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The underworld of furniture

The underworld of furniture

It's all about that base

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Jun 19, 2023
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Dear Snoops,

George Nelson’s 1957 book “PROBLEMS OF DESIGN” – that's where we’ll begin today, with his idea of SUBSCAPES. A.K.A. the underworld of furniture, i.e. BENEATH THE TABLETOP. This is a very compelling space and serves as a nice counterpart to our ode to REARRANGING (i.e. the “surfacescape”).

In “Problems…”, George (a tippity top tier industrial…

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