This episode is one in a four-part series that we're calling the future of

Dot dot dot dot I like to say the dot dot dot dots. We'll be exploring how changes to the way we live

Learn work and play may shape our health and well-being in years to come.

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our WJF.org. This is 99% invisible. I'm Roman Mars and today I'm going to introduce you to my new least favorite word

Resimershirchil here with the definition is producer Chris Perrupe

Resimershirchil an adjective referring to a kind of office furniture.

It's an awkward mash-up of residential and commercial.

Basically, resimershmersh furniture is designed for the workplace, but feels like it belongs in a living room.

So think plush comfy couches and coffee tables.

And right now, it is all the rage.

Now, Resemershyl designs been a pretty hot. And right now it is all the rage.

Now, Res Commercial Design has been a pretty hot topic

in the industry for the last, let's say,

three or four years or so.

It's this idea of creating a more home-like atmosphere in a commercial setting.

You don't feel a harsh edge on any of this chair, no matter how you're sitting in it.

A holistic standpoint, we were able to consider comfort into this chair. So why are we getting pitched these comfy wonder chairs for the office?

Well now offices have to compete with everywhere else.

Remote work has been on the rise for a couple of years

and the Bureau of Labor Statistics says 35% of American workers were at home in the early days of the

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