Write&erase robot Scribit and artist-illustrator Worry Lines present “Odd Rituals at Work”, a lighthearted illustrated guide to reimagine working life in the highly stressful year of 2020. The guide features a set of drawings, done in Worry Lines' typical "oddly comforting" style, which can be reproduced by Scribit on the wall or window of any workspace, with the objective to diffuse work-related stress or share simple messages of mindfulness. The content was developed in collaboration with the European coworking network Talent Garden and is available worldwide as part of Scribit's art streaming platform that is sometimes referred to as the "Spotify-for-Art".

Scribit is the world's first write&erase robot that can turn any vertical surface into a low-refresh screen. Functioning as a "printer for walls", it ushers in a new way of presenting digital content and allows users to instantly personalize a vertical plane. Launched with one of the top crowdfunding campaigns ever, it was named one of the Best Inventions of the Year by TIME magazine in 2019.

Imagining the new working life in a humorous way, Scribit joins forces with the popular Instagram illustrator Worry Lines, whose drawings feature topics like mental health, the climate crisis, relationships, self-care, and body neutrality. This linear artistic style matches Scribit’s markers to promote creativity and improve the mood at work at a difficult time.

The “Odd Rituals at Work” collection includes four drawings, inspired by daily habits and moments related to the life in the workplace: from one’s hidden emotions behind polite and formal emails to the various postures in front of the desk; from a set of rules given by mythological figures to find your mental balance, to a wise turtle that reminds us the beauty of slowness as narrated by Aesop.

The Scribit Original by Worry Lines continues a series of collaborations with artists, public intellectuals, scientists, designers, foundations, and cultural institutions to promote universal messages and uplifting content to Scribit users worldwide. The collaboration was made possible thanks to Talent Garden in Turin, a branch of the largest European community of digital innovators within the coworking campus network.

Credits 

Scribit Originals #13 was made available by Worry Lines

Thanks to Talent Garden Agnelli Foundation

Scribit team: Carlo Ratti, Andrea Baldereschi (CMO), Andrea Bulgarelli (CTO), Ivan Lunardi (Senior Developer), Matteo Stoppa (Head of R&D), Danilo Ronchi (Developer), Riccardo Mereu (Junior R&D Firmware Developer), Gabriele Pertile (Junior UX/UI Designer), Marco Conte (Product Design Manager), Vincent Leung (Scribit Originals), Svilena Sivova (PR and Business Development), Stela Karabina (Press Office), Federico Morando (Digital Content Specialist), Olaia Beltrán (Social Media Manager), Zakaria Zarrouk (Technical  Support Manager), Seyedalireza Khatoonabadi (Technical Associate)

About Scribit

Designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati, the award-winning design and innovation firm led by MIT professor Carlo Ratti, Scribit is a write&erase robot that can turn any vertical surface into a low-refresh screen to display information from the web, user-generated content and art. Functioning as a “printer for walls,” Scribit ushers in a new way of presenting digital content and allows the user to instantly reconfigure and personalize a vertical plane.

Following one of the most successful global crowdfunding campaigns of 2018, the device is now in mass production, with the first 1,000 units already sent to the backers. Mentioned by Time Magazine among the World’s Best Inventions of the Year, in 2019 Scribit launched the Originals series, to involve public intellectuals, artists, scientists and organizations to promote universal messages through visual contents made available on the app.

About Worry Lines

Hi! I'm Worry Lines. I do simple drawings that have been described as 'mildly uplifting', 'oddly comforting' and 'too relevant'. Among other worries, I draw about mental health, the climate crisis, relationships, self care and body neutrality. I often draw a little character that doesn’t have much of a neck. I like working with visual puns, idioms and comic metaphors. My pronouns are she/her and my favourite emoji is the clown followed by the bottomless pit. I am not a trained drawer but I do a drawing every day and I also share a drawing every day on my instagram account.