Comments on: The Neat & the Tidy http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/the-neat-the-tidy/ Lifework Thu, 23 May 2013 04:27:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: carla http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/the-neat-the-tidy/comment-page-1/#comment-5875 carla Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:18:33 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/?p=19020#comment-5875 I have a personal "Chaos Theory". It is this: I can handle chaos in either my work life or my home life, but not both simultaneously. These days worklife is crazy busy, so my home is neat and tidy. Even with that, my desk is cleaner than most -- it's too confusing to find things in a jumble. I have a personal “Chaos Theory”. It is this: I can handle chaos in either my work life or my home life, but not both simultaneously.

These days worklife is crazy busy, so my home is neat and tidy.

Even with that, my desk is cleaner than most — it’s too confusing to find things in a jumble.

]]> By: Keith Gardner http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/the-neat-the-tidy/comment-page-1/#comment-5866 Keith Gardner Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:55:51 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/?p=19020#comment-5866 You keep showing these "designers' offices" which will always be keen on style and presentation. I could only maintain an office like that if I had a permanent assistant to do filing and organizing, so figure about $35,000 per year for that. It's just not worth it, or I should say, economically feasible for me to keep my office like that. In Albert Einstein's words – "If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?" So, no; my office and my desk will never look like that. And that fact doesn't make me appreciate good design any less, doesn't make me any less productive, and doesn't make me wrong. You keep showing these “designers’ offices” which will always be keen on style and presentation. I could only maintain an office like that if I had a permanent assistant to do filing and organizing, so figure about $35,000 per year for that. It’s just not worth it, or I should say, economically feasible for me to keep my office like that.

In Albert Einstein’s words – “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?”

So, no; my office and my desk will never look like that. And that fact doesn’t make me appreciate good design any less, doesn’t make me any less productive, and doesn’t make me wrong.

]]> By: Ergonaut Steve http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/the-neat-the-tidy/comment-page-1/#comment-5865 Ergonaut Steve Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:24:05 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/?p=19020#comment-5865 I think they have all got some Wow effect but I see a few obvious risk factors for illnesses due to poor ergonomics. I think they have all got some Wow effect but I see a few obvious risk factors for illnesses due to poor ergonomics.

]]> By: Marc http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/the-neat-the-tidy/comment-page-1/#comment-5862 Marc Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:02:55 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/?p=19020#comment-5862 Hey When's HM going to get the Airia desk back? Hey When’s HM going to get the Airia desk back?

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