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It Hûske by Jurjen van Hulzen
Dutch designer Jurjen van Hulzen has designed a collection of office furniture for people to hide inside when they want to avoid working.
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Called It Hûske (small house), the mobile units are intended to provide a place to rest without guilt during the working day.
Above: Rocking House
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The range consists of three designs - Rocking House, the Phone Booth (above) and the Mobile House (below).
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Here's some more text from van Hulzen:
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Jurjen van Hulzen WURK "It Hûske"
In the office people aren't working an hour per day during working hours.
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Facebook, Twitter and dating websites are being visited most during working hours, also the average employee is staring out of the window one day per month.
I called this phenomenon `non-work'. The western society pretends to have transparent office politics, but nevertheless there clearly is a taboo on non-work.
There is a place on every office already where people can non-work legally: the toilet. I have obtained this space from its existing context and redesigned it as an micro-architectonic object in the form of `it Hûske' (toilet / small house in the Frysk).
The `non-work' has been legalised and facilitated in it Hûske: the mobile hiding place in which people can take a rest. It Hûske doesn't have one clear function but welcomes everyone for a little moment of non-work.
In the insipid and serious office the Hûskes are a welcome spot, with their filial and playful approach: more pleasure on the working floor, less stress. The consequence: a more productive office.
This picture shows the complete 'Hûske family': the Rocking House, the Phone Booth and the Mobile House.