the term office expand. Still the physical conditions for a longer work period are inadequate in these temporary workplaces. The open office has changed from the constant and typical workplace that formed in 20th century into hubs for social and global working and communication (Bene, 29/09/2009).
Time, Society and Innovations Creative Class American sociologist Richard Florida in his book “The Rise of the Creative Class” (2002) argues, that economic growth comes from innovation. This leads to new products, optimized processes and new insights (Washington Monthly, 05/2002). The developers of those are not only traditional creative industries as designers, advertisers, architects, musicians, artists or movie producers, but members of any profession, ready to create and to find extraordinary solutions. Since the year 2000 there has rapidly grown the number of patents. This affirms the importance of the creativity in business. Cities, companies and communities have to create environments that provide the necessary conditions for attracting creative class workers. Florida identifies three factors that have a major influence on creative personalities: technology, talent and tolerance (Washington Monthly, 05/2002). Tolerance means openness and receptiveness for something new. The means that tie together creative class workers are a high level of autonomy and flexibility, along with the ability to deal with a range of conflicting challenges. In self-employment, for example, flexibility becomes a constraint. The time flows In the article “Designing The Space Flows” for the book “Workspheres ”, published on the occasion of the exhibition Workshperes in the Museum of The Modern Art, 2001, John Thackara writes about attitude towards time nowadays. The idea of design researcher is perfectly defined by the artist Eugene Delacroix “we work not just to produce, but to give value to time”. Work is not just about earning money to consume, it is also strongly related to our self-consciousness, work creates a sense of belonging and a reason for being (Thackara p.43, 2001). Laura Oslapas in the same book Workshpheres states: “we are overly focused on creating more and more devices that assist us in managing our time. These devices, we think, will help us to balance life and work. Although the boundaries between work and home have been unclear for centuries, they became quite rigid during the past century. Given the proliferation of services
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9. Creative working at startup event “Slush, Helsinki”, 2009
10. Everyday tools for time management