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Jacques Tati’s “Playtime” is a playful visual treatise on modernity portraying the innate incompatibility between human nature and the Modernist expectations of behavior in space. Almost completely devoid of dialogue, shot on a massive set located near Paris known as Tativille, the film dissects Modernist architecture through one of its epitomes: the office building.

#architecture #jacquestati #modernity #spaces #offices #buildings #tativille

architizer.com/blog/inspiratio

Journal · A Brief Guide to Modern Office Architecture Through the Movies - Architizer JournalThe following six films offer a unique glimpse of the birth of the modern office space and prophesize its inevitable disappearance.

A lot of push by mgmt to get workers back in to office space is backed by feelings:

"Bhatia said 'the leadership team has been thinking for some time about how to operationalise this because we share a conviction that working in the office is important for creativity, collaboration, problem solving, performance and engagement'"

Can they not cite evidence instead of mere conviction?

#work #remoteWork #offices

theguardian.com/business/2024/

The Guardian · Starling Bank staff resign after new chief executive calls for more time in-officeBy Kalyeena Makortoff

Suspicious♦️ mail containing white powder sent to #election #offices in at least 16 states

None of the mail has been deemed hazardous so far
but it has caused #evacuations

At least some of the packages were signed by the
❌“United States Traitor Elimination Army,”
according to a copy of a letter sent to members of the Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center

The National Association of Secretaries of State released a statement urging an end to the “threatening and intimidating actions towards election officials” during recent election cycles.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/suspic

ABC News · Suspicious mail containing white powder sent to election offices in at least 16 statesBy Lucien Bruggeman

With #Offices Sitting Empty, #Landlords Are ‘Handing Back the Keys’
Since pandemic, office employees showed they could get their jobs done from home many are reluctant to go back. By defaulting on #loans, #landlords avoid making any more payments (or incurring any more interest) — while saddling #banks with their depreciating building. "Big property companies can keep doing business after they #default and are even considered savvy for jettisoning distressed buildings."
yahoo.com/news/offices-sitting

#Nextcloud continues to grow. We are looking for people in all areas. Do you want to join my #PreSales / #SalesEngineering team? With customers all over the world we are also hiring worldwide and aim for diverse teams on all levels. Work #remote or join one of our #offices, you decide.

Do you want to bring more #DigitalSovereignty and #OpenSource / #FreeSoftware to the world? Than check out our job offerings and get in contact with us! nextcloud.com/jobs/

#Nextcloud continues to grow. We are looking for people in all areas. Do you want to join my #PreSales / #SalesEngineering team? With customers all over the world we are also hiring worldwide and aim for diverse teams on all levels. Work #remote or join one of our #offices, you decide.

Do you want to bring more #DigitalSovereignty and #OpenSource / #FreeSoftware to the world? Than check out our job offerings and get in contact with us! nextcloud.com/jobs/

An FT report suggests that #workingfromhome & more #hybridworking has led to two key changes for firms supporting staff's desire to continue #WFH for some of the week.

1: they are making their #offices more flexible & welcoming, to encourage staff to use them for collaborative activities (not so well done #online);

2: they are migrating their offices to better connected more central locations to make travel in easier when it is needed.

The 2nd is the opposite direction that many expected!