Is your open-plan office an experiment? [PHOTOS]

Open-plan offices are starting to becoming more and more common, but if you found out the space was actually an experiment in human behaviour?

That is exactly what 50 unsuspecting people had to deal with when a new flexible working space in the Netherlands when from fun to freaky over the course of a month.

Last spring, two artists from KNOL Ontwerp, Celine de Waal Malefijt and Jorien Kemerink, were commissioned by a contemporary art gallery, where they decided to investigate "our nomadic and flexible work behaviour in a critical context".

"Aren’t we slowly becoming slaves of our own freedom of choice? We can hardly bring ourselves to unplug anymore," de Waal Malefijt said.

In the beginning, they created a space for freelance workers which was worthy of office envy. It boasted colourful furniture, a bed people could work in, a coffee bar, and even a pet bunny.

"We can conclude that flexworking is something very personal; most people value the freedom in their work a lot. They are easily satisfied with the basics for a flexible day plus some creative comfort.

"Perhaps most people did not ‘voluntarily’ choose work in the final setting, but generally noticed the positive effect on their work day," Joep Slagter, the in-charge for the motion tracking technology, said.

Images by Corneel de Wilde for KNOL Ontwerp