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sense of familiarity.
 
Neil 
The woman Harriet interviewed used photos and postcards to create a 
montage
– 
a piece of work made by putting together several different items, often in 
interesting combinations. Her photo montage reminded her of the people and 
places she loved outside of work. 
Sam 
For Harriet this shows that people want workspaces to have a 
sense of 

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familiarity
– the feeling of knowing something so well that you feel comfortable 
and relaxed.
 
Neil 
Harriet also interviewed hairdressers working in beauty salons about the marks 
and stains found in their workplace. Here she tells BBC Radio 4’s, Thinking 
Allowed, about a strangely shaped mark on the floor of one hair salon: 
Harriet Shortt 
A sort of half-moon scuff mark that goes right round the back of the chair – so 
literally, she’s 
worn out
the floor. It’s exactly where a hairdresser would tread for 
many, many hours of the day. And she took the photograph, and she showed it to 
me, and she said, ‘This is me. You want to know about identity. It represents 
hard 
graft
’. 
Sam 
Harriet interviewed a hairdresser whose salon floor had been 
worn out
– damaged 
by continual use, after being walked on again and again as the woman cut people’s 
hair. For her, the worn-out floor symbolised 
hard graft
, or hard work. 
Neil 
Whatever your job, we all spend most of each day at work, so it’s important to have 
a workplace that’s safe, comfortable and familiar… where people don’t steal your 
pen!