The earliest recorded writings were done on clay tablets which were considerably more durable than paper. In the twenty-first century devices called tablets are once again being used. The propensity of the computer industry to resuscitate names is perhaps a sign that the world is being re-invented continually. Office furniture too has to be reinvented to suit the times.
Not very long ago the environment was not considered a friendly force that required protection and conservation. It was hostile and had to be conquered. Architecture and furniture reflected such attitudes. Coal fires burned behind fire guards. Candles provided inadequate light. Heavy curtains and carpets were used to keep out the cold.
Paper was available as writing material but typewriters were not at first. Clerks perched on high stools before sloping desks. Each had a small ledge to keeps pens and inkwells. Ironically the high stools which allowed people to sit or stand before their desk were probably more healthy than the heavy chairs that stood before the roll top desks of executives and caused many a twisted back.
Partly as a consequence of feminism and partly as a result of the two world wars women flocked into the work force during the twentieth century. They brought with them some demands and a great deal of feminine genius into work places. Many were employed in typing pools where they needed flat tables for their typewriters and light chairs to perch on when taking down shorthand, The typed pages that flew from their typewriters had to be filed in metal filing cabinets that replace bureaus.
When telephones began ringing the industrial age was quite well under way. Wealth had already begun to accumulate and with it the ability to satisfy the ego by displays of affluence. The executive office became a status symbol, well furnished with the latest appliances. Bosses dictated letters to their secretaries who perched on light chairs taking things down in shorthand.
With the accumulation of wealth came large office towers with hundreds of work spaces that could not be furnished with solid wooden desks. Chipboard made its appearance and plastics, aluminum and glass became popular materials for furnishings.
People born during the 1940s have probably lived though more change than any other generation on earth. Computers and the Internet have made so many devices redundant that twenty-first century offices appear to be on the brink of following metal filing cabinets into extinction as they dissolve into clouds that hover above the tablets that are so much more advanced that those used in the past. Designers of office furniture have wonderful opportunities to produce evolutionary new products.
Not very long ago the environment was not considered a friendly force that required protection and conservation. It was hostile and had to be conquered. Architecture and furniture reflected such attitudes. Coal fires burned behind fire guards. Candles provided inadequate light. Heavy curtains and carpets were used to keep out the cold.
Paper was available as writing material but typewriters were not at first. Clerks perched on high stools before sloping desks. Each had a small ledge to keeps pens and inkwells. Ironically the high stools which allowed people to sit or stand before their desk were probably more healthy than the heavy chairs that stood before the roll top desks of executives and caused many a twisted back.
Partly as a consequence of feminism and partly as a result of the two world wars women flocked into the work force during the twentieth century. They brought with them some demands and a great deal of feminine genius into work places. Many were employed in typing pools where they needed flat tables for their typewriters and light chairs to perch on when taking down shorthand, The typed pages that flew from their typewriters had to be filed in metal filing cabinets that replace bureaus.
When telephones began ringing the industrial age was quite well under way. Wealth had already begun to accumulate and with it the ability to satisfy the ego by displays of affluence. The executive office became a status symbol, well furnished with the latest appliances. Bosses dictated letters to their secretaries who perched on light chairs taking things down in shorthand.
With the accumulation of wealth came large office towers with hundreds of work spaces that could not be furnished with solid wooden desks. Chipboard made its appearance and plastics, aluminum and glass became popular materials for furnishings.
People born during the 1940s have probably lived though more change than any other generation on earth. Computers and the Internet have made so many devices redundant that twenty-first century offices appear to be on the brink of following metal filing cabinets into extinction as they dissolve into clouds that hover above the tablets that are so much more advanced that those used in the past. Designers of office furniture have wonderful opportunities to produce evolutionary new products.
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