I really enjoyed our dev room. It was an open floor plan but there were only 6 of us and we pair programmed all the time. The sales floor was an open floor plan

I really enjoyed our dev room. It was an open floor plan but there were only 6 of us and we pair programmed all the time. The sales floor was an open floor plan and there were about 25 people in there, and it felt like chaos to me. I'm not sure what everyone else wants, but I wouldn't want a large open floor plan, and I wouldn't want a bunch of cubicles. Maybe there are modular options now? Japanese shoji screens maybe. I recognize the silliness but I think there's some possibilities here. If you like the rapid feedback and collaboration, have you thought about ways to encourage that without having an open office? Maybe have some collaboration work zones, some cubicle pits, and a really attractive kitchen area with free snacks/drinks that makes people want to hang out sometimes. Perhaps let everyone have a dedicated desk, but lots of flexibility to work in different parts of the office. I've heard Valve desks are all on wheels so people can move them anywhere they want. It may help others answer better if they know how many people in the company and what departments are going into this office.