This setup is a spacious, open cubicle area that usually spans 10 to 12 feet or more. A bullpen design promotes a feeling of openness within the office, making it ideal for collaboration.

The idea that they were related at all came to me when I was first doing the research for this book, which coalesced into an article for n+1 (where I’m an editor), called “Birth of the Office ...

I was a summer intern with a small desk in a hallway when my career began in 2003. There was another intern who had her own cubicle with high walls that kind of looked like a mini office. I really ...