Office mazes in which just about everybody below the rank of vice president works in large open spaces, divided by partitions into “cubicles,” are the standard workplace setting for millions of ...

Capitalism has resulted in the creation of some truly soul-sucking ideas, including the cubicle: an office without the privacy, comfort, or permanence of a real room. But if the open office trend ...

During this year’s NeoCon, the most influential and popular trade show for commercial design, it was clear that companies are making big shifts to take care of their employees through better office ...

Major societal upheavals such as 9/11, the energy crisis and previous pandemics such as the Black Death and the 1918 flu have left a permanent mark on the world. No one knows to what, if any, extent ...

The Wells Fargo Bank in Minneapolis installed the fire-rated cloth-backed veneer behind its reception desk. A dyed Bird's Eye Maple was selected by the designer for the cloth-backed veneer. The ...

Scratchy walls. Confining space with no windows. Being able to hear the constant pen tapping of the person next to you–it’s not hard to see why cubicles get a bad rap. In fact, the cubicle has become ...

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C H A R L O T T E S V I L L E, Va., April 9 -- The woman with the most fabulous cube in the country is Robin Jones of PRA International. Jones turned her cube into a tropical paradise a few years ago.

The office cubicle might be one of the most potent symbols of modern atomization, segregating individuals inside vast honeycomb structures. But workers could come to miss those flimsy, chest-high ...

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