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...life? A stove? For those uninitiated in the Aga experience, the temptation is to say, "Puh-leeze." But as Mamet's description implies, the Aga is more than just a stove. For one thing, it is never turned off. Fueled by wood or coal in the past, but now powered by oil, gas or electricity, the 500-kg Aga remains permanently hot, ready to roast a turkey, boil a kettle or bake a cake, day or night. Its brightly colored enamel surface also emanates a constant gentle warmth which, like any hearth, tends to draw people to it. Some owners...
...designer, he happened to be on the set of a photo shoot. Relaxing during a break, he picked up a light filter and began scrunching the plastic to make various shapes. Intrigued, Salto realized the filter could be curved in two directions at once. After three months experimentation with wood in a workshop