
- Statement of responsibility
- Uta Brandes & Michael Erlhoff (eds.) ; authors, Nadine Adrian [and others] ; [translation from German into English, Susanne Dickel and Tim Danaher]
- Subject
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- Work environment -- Psychological aspects
- ART -- Techniques | Drawing
- Arbeitsplatz
- Arbeitsplatzgestaltung
- Arbeitsplatzgestaltung -- Individualisierung | Kulturvergleich | Büro -- Aufsatzsammlung
- Büro
- Büro -- Arbeitsplatzgestaltung | Individualisierung | Kulturvergleich -- Aufsatzsammlung
- DESIGN -- Graphic Arts | General
- Desks -- Psychological aspects
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Illustrated works
- Illustrated works
- Individualisierung -- Kulturvergleich | Arbeitsplatzgestaltung | Büro -- Aufsatzsammlung
- Interior decoration -- Human factors
- Interior decoration -- Human factors
- Interior decoration -- Human factors -- Pictorial works
- Kulturvergleich
- Kulturvergleich -- Individualisierung | Arbeitsplatzgestaltung | Büro -- Aufsatzsammlung
- Office decoration -- Psychological aspects
- Office decoration -- Psychological aspects
- Office decoration -- Psychological aspects -- Pictorial works
- Personal space
- Personal space
- Personal space -- Pictorial works
- Pictorial works
- Wirtschaftssektor
- Work environment
- Work environment
- Work environment -- Psychological aspects
- Language
-
- eng
- ger
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- E7B
- Dewey number
- 740
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- Translated from the German
- LC call number
- NK2195.O4
- LC item number
- M93 2011eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Brandes, Uta
- Erlhoff, Michael
- Adrian, Nadine
- Dickel, Susanne
- Danaher, Tim
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Office decoration
- Work environment
- Desks
- Interior decoration
- Personal space
- Office decoration
- Interior decoration
- Personal space
- Work environment
- ART
- DESIGN
- Interior decoration
- Office decoration
- Personal space
- Work environment
- Work environment
- Büro
- Arbeitsplatzgestaltung
- Individualisierung
- Kulturvergleich
- Label
- My desk is my castle : exploring personalisation cultures, Uta Brandes & Michael Erlhoff (eds.) ; authors, Nadine Adrian [and others] ; [translation from German into English, Susanne Dickel and Tim Danaher]
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- The New York ExperiencePotential Practical Design Implications; Bibliography; Authors
- Control code
- 857081420
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (319 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9783034607742
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
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- 10.1515/9783034610421
- 9783034610421
- urn:nbn:de:101:1-2016060312029
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 804907
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)857081420
- Label
- My desk is my castle : exploring personalisation cultures, Uta Brandes & Michael Erlhoff (eds.) ; authors, Nadine Adrian [and others] ; [translation from German into English, Susanne Dickel and Tim Danaher]
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- The New York ExperiencePotential Practical Design Implications; Bibliography; Authors
- Control code
- 857081420
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (319 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9783034607742
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
-
- 10.1515/9783034610421
- 9783034610421
- urn:nbn:de:101:1-2016060312029
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 804907
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)857081420
Subject
- Work environment -- Psychological aspects
- ART -- Techniques | Drawing
- Arbeitsplatz
- Arbeitsplatzgestaltung
- Arbeitsplatzgestaltung -- Individualisierung | Kulturvergleich | Büro -- Aufsatzsammlung
- Büro
- Büro -- Arbeitsplatzgestaltung | Individualisierung | Kulturvergleich -- Aufsatzsammlung
- DESIGN -- Graphic Arts | General
- Desks -- Psychological aspects
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Illustrated works
- Illustrated works
- Individualisierung -- Kulturvergleich | Arbeitsplatzgestaltung | Büro -- Aufsatzsammlung
- Interior decoration -- Human factors
- Interior decoration -- Human factors
- Interior decoration -- Human factors -- Pictorial works
- Kulturvergleich
- Kulturvergleich -- Individualisierung | Arbeitsplatzgestaltung | Büro -- Aufsatzsammlung
- Office decoration -- Psychological aspects
- Office decoration -- Psychological aspects
- Office decoration -- Psychological aspects -- Pictorial works
- Personal space
- Personal space
- Personal space -- Pictorial works
- Pictorial works
- Wirtschaftssektor
- Work environment
- Work environment
- Work environment -- Psychological aspects
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