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Open Plan Office

Patented: History of Inventions

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The Origin Story of Open Plan Office Furniture

The idea of open plan started in Germany, came over to America. It's born with high ideals, with an idealism of ways of working better. So just explain how it sort of manifests itself physically. The second half of this origin story has to do with Robert Propsd experiments with office furniture and office design. He thought the messy desk was an artifact of really good work and interesting work.

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