Comments on: People and their desks - a short film http://boingboing.net/2010/10/11/people-and-their-des.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 21:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Louis A. http://boingboing.net/2010/10/11/people-and-their-des.html#comment-908043 Louis A. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-908043 Thanks to Massimo Vignelli for idealizing the relationship between person and desk. As if the damage he did in "Helvetica" wasn't enough. Thanks to Massimo Vignelli for idealizing the relationship between person and desk.

As if the damage he did in “Helvetica” wasn’t enough.

]]> By: Gloria http://boingboing.net/2010/10/11/people-and-their-des.html#comment-909074 Gloria Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-909074 The Vitra director has miniature designer chairs on his desk because his company sells them (at several hundred dollars a pop). The Vitra director has miniature designer chairs on his desk because his company sells them (at several hundred dollars a pop).

]]> By: xzzy http://boingboing.net/2010/10/11/people-and-their-des.html#comment-908058 xzzy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-908058 My desk is loaded with magnets and steel bearings.. I need stuff to fidget with when I'm thinking, and playing with magnetic fields is a fidgeting dream. In theory, they also prevent repetitive stress problems by giving my hands a break away from the keyboard. Since I work in IT, it also keeps people from dropping crap on my desk. They see a giant magnet and don't want their hard drives anywhere near it! My desk is loaded with magnets and steel bearings.. I need stuff to fidget with when I’m thinking, and playing with magnetic fields is a fidgeting dream. In theory, they also prevent repetitive stress problems by giving my hands a break away from the keyboard.

Since I work in IT, it also keeps people from dropping crap on my desk. They see a giant magnet and don’t want their hard drives anywhere near it!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/11/people-and-their-des.html#comment-909340 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-909340 I really loved this post and I could really relate to what it was saying. I've really made it a point to have something that makes my area of creativity mine. It is a bit messy but for me that works. @chreatina I really loved this post and I could really relate to what it was saying. I’ve really made it a point to have something that makes my area of creativity mine. It is a bit messy but for me that works.
@chreatina

]]> By: dargaud http://boingboing.net/2010/10/11/people-and-their-des.html#comment-908066 dargaud Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-908066 I remember the quote "a clean desk is the sign of a sick mind". Actually I have a (boring) story. I used to work in a lab in Italy where we had to go to a specific office to get restaurant tickets when we were out. We could only go one specific day of the week for about 2 hours, so there was always a line. We would be admitted into a totally empty room, with only a desk in the middle and a guy behind in sitting on a chair. The desk had nothing on its surface. We'd say how many tickets we wanted and hand over the money. The guy would get the keys in his pocket, open a drawer, count the number of tickets, put the money in, lock the drawer, put the keys back in his pocket, hand over the tickets and we would be off. All the while he would wipe his hand over the desk to clean off imaginary dust. Then the next customer would walk in. Just thinking about what he was doing the rest of the week used to drive me insane, with my 3 desks piled half a mile high in printouts, computers, dismantled boards, notes.... I remember the quote “a clean desk is the sign of a sick mind”.

Actually I have a (boring) story. I used to work in a lab in Italy where we had to go to a specific office to get restaurant tickets when we were out. We could only go one specific day of the week for about 2 hours, so there was always a line. We would be admitted into a totally empty room, with only a desk in the middle and a guy behind in sitting on a chair. The desk had nothing on its surface. We’d say how many tickets we wanted and hand over the money. The guy would get the keys in his pocket, open a drawer, count the number of tickets, put the money in, lock the drawer, put the keys back in his pocket, hand over the tickets and we would be off. All the while he would wipe his hand over the desk to clean off imaginary dust. Then the next customer would walk in. Just thinking about what he was doing the rest of the week used to drive me insane, with my 3 desks piled half a mile high in printouts, computers, dismantled boards, notes….

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/11/people-and-their-des.html#comment-908077 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-908077 I love the windows in Vignelli's office. I am like Soren Kjaer in that my desk working in a traditional office is neat, but more cluttered at home. I do have prints of paintings and things on my cube walls when in a traditional office though and a couple of knickknacks, but keep work filed away with a simple to-do list tacked on my wall. I love the windows in Vignelli’s office. I am like Soren Kjaer in that my desk working in a traditional office is neat, but more cluttered at home. I do have prints of paintings and things on my cube walls when in a traditional office though and a couple of knickknacks, but keep work filed away with a simple to-do list tacked on my wall.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/11/people-and-their-des.html#comment-909132 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-909132 I found this video very interesting. My desk area has all kinds of "needed" items on it. Once they are put in the file cabinet, I can't find them. I was amused by the story about the desk with clutter that held up bookshelves. I hope no one was injred when the bookshelves fell. I found this video very interesting. My desk area has all kinds of “needed” items on it. Once they are put in the file cabinet, I can’t find them.

