My desk is my castle : exploring personalisation cultures /

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Imprint:Basel : Birkhàˆuser, 2011.
Description:1 online resource (319 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11203742
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Other authors / contributors:Brandes, Uta.
Erlhoff, Michael.
Adrian, Nadine.
Dickel, Susanne.
Danaher, Tim.
ISBN:9783034610421
3034610424
3034607741
9783034607742
9783034607742
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Translated from the German.
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.
Other form:Print version: 9783034610421
Standard no.:10.1515/9783034610421
9783034610421
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2016060312029