He was known for procrastinating and even demonstrated some of his favourite procrastination techniques on TV in 1979. He would write for two hours in the morning and another two in the afternoon – but he wouldn’t necessarily start right away. In the winter he’d climb into a sleeping bag to keep himself warm. He specially chose a comfortable armchair with a footstool tied to the legs and a makeshift table to sit across his lap. Unlike our clean desk culture today, Dahl’s shed was covered in family photographs, fan letters and other knick-knacks to inspire his work. Roald Dahl was famous for writing tales from his garden shed. Visitors can see the original barn floor, still covered in paint, transporting us back into the world of Jackson Pollock and providing a visual reminder of the artist in action. Now under the conservatorship of Stony Brook University, tours are given during the summer. His paints and large brushes were kept on a moveable trolley to be easily at hand and, in time, his studio floor became covered in lines of paint. The leader of the Abstract Expressionist movement, Pollock laid out his canvas on the floor to flick and spray paint across it from all angles, wanting to express “ energy and motion made visible”. Pollock’s studio was a barn on his Long Island property.

So why not take inspiration from some of our greatest creators? As the legendary actor Powers Boothe said, “the joy of a creative environment, without any restrictions, is hard to leave.” 1. Artistic visionaries throughout history have carved out bespoke workspaces that provide them with the inspiration they need to produce their masterpieces.Īt Interaction, we believe an ideal workspace should encourage creativity, collaboration and innovation. We all work in different ways but what makes a workspace ‘creative’? We’ve looked at world-famous visionaries, from Roald Dahl to Pablo Picasso, to see how their space provides them inspiration to produce their masterpieces.Ĭreative workspaces – what makes them so inspiring

Creative workspaces