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31.1.02
>The infrastructure of the old-fashioned work system
>hasn't adapted to the increase of periodic freelance work. That's for sure. Steady freelance work is great if you can find it/ or are able to maintain work contacts. Studio space is expensive for most and its difficult in maintaining a large enough contact base for freelancing. There should exist better middle contacts for direction on freelancing 30.1.02
future work : : freelancing is a two-edged knife. on the one hand the worker has the benefits with a possibility to leap from one project to another without being bound by place. on the other hand companies often use freelancers just to save money. you don't have to commit to the worker and you save on several costs the company ends up paying for - e.g. when an employee is introduced to a company they are often educated using company resources. freelancers are also cheaper to use.
The infrastructure of the old-fashioned work system hasn't adapted to the increase of periodic freelance work. The steady employees get the benefits. This might be a very Finnish POV...? booklet : : It is fantastic. The booklet really testifies toward what I've felt during and after the summer_2001_project: projects happen when you start doing something, and voilá, at some point you have a concrete result which, as [j] said, is timeless. Holding this booklet is inspiring. Hurrah for collaboration. public buildings : : The Helsingin Sanomat -building (Sanomatalo) is an interesting example. Many things failed there, although recently there have been more people around. The officey nature, as you said, is one reason the building is off-putting. Another is the cold concrete architecture. The floor is hostile, I don't feel welcome because of the architecture. The Media Square of Sanomatalo is not a route. Töölönlahti blooms in the summer, but in the winter there is not much incentive to hang out around there. Even then Kiasma (the museum of contemporary art just by the HS-building) takes care of being the open, social area. I suppose the Sanomatalo designers expected the Töölönlahti to develop faster into a 'citizen's park'. All development plans have been jammed in the city council, because frankly the plans are inadequate and thus there is much debate. In addition to the things you mentioned about the building's corporate atmosphere, I'd note how closed the building feels despite the open square in the middle of it. Security guards, key-activated doors. These necessary security measures are reflected to the overall mood. Seems unbelievable that there are so many things working against the newspaper building's becoming a public place in part although it was designed with that in mind. teribble : : they're showing a beating on television captured by a security camera some years back. the programme is all about youth violence today. do they show it to provoke some converstation to show youngsters how terrible violence looks or just for pure shock value? Related to that something I tried posting to _news before my browser froze, so I'll post it here. 29.1.02
about future work:
the article talks about attracting and keeping the best people while making use of new technologies. but: "technological innovations are not the same as social innovations." the facts: firms making good use of flextime, telecommuting and job sharing enjoy a 3.5 percent higher market value than their competitors. It goes on to mention about the new "virtual workspace" being more open for freelancers from a diverse age group. I just received the first "test" copy of idgrid's project yesterday. The booklet is timeless. A few years ago I could have never imagined having such a tight long distance communication. 
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