Here comes the home office in van life format
Sunlight GmbH develops and sells motorhomes and camper vans in the entry-level segment. The brand is now driving forward the topic of New Work with its "Home Office on Wheels" project and developing a concept for a mobile workplace solution in motorhomes.
One of the key social transformation processes - radically accelerated during the pandemic - is affirmed in the disruption of existing working models. The advance of digitalization, the liberation from fixed (and driving) structures and a new understanding of mobility are enabling location-independent working. Accordingly, it will be even more important in future to create options for a flexible working environment, writes Sunlight in its press release.
Survey results confirm relevance of mobility solutions
The results of the Future of Work Report 2021 show that two thirds of respondents who are able to work from home would like a hybrid solution in the future so that they can work from home and in the office at times. In a 2020 study conducted by DAK, 56 percent of respondents stated that they were able to work more productively from home than in the office. The trend towards mobile workplace solutions is also confirmed in the survey recently conducted by SUNLIGHT on the topic of "Mobile Office". 76% of the 430 survey participants stated that they were working from home, including remotely, due to the pandemic. Before the pandemic, this was only the case for 45 percent. Selected results of the survey are available here.
It was precisely this brand positioning that prompted media designer Fabian Schweikert to join SUNLIGHT as part of his international marketing studies. During his time as a trainee at the Leutkirch-based company, the 29-year-old developed and implemented a New Work project that reflects the spirit of the times: Schweikert's final thesis at the Dutch Fontys Venlo University of Applied Sciences deals with the question of the extent to which we will still be working remotely in the future and the potential of working remotely - especially in a mobile home.The solution: Home Office on Wheels as a modular package for motorhomes
To this end, Schweikert and the SUNLIGHT designers developed a prototype that turns the motorhome into a mobile home office: the multifunctional, foldable table is equipped with an additional monitor, offers charging options (for smartphones as well as other devices) and adapted storage space. SUNLIGHT is looking into implementing a Home Office on Wheels solution, which could be available as a modular system for the manufacturer's motorhomes, vans and camper vans in the future.
Schweikert explains: "We will see an expansion or professionalization of so-called digital nomadism. The SUNLIGHT concept appeals to a wide variety of professional groups: On the one hand, of course, all those people who can carry out their work remotely and will redefine their workplace. On the other hand, it also appeals to professionals who are often on the move. Instead of looking for and booking a sterile hotel, the Home Office on Wheels offers a flexible, professional and comfortable solution."
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