Robert Propst

Robert S Propst, age 86, Kansas, IL View Details

Cities: Kansas IL, Charleston IL Possible Relatives: Laura Lea Gallion, Amy Jo Propst, Barbara S Propst

Robert Shannon Propst, age 54, Dallas, NC View Details

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Robert Franklin Propst, age 80, Newton, NC View Details

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Robert A Propst, age 67, Kinsman, OH View Details

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Robert Curtis Propst, age 30s, Waverly Hall, GA View Details

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Robert Shane Propst, age 40s, Hickory, NC View Details

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Robert H Propst, age 78 View Details

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Robert R Propst, age 89 View Details

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Robert Propst: Unorthodox Thinker - The Henry Ford Blog

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Robert Propst Outside Herman Miller Research Division Office, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 1964. THF137214. Deliberately choosing a building more than 150 miles away from Herman Miller's headquarters in Zeeland, Mich., Propst exercised his freedom to research without the distraction of corporate meetings. For every idea he had that went into ...

Why the Inventor of the Cubicle Came to Despise His Own Creation

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It started in the 1960s, when designer Robert Propst headed up the research arm of furniture manufacturer Herman Miller. At the time, the company was known for triumphant mid-century design like ...

Why Robert Propst Regrets Inventing The Office Cubicle

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In just a few decades the walls of Propst's model were fixed into small grey cubicles ideal for large numbers of employees to be shoved into, thus reducing the cost of additional office space at the expense of employee comfort.This new environment emerged at the same time as the recession, rendering the cubicle a reminder of how at any moment an employee could be fired (via Vox).

An Interview with the Inventor of the Cubicle » Whalebone

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Officially, Robert Propst, who headed the research arm of Herman Miller and led the design of the "Action Office" system—what eventually became an erector-set-like furniture system that introduced cubicle culture to the world—is the "inventor" of the cubicle. Unofficially there's a different story.

Robert Propst (1921 — 2000), inventor | World Biographical Encyclopedia

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Robert Propst was the inventor of the Action Office that evolved into the cubicle office furniture system. Career Born in Colorado, Propst worked for Herman Miller (Research) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he was hired in 1958 by Herman Miller Incorporated. president Hugh DePree to "find problems outside of the furniture industry and to conceive ...

Father of the Cubicles @79: Robert Propst - zerobeyond

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In the year 1921, Robert Propst was born in Colorado. During the late 1940s, his career commenced as a teacher, graphic artist and sculptor. In the year 1953, a creative genius by birth saw Propst establishing his own company Propst Co., in Denver. He specialized in speculative product developments, which were way ahead of its time.

PIN-UP | LIVE ACTION: Inventor Robert Propst and ... - PIN-UP Magazine

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In 1968, the American furniture manufacturer Herman Miller launched Action Office 2, a pioneering system of office furniture that laid the blueprint for the modern cubicle as we know it.Its designer, Robert Propst (1921-2000), was a prolific inventor responsible for much of the research-driven innovation at Herman Miller during his 22-year-long tenure with the company (he quit in 1980).

Designer Robert Propst - Herman Miller

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- Robert Propst A native of Colorado, Propst began his career in the late 1940s as a graphic artist, teacher, and sculptor. In 1953, he formed the Propst Co., a Denver-based firm specializing in speculative product development.

Robert Propst: A Child Volcano and Playground Sculptures

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Drawing, "Child Volcano Play Sculpture," 1958-1960 / THF140518 Designer Robert Propst was best known for leading Herman Miller's development of the Action Office cubicle system.In the mid-1950s, though, he created a number of toy designs, including the Fun Sticks game, a Fun Duck scooter, and the Fun Swing—a piece of playground equipment safety experts might cringe to see in action today.