March 28, 2006

The Cubicle trap

By visionarymarketing

Playtime - by Jacques Tati (1967)Millions of people around the globe have found solace in the reading of the adventures of Scott Adams's Dilbert. A Fortune article dedicated to cubicles is emphasising that even the inventor of cubicles (Robert Propst) thought that his invention was a mistake. At least, it wasn't intended for the cramming of masses of office workers in as much space as possible. Propst ran Herman Miller's research department for years. By the way, I couldn't resist showing Jacques Tati's immortal picture of the modern office in his 1967 movie "Playtime". Monsieur Hulot, in that sense, is Dilbert's predecessor in his criticism of the modern office.

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[En] Yann Gourvennec has dealt with Marketing and innovation for over 20 years. He created the http://visionarymarketing.com website in 1996. This blog is a personal blog. [Fr] Yann Gourvennec a plus de 20 ans d'expérience en Marketing & Innovation. Il a créé le site http://visionarymarketing.com en 1996. Ce blog est un blog personnel. View all posts by visionarymarketing
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