Virtual Office
Ricky Xie
While working from home has its benefits, delineating boundaries between work and life can be challenging without the nine-to-five office workday. At home, a space used for working tends to double as a space for leisurely activities, such as a dining table or bedroom, which can leave workers indolent from constant distractions or burnt out from persisting in a working mindset all day.
Fortunately, it is possible to relieve the productivity and mental health impairments caused by working from home. Virtual workers may find more work satisfaction by separating regions in their homes by function, i.e. work or leisure, or establishing the separation by time, to simulate the lost transition from home to office and vice versa.
Virtual Office is a speculative app that aims to help workers reattain this work-life balance by designating work spaces in their homes and building a habit of using the appropriate spaces for work and leisure.