Herman Miller Cubicles -- Workplace Mainstays Since 1964

Herman Miller Cubicles -- Workplace Mainstays Since 1964: Herman Miller cubicles were originally designed by a sculptor and artist by the name of Robert Probst.  Upon assuming the presidency of Herman Miller Research in 1960, Probst set out to determine the exact nature of process flow and task completion.

His investigation led him to conclude that the open-plan office, which had been the workplace norm for decades by that time, was sterile, frustrating to the expression of talent, and counter-intuitive to accomplishment.  He then wrote a book entitled The Office: A Facility Based on Change, where he called for a new workspace environment with new forms more supportive to actual task completion.