2023.04.30

Why People Hate Open Offices

Open-plan offices create health and productivity problems. Now insights from Deaf and autistic design communities could improve them

An early open-plan office, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for the S. C. Johnson company in the 1930s, was intended to boost productivity. (credit: Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty Images)

An early open-plan office, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for the S. C. Johnson company in the 1930s, was intended to boost productivity. (credit: Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty Images)

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