Signpost 32

Understanding work cues can help improve current and emerging work environments.

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