Kaufmann - Buhler Jennifer (Purdue University Usa)
Kaufmann - Buhler Jennifer (Purdue University Usa) - Open Plan A Design History Of The American Office - Paperback
Kaufmann - Buhler Jennifer (Purdue University Usa) - Open Plan A Design History Of The American Office - Paperback
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Description: Originally inspired by a progressive vision of a working environment without walls or hierarchies the open plan office has since come to be associated with some of the most dehumanizing and alienating aspects of the modern office. Author Jennifer Kaufmann - Buhler traces the history and evolution of the American open plan from the brightly - colored office landscapes of the 1960s and 1970s to the monochromatic cubicles of the 1980s and 1990s analyzing it both as a design concept promoted by architects designers and furniture manufacturers and as a real work space inhabited by organizations and used by workers. The thematically structured chapters each focus on an attribute of the open plan to highlight the ideals embedded in the original design concept and the numerous technical material spatial and social problems that emerged as it became a mainstream office design widely used in public and private organizations across the United States. Kaufmann - Buhler's fascinating new book weaves together a variety of voices perspectives and examples to capture the tensions embedded in the open plan concept and to unravel the assumptions expectations and inequities at its core.
Title: Open Plan A Design History Of The American Office
Author(s): Kaufmann - Buhler Jennifer (Purdue University Usa)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781350044739
Pages: 216 Pages, 29 Bw Illus
Publication Date: 1/14/2021
Series: Cultural Histories of Design
Category: Social & Cultural History
Description: Originally inspired by a progressive vision of a working environment without walls or hierarchies the open plan office has since come to be associated with some of the most dehumanizing and alienating aspects of the modern office. Author Jennifer Kaufmann - Buhler traces the history and evolution of the American open plan from the brightly - colored office landscapes of the 1960s and 1970s to the monochromatic cubicles of the 1980s and 1990s analyzing it both as a design concept promoted by architects designers and furniture manufacturers and as a real work space inhabited by organizations and used by workers. The thematically structured chapters each focus on an attribute of the open plan to highlight the ideals embedded in the original design concept and the numerous technical material spatial and social problems that emerged as it became a mainstream office design widely used in public and private organizations across the United States. Kaufmann - Buhler's fascinating new book weaves together a variety of voices perspectives and examples to capture the tensions embedded in the open plan concept and to unravel the assumptions expectations and inequities at its core.
Title: Open Plan A Design History Of The American Office
Author(s): Kaufmann - Buhler Jennifer (Purdue University Usa)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781350044739
Pages: 216 Pages, 29 Bw Illus
Publication Date: 1/14/2021
Series: Cultural Histories of Design
Category: Social & Cultural History
