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Cubicles a Giant Mistake

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the we-already-knew-that dept.

J to the D writes "Apparently even the designer of the cubicle believes now that they are a bad idea." From the article: "After years of prototyping and studying how people work, and vowing to improve on the open-bullpen office that dominated much of the 20th century, Propst designed a system he thought would increase productivity (hence the name Action Office). The young designer, who also worked on projects as varied as heart pumps and tree harvesters, theorized that productivity would rise if people could see more of their work spread out in front of them, not just stacked in an in-box."

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  1. Re:Cubicles a Giant Mistake by 'nother+poster · · Score: 1, Redundant

    That puts vizzini in good company since Propst, the guy who invented cubicles, died in 2000. I guess that make it hard for him to believe anything "now".

  2. Re:In other words ... by HardCase · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Considering his track record, HE should be put in a box.

    Yeah, and buried so deep...oh...wait...

  3. Can a dead man think? by frenchs · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "Apparently even the designer of the cubicle believes now that they are a bad idea."


    Now I might be totally off the reservation here, but can a man that died in 2000 really have come up with a new thought? He died in 2000, and before he died back then he said this. So saying he "believes now" is a bit misleading.

    That all said, cubicles suck.

    -s