Packing ‘em in – today’s open plan means shrinking space

Telegraph newsroom photo by victoriapeckham on flickr  I’ve been ranting about Creative Spaces, open plan and working-where-you-work-best for a couple of years now. I stumbled on a piece in the Wall Street Journal today which reported that the average new workstation designed by global architecture firm HOK Group has shrunk from 64 sq ft to 48 in … Continue reading Packing ‘em in – today’s open plan means shrinking space →

Open plan vs. open to distractions

archive image from Life magazine, hosted by google Sam Leith in today’s Guardian has written about her experiences working in an open plan office – in essence, an ethnographic study of territorial anxiety and opportunities to acquire cake and gossip. Sitting in our very open plan, very noisy office, trying to avoid the siren call … Continue reading Open plan vs. open to distractions →