even the designer of office cubes hates them

the ergonomics of cubes versus offices versus open bull pens has often interested me. i hadn’t come to any overarching conclusions about which is better, seems like some situations are better for different arrangements of people and space and communication. but i was surprised to hear that their original designer robert propst later in life described them asmonolithic insanity. that article then goes on to describe how furniture companies have been trying to replace the furniture form ever since.

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