Commute to the garden - in style

Thursday 08 July 2010 00:01 BST

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It's greener. It improves work-life balance. They even say it accelerates productivity. So there's little wonder that shedworking has progressed beyond the odd lucky soul who brushed out the spiders from the old garden hut. And how!

Attached are a selection of images from Alex Johnson's 'Shedworking: The Alternative Workplace Revolution' (Frances Lincoln £16.99) to show just how far things have changed. The images include one shed with wheels, another made from the latest materials with futuristic designs, and even one afloat!

Suddenly the no-longer-humble shed is beginning to reinforce the scale of its architectural importance.

Johnson also offers a whistle-stop tour of famous sheds from Pliny the Younger's summerhouse and the composing retreats of nineteenth century composers Grieg and Mahler to award-winning twenty-first century fantasy writer Neil Gaiman's gazebo.

All of which is a great inspiration if you want to shorten your commute to the end of the garden.

* www.shedworking.co.uk

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Commute to the garden - in style