TY - BOOK ID - 61528803 TI - Das Büro : Zur Rationalisierung des Interieurs, 1880-1960 AU - Bernasconi, Gianenrico AU - Nellen, Stefan PY - 2019 SN - 9783837629064 3837629066 PB - Bielefeld transcript-Verlag DB - UniCat KW - Interior design KW - History. KW - 316 KW - 747.523 KW - 725.23 KW - Sociologie KW - Bureaus (interieurarchitectuur) KW - Kantoren (interieurarchitectuur) KW - Bureaugebouwen (architectuur) KW - Kantoorgebouwen (architectuur) KW - Interior Design KW - Political aspects. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:61528803 AB - In the Second Industrial Revolution, the service sector starts growing significantly. At the end of the 19th century, the number of employees in banking, trade, industry, and insurance increases. The rationalization of these enterprises creates a specialized and at the same time universal space that becomes the operative heart of both private business and public administration: in the office, machines, furniture, and people come together - form and function unite. The contributions to this volume show the office as a space of rationalization and of the imaginary, which is considered »life's actual center of gravity« (Walter Benjamin), the center of administrative and social life. ER -