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Over the past several decades, the cubicle has become universal shorthand for an oppressive, soul-crushing work environment where dreams go to die. But why has the cubicle become both so hated and so ubiquitous? With equal doses of deadpan humour and historical insight, the Canadian filmmaker Zaheed Mawani tackles the rise of the cubicle and the matter of why its inventor, the US designer Robert Propst, came to hate its implementation.
Director: Zaheed Mawani
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Social psychology
What happened when a crypto scam swept over a sleepy town in the Caucasus
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Gender
A catchy tune explains the world’s ‘isms’ – according to your mum doing the laundry
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Architecture
A 3D rendering of the Colosseum captures its architectural genius and symbolic power
17 minutes
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Technology and the self
The commodified childhood – scenes from two sisters’ lives in the creator economy
14 minutes
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Food and drink
The passage of time is a peculiar thing in a 24-hour diner
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Virtues and vices
Why Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith were divided on the virtues of vanity
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Childhood and adolescence
The police camp where tween girls enter a sisterhood of law and order
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Making
Forging a cello from pieces of wood demands its own form of virtuosity
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Architecture
The celebrated architect who took inspiration from sitting, waiting and contemplating
29 minutes