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If every corporate American office had workspaces like the Eclipse partition system, I might not be so terrified of becoming a suit. Designer Marcus Curran came up with this concept as part of an industrial design thesis he was working on while in school at the University of Melbourne. The central idea behind this contraption is versatility. Its retractable hood allows for various levels of privacy and access to accommodate to the changing work flow of one's daily job... not to mention room for a few shiny gadgets.
The workspace includes integrated speakers, a wireless recharging mat for your electronics, and a wireless camera/projector built into the hood for teleconferencing. Another cool thing is that the hood can be lowered and optional contoured furniture can be arranged to fit against the Eclipse system. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go shave and prepare my resume in anticipation of these things. [Yanko Design]
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That's really cool. Not only does it have some cool technology features, but it could also help people determine when they were having a breath/body odor issue.
it looks really cool and efficient....until u have a client come in.
Wow thats awsome ..
it's not everyday that I would like to send an email to the president of the company about office furniture... but.... I want a pod!!!!! :)
*but that would be a career limiting move...* :|
Looks like a great place to test some new office pranks.
Cool design but it needs shelves. Where am i going to put my action figure collection?
Or how to weed the claustrophobic out of your workforce
This is just a prettier version of the Get Smart "Cone of Silence". I'm thankful I'm not a cubicle worker.
Integrated speakers are a nicety though. You could listen to your death metal without disturbing the conservative in the next pod.
This is also great for office pranks like rolling the entire thing out on the loading dock or putting it in the women's bathroom (assuming it'll fit thru the door).
Wow, GetSmart's 'cones of silence' now is a reality! I never thought I would live to see it.
Quickly!
To the +3 orb of...that report I have to finish!
to bad its transparent i'd be all for it and where all you going to store all the crap a typical desk has the papers
I love my office with the view.
Cool, I've always wanted to feel entombed at work, maybe they could install a catheter so I'd never have to leave the sarcophagus.
That would be great at my office. We gotta guy w/ a gas problem so that would keep his issue enclosed.
SICK
Awesome! I can finally open any Gizmodo post at work without a worry!
Wow, this is just taking stuff which is all ready in use and making it more curvy. Like that tall divider or the tables which merge together. That pod thing is cool only if you could display the outside so you could be working and be like, i feel like working outside. So you enable the hood thing, it covers around you, then you open the program on your computer and select "YelloStone Park"->"Summer"->"Sunny". Ahh sweet.
@beartrash: Yes. This is the same as a cubicle, only smaller and you can't stand up in it. All I want to know is how is this progress? (Unless there's a stinky guy in your office, then you just roll him and his pod o' stench outdoors.)
its only a matter of time before someone hacks it to have video output and then all productivity goes down the drain
that's so not happening within 50 years
get the dome to extend to the floor please. I'd like to be able to rub one out.
@thepounder: retractable hood. push it back, stand up.
I actually think its a good idea. It probably saves space too - more privacy in cramped quarters. I'd buy a few dozen if we were redoing our offices anytime soon.
An armadillo tent. Kewlness.
I'd love having the dome to shade the damn overhead florescents they insist on having on around here.
Holy crap! Tell me that the same guy who designed these didn't design that "logo" that appears at the very end!
I have a better idea.
Get one of those 60" TV boxes, stuff some light in it, get the "slave" into it, and them close the box with silver tape or something.
Nice, isn't it? Also cheaper and will have the exact same effect.
@weatherman: I swear I was being asinine on purpose. :)
it looks kinda claustrophobic, cramped, and possibly stuffy. i'd feel strange working in one of those.
If you work in one of these, don't have Taco Bell for lunch.
I like the 3-player ping-pong table. And yes, this is definately "Get Smart"! "Sorry about that Chief!"
I remember agencies like Chiat Day and Martin attempting something like this in the early 90s and it looked horrifying then (and was a complete failure). Looks horrifying still...
It's all good and stuff until all the fresh air is pushed out by carbon dioxide and and you die a humiliating painless death at work.
press LB to switch for deployable cover.
lol.
on a more serious note, all these forward-thinking designs look weird as shit, but this one could actually be useful.
i like it becuase it discourages those idiots who like to come up and "shoot the breeze" with you while you are actually trying to work.
Hmmm. Not so great if you ate spicy food the night before (unless you happen like the smell of your own farts).
Anyone recognize the background music?
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