DOMOTEX WORKING FROM HOME


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Work is work, wherever you do it, according to a new Covid-inspired philosophy. And it’s one that’s not going away. The trick is to provide the environment where this type of working actually works


Photography | Joe Fletcher | Dezeen.com Words | World Show Media staff


Remote or hybrid working is unlikely to be a fad. Too many employers and employees have seen the benefi ts to ensure it will remain a legitimate part of business practice for some time to come. In fact, many employees have been moving jobs to ensure they keep the benefi t, a movement that has become known as The Great Resignation. Some fi rms have tried to incentivise their staff to come back by only agreeing to home working if they accept a pay cut. But whatever the practicalities and the politics, it’s a movement that has changed the way we want our homes to function. Real estate agents used to joke that, when they’d show a family around a house, the wives would be sold on the kitchen, the husbands the garage and the children would make a case for some space, somewhere, they could call a playroom. These days, there’s a bigger priority on which they all agree: the need for an offi ce. And whether that is because one or both of the parents have been forced to work there full-time, need somewhere to retreat to as part of their hybrid arrangements or have


NEED TO FIND CREATIVE SPACE? LOOK UNDER THE STAIRS


The spandrel, that awkward triangular space under stairs, has been put to many uses over the years: from cloakrooms to bookshelves to providing accommodation for Harry Potter. These days, it’s not unusual to fi nd it appreciated as a workspace. And it’s easy to see why. The benefi ts are multiple: it’s unobtrusive in that it’s out of the way, permanent in that you don’t have to put anything away after use, and the functionality of the design adds an interest level that bare walls and empty space can’t. In fact, on aesthetics alone, it’s a winner. Far better to give a vision of something that demonstrates order over clutter and chaos in any area of the house.


simply got used to needing such fl exible space, it’s now a deciding factor in purchasing decisions. Approaches vary from country


to country, according to either individual government attitudes or social and cultural norms. While recent research saw the number of home workers rise from fi ve per cent pre-pandemic to 12 per cent across Europe as a whole, some countries have eagerly embraced the concept. Finland,


for example, has the


highest share of remote workers in Europe, with more than a quarter of its workforce doing so from home.


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