' A crude awakening' or why 'Shedworking 'is set to soar
Whaouh! I just saw the film 'A crude awakening' - a tale of things to come as cheap energy disappears.
One thing is clearly going to change is being obsessed by 'getting' to work. The scene on the left is soon to be very rare simply because more and more tasks will be performed from home instead of the office. Suffice to say that one blog will boom and that is Shedworking.co.uk!I felt like republishing the article about this.
Alex Johnson is the inventor of www.shedworking.co.uk , a fabulous blog - and now a book- dedicated to tracking the trends and innovations architects and designers have developed to tap into the work at home trend.
was designed by Philip Simpson who was responsible for the Earth Gallery at the Natural History Museum in London and architect David Miller who designed the Media Centre at Lords' Cricket Ground. They say their target market is: "the design and brand conscious, 20- to 40-something market, most likely urban professionals with a need for more space - whether in their own back gardens or on a rural hilltop." If you prefer something with a literary flavour (which you can also roll), there is increasing interest in shepherd's huts, both original/renovated and newly-built (Helena Bonham-Carter and Tim Burton have just bought one for their London house). Plankbridge (www.plankbridge.com) use local Douglas Fir as well as traditional corrugated iron cladding and hand forged ironmongery. Not all shedworking requires such a sturdy set-up though. For something a little flimsier and less permanent yet still semi-protected and rather chic, how about the Capsule turntable room from Jane Hamley Wells (www.janehamleywells.com) designed by Mark Suensilpong or the Outpost Pod (www.outpostpod.co.uk) which comes with weatherproof screens which zip open and clip neatly to the inside of the portholes. The Shedworking Handbook, a complete guide to working in garden offices, by Alex Johnson will be published by The Friday Project in July 2008. More details at Shedworking (www.shedworking.co.uk). For a free copy of The Shed magazine email alex@splashmedia.co.uk'
Hi Anne, I'm glad to read that you're hip to the backyard shed movement! Do you know that makes you a "Shedista"?
I'd like to share details with you about my new book, Stylish Sheds and Elegant Hideaways (Clarkson Potter/Random House). My collaborator Bill Wright and I crisscrossed the US to find some of the best examples of one-of-a-kind backyard sheds and diminutive structures. You can read more at my blog, www.shedstyle.com. And please let me know if you'd like to see a review copy. Debra
Posted by: debra | Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:23 AM
thanks for sharing it is www.shedworking.co.uk , a fabulous blog
Posted by: garden | Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:59 PM