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"No one wants a sea of desks anymore" says WeWork's global head of design
Adam had acquired—showed off various systems WeWork was developing: a standing desk that automatically adapts to a member’s height; a keyless entry system; a phone booth with smart lighting. None of this was likely to bring about the singularity, but after the twelve minutes were up, Masa told Adam to join him in his car.
Reeves Wiedeman • Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork
He wanted a small office, with little enough overhead that he could afford to focus on work he cared about.
Paul Goldberger • Building Art
Ill-timed though it may have been, the rollout of Soho Works also positions the company well for the post-Covid era, in which remote work is expected to remain the norm, companies are shrinking their footprints, and nobody wants to spend any more time at home than is strictly necessary. Though they’re hardly the only game in town, the plummeting ca... See more
Marker • A Global Pandemic Could Be the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Soho House
‘In design meetings with developers and architects, you have to assure everybody that there will be space for a wall-mounted flatscreen television in every room’, he said. ‘It used to be “Let’s make sure our rooms have great light.” But now, when the question is “How do we give the most comfort to the most people?”, the answer is to feed their scre... See more
339 / The age of engineered isolation
