Open Plan: A Design History of the American Office (Cultural Histories of Design). Este artículo no está disponible.Open Plan: A Design History of the American Office (Cultural Histories of Design)

Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler's fascinating study provides a history of the open plan office, from its original conception in the late 1960s as a progressive, egalitarian innovation to present-day ambivalence about dehumanizing and alienating workspaces.

Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler is Associate Professor of Design History at Purdue University, USA. She is a design historian focusing on American interiors, technology, and furniture design of the 20th century. Her research includes an emphasis on studying mundane spaces and objects as a way of examining the role of design in everyday life, looking at the intersection of the social, technological, and political aspects of design. She has published articles in the Journal of Design History and Design and Culture, is the author of Open Plan (Bloomsbury, 2021) and co-edited Design History Beyond the Canon (Bloomsbury, 2019).