I was amused by the story about the desk with clutter that held up bookshelves. I hope no one was injred when the bookshelves fell.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/11/people-and-their-des.html#comment-911479 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-911479 I love this video and post! How do we create our world is a favored topic. I like to give a clearing out and going through my main desk weekly...what have I forgotten? What needs to go back on the top of the pile? What and where do I find inspirations? What pics and things are symbols and reminders for me? What is important to help me create? I hear and see things like this and it acts as a wonderful springboard for inspirations. thanks! I love this video and post! How do we create our world is a favored topic. I like to give a clearing out and going through my main desk weekly…what have I forgotten? What needs to go back on the top of the pile? What and where do I find inspirations? What pics and things are symbols and reminders for me? What is important to help me create? I hear and see things like this and it acts as a wonderful springboard for inspirations. thanks!

]]> By: cjp http://boingboing.net/2010/10/11/people-and-their-des.html#comment-908208 cjp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-908208 OMG. I need those models of classic chairs at 4:54. It's like that guy is The Friendly Giant with an Eames fetish. Do you think those little chairs would be the right size for my Charlie's Angels Barbie dolls? OMG. I need those models of classic chairs at 4:54. It’s like that guy is The Friendly Giant with an Eames fetish. Do you think those little chairs would be the right size for my Charlie’s Angels Barbie dolls?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/11/people-and-their-des.html#comment-907971 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-907971 this film was created by Imaginary Forces for lstudio.com. this film was created by Imaginary Forces for lstudio.com.

]]> By: Chris Tucker http://boingboing.net/2010/10/11/people-and-their-des.html#comment-907986 Chris Tucker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-907986 My "home office" desk. http://img.skitch.com/20101011-jbngg5fxp74fb5pgtqhnrshr42.jpg My “home office” desk.

http://img.skitch.com/20101011-jbngg5fxp74fb5pgtqhnrshr42.jpg

]]> By: Onecos http://boingboing.net/2010/10/11/people-and-their-des.html#comment-908252 Onecos Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-908252 I keep a messy desk both at work and home. I also keep a picture of Al Gore's and Einstein's desk pinned above my desk at work. A messy desk is a sign of a creative mind. I keep a messy desk both at work and home. I also keep a picture of Al Gore’s and Einstein’s desk pinned above my desk at work. A messy desk is a sign of a creative mind.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/11/people-and-their-des.html#comment-910316 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-910316 Great video. Thanks for sharing! Great video. Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: Nadreck http://boingboing.net/2010/10/11/people-and-their-des.html#comment-908273 Nadreck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-908273 I remember some study where they proved that a reasonably messy desk was the best possible way to organise your active data. It's a set of inter-related stacks where useful things bubble up to the top. Filing cabinets are "dead" storage where you put things that only accountants and lawyers will ever look at again. The only restriction was that you should go through the stacks and remove anything not still in play, usually the bottom few layers, every six months. This avoids things like the scenario we once had when moving offices. The office genius's desk and surrounding area were stacked with piles of printouts. After removing them we discovered: A - the original colour of the paint on the walls, and B - that those stacks of paper had been the only thing holding up a couple of adjacent bookshelves. I remember some study where they proved that a reasonably messy desk was the best possible way to organise your active data. It’s a set of inter-related stacks where useful things bubble up to the top. Filing cabinets are “dead” storage where you put things that only accountants and lawyers will ever look at again. The only restriction was that you should go through the stacks and remove anything not still in play, usually the bottom few layers, every six months.

This avoids things like the scenario we once had when moving offices. The office genius’s desk and surrounding area were stacked with piles of printouts. After removing them we discovered: A – the original colour of the paint on the walls, and B – that those stacks of paper had been the only thing holding up a couple of adjacent bookshelves.

]]> By: thekinginyellow http://boingboing.net/2010/10/11/people-and-their-des.html#comment-908028 thekinginyellow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-908028 there's only room for one video about creatives and their desks and this is it: http://vimeo.com/11258399 there’s only room for one video about creatives and their desks and this is it:
http://vimeo.com/11258399

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