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Article: 100 years of design. (furnitures)(1896-1996: Wood & Wood Products Centennial)
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- January 1, 1995
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DESIGN: An Introduction N.Y. TIMES NEWS SERVICE, July 29, 1995: "Footprints preserved in volcanic ash show that human ancestors in Africa were walking upright as early as 3.7 million years ago.
No, we do not intend to review the History of Man here, and, yes, you are right to wonder what the above has to do with the last hundred years of furniture. But do you not also wonder about that biped walking through the ash and whatever else his environment included? Did he sleep in trees, using branches for support? Did he lie on fallen branches spread upon the ground? Did he sit on tree stumps or recline against a rock when he wanted to rest?
In the sense ...