Coffee shop. Warsaw, Poland. Photography by Jacek Dylag. From the book Your Creative Haven by Donald M. Rattner (2019).

Maybe it was inevitable, but after years of touting the virtues of the open workspace, people who plan and use them appear to be having second thoughts about its effectiveness. Among the biggest drivers behind the mounting backlash are complaints about noise, especially in the form of overheard conversations, ringing phones, and clattering...