Concrete Furniture
99% Invisible
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Controversy Over Concrete Desks in City Hall
This chapter delves into the complaints from secretaries regarding the concrete desks in a city hall during the 1960s, linking their discomfort to larger cultural anxieties about modernism. Through the perspective of a former secretary, it reveals how these grievances may reflect deeper societal tensions rather than mere issues of furniture design.
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