Signpost 32

In a nutshell:

Understanding work cues can improve current and emerging work environments by designing them to mimic familiar elements from other environments. This design approach involves recognising the essential characteristics of an original setting and replicating them in a new context to evoke similar feelings and associations. By incorporating familiar cues from one environment into another, we can help employees feel more comfortable and engaged, making physical and digital workspaces feel more intuitive and connected to traditional settings.

Key Chapter: 26

• 32.1 Skeuomorphism aims to give an object (digital or analogue) the properties of another object it tries to represent so that the imitation inherits the familiarity and evoke similar emotions as the original. p.95

• 32.2 Skeuomorphism requires knowledge of the key characteristics of the original object to appropriately convey essence, and then it must discover ways to transfer those into the new object. p.95

• 32.3 Applying a skeuomorphic approach to workplace design might allow us to transfer cues of work from one environment to the other. p.95