In my experience, almost every new-fangled invention to replace the endless miles of cubefarms ends up being an expensive red herring that sacrifices function for form or “lightness” or any number of aesthetically interesting but ultimately distracting features that end up just being annoying (and never as good as the real, honest-to-god closed-door office that trumps almost everything else).
That being said, the Volume MacroPod workstations already get to move to the front of the pack simply by being an actual shipping product; the latest models have been selling for almost a year. The idea is to provide moveable, flexible working spaces that still provide the relative privacy of cubicles while maintaining the ability to rearrange workspaces to fit the needs of the environment. They even sell a Macroscreen which can be rolled out to create temporary meeting areas.
Read – Office on wheels [BBC]
Read – The Fully Mobile Office [TheNub]
Read – Product Page [PodWorkstations]
