“Sentient beings need a place to become themselves,

as a result of which separating the thing from its

place is a problem.“ (Cynthia Fleury, philosopher)

The disproportion, centrality and often impersonal

and standardized design of workplaces today have

created a rift between life and work, sensibilities and

ef ficiency, between the individual and the task being

accomplished. As life under lockdown has seen

the lines between professional and private spheres

blurred, life encroaching upon work and work

Feel humane again

encroaching upon life, we now yearn for a more

authentic and complete relation to work. Much the

same way I work, I live: maskless and unreserved.

And of fices will not be able to maintain this pretence

of a life divided in halves, they will have to vibrate

with humanity. In a society that, according to Edgar

Morin, tends to disconnect prose and poetry, the goal

is to allow professionals to live for both: ef ficiency

and the charm of life.