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WORKSPIRIT
MY DREAMWORKPLACE
BY EDWARD BARBER & JAY OSGERBY
ILLUSTRATION KARINA EIBATOVA
JAY: It has to be somewhere outside. It has to be the wooden
shed in a field over looking the sea. With Wi-Fi. You know, like
bird watching in a really beautiful landscape. But the sea has to
be in view. And you have a really good espresso bar nearby.
We have just come back from two weeks in Southern Italy. You
can walk out of your house and have lunch while you are walk-
ing because you can eat the almonds and the apples and Italy is
just like going shopping but with no checkout.
EDWARD: Ultimately, to be at your most creative, you need to
have an amazing view, have lots of natural daylight and to be
near water. That’s well documented that being near water helps
creativity. And that’s totally true. If you can be near the sea or
maybe a lake. Not a river.
JAY: No, rivers are too stressful. We could do a lot of our work
not somewhere else. We could be away three days a week, or a
week a month. And I think we probably will do that actually.
Yeah, because you just need the space, otherwise you can’t think.
Lots of designers work that way.
