Why Zoom meetings are bad for your brain (and you really, really need an office chair)
by @Madaboutthehouse Kate Watson-Smythe
Emma Morley is concerned about our brains. And our backs. An interior designer who specialises in office spaces fears an epidemic not only of mental health issues at the end of this pandemic, but of back issues too as we spend hours on unsuitable chairs in badly lit corners of cramped spaces. The founder of Trifle, Emma did a drama degree and has always been fascinated by how our surroundings change our mood – beginning with theatre audiences reacting to the lights going down and later working for an experiential events company. When they asked her to redesign the office she realised she had found her niche. But more of that shortly. Firstly those Zoom meetings. “Essentially they confuse our brains,” she says to me – on the telephone......
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