Visiting eWorkers' Homes - Three Stories for Designing eWork Homes and Furniture

Katja Virtanen, Tuuli Mattelmäki, Sirkka Heinonen

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Abstract

This paper describes the results of the case study 'eWork at Home'. The case focused on understanding the needs of eWorkers. Among the aims was to define requirements for the user-centred design of future eWork environments in a homeoffice or an apartment. The requirements are described in three real stories of eWork at home that illustrate the current reality of eWork and attempts to balance work and home life. The understanding of subjective perspective can broaden the design requirements from simple visual or functional aspects by taking into account activities in social contexts, personal values and attitudes.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationeAdoption and the Knowledge Economy
Subtitle of host publicationIssues, Applications, Case Studies
Place of PublicationAmsterdam
PublisherIOS Press
Pages1511-1518
Volume2
ISBN (Print)978-1-58603-470-2
Publication statusPublished - 2004
MoE publication typeA4 Article in a conference publication
Event14th Annual eChallenges Conference, e-2004 - Vienna, Austria
Duration: 27 Oct 200429 Oct 2004

Publication series

SeriesInformation and communication technologies and the knowledge economy
Volume1
ISSN1574-1230

Conference

Conference14th Annual eChallenges Conference, e-2004
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityVienna
Period27/10/0429/10/04

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