Comments on: Looking Back at 2011: Funny How Design Affects the Spirit http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/funny-how-design-affects-the-spirit/ Discover Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:46:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: MartinJ http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/funny-how-design-affects-the-spirit/comment-page-1/#comment-1543 MartinJ Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:48:21 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/?p=10949#comment-1543 My guess is the most vocal critics of office layouts are probably too busy enjoying their own Myers Briggs personality descriptions to add to the science of productivity and interaction. My guess is the most vocal critics of office layouts are probably too busy enjoying their own Myers Briggs personality descriptions to add to the science of productivity and interaction.

]]> By: San Diego Office Furniture http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/funny-how-design-affects-the-spirit/comment-page-1/#comment-1100 San Diego Office Furniture Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:11:07 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/?p=10949#comment-1100 Workfromhome has it exactly right. At the time of its invention, the cubicle was a big step up from the bullpen style workspace with zero privacy and way too much noise (especially with all the manual typewriters in use back then). It wasn't like everyone had their own private office that they got kicked out of to go work in a cube. I enjoy tongue in cheek satire, but Jennifer's post would have been funnier if she got her basic facts right about who really invented the Action Office System. I do like the fact that you guys took the time to respond. Herman Miller certainly has much more to offer than just row upon row of cubicles. But in the end, its how employers implement these products and the workplace culture they choose to create that has the biggest impact on employee satisfaction. Daisy <a href="http://www.sandiegocubicles.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">San Diego Office Furniture</a> Workfromhome has it exactly right. At the time of its invention, the cubicle was a big step up from the bullpen style workspace with zero privacy and way too much noise (especially with all the manual typewriters in use back then). It wasn’t like everyone had their own private office that they got kicked out of to go work in a cube.

I enjoy tongue in cheek satire, but Jennifer’s post would have been funnier if she got her basic facts right about who really invented the Action Office System. I do like the fact that you guys took the time to respond.

Herman Miller certainly has much more to offer than just row upon row of cubicles. But in the end, its how employers implement these products and the workplace culture they choose to create that has the biggest impact on employee satisfaction.

Daisy
San Diego Office Furniture

]]> By: Dusty http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/funny-how-design-affects-the-spirit/comment-page-1/#comment-1095 Dusty Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:08:37 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/?p=10949#comment-1095 Dear Workfromhome, Thank you for filling my cup and making me feel important today. My private office would've likely been a broom closet at best. -A Cubicle Dweller. Dear Workfromhome,

Thank you for filling my cup and making me feel important today. My private office would’ve likely been a broom closet at best.

-A Cubicle Dweller.

]]> By: Workfromhome http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/funny-how-design-affects-the-spirit/comment-page-1/#comment-1093 Workfromhome Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:10:51 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/?p=10949#comment-1093 What most people don't want to admit is that they aren't doing a job which would have gotten them an office in the PRE-cubicle days. They are working the job, which even then, would have been in the great open space of rows of desks, which allowed supervisors to see, hear and make note of every thing they did. A wallish dividers of a cubicle farm do more than most denizens realize to make the workers feel they are doing more important and sophisticated work than they are. What most people don’t want to admit is that they aren’t doing a job which would have gotten them an office in the PRE-cubicle days. They are working the job, which even then, would have been in the great open space of rows of desks, which allowed supervisors to see, hear and make note of every thing they did. A wallish dividers of a cubicle farm do more than most denizens realize to make the workers feel they are doing more important and sophisticated work than they are.

]]> By: Billy http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/funny-how-design-affects-the-spirit/comment-page-1/#comment-1092 Billy Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:05:46 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/?p=10949#comment-1092 I loved this. Great job Randall, and Jennifer for that matter. Funny stuff. I loved this. Great job Randall, and Jennifer for that matter. Funny stuff.

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