For freelancers and remote workers, the ideal office doesn't yet exist. Conference calls don't work in coffee shops, coworking spaces are expensive and often lack privacy, and working from home tends to be distracting and isolating.
One designer has a new proposal: A pop-up personal office that you can carry in a backpack, and set up in a new type of urban park. The design was runner-up in the "Tomorrow's Workplace" competition from Metropolis magazine and Staples Business Advantage, which asked designers to imagine what offices might look like five years from now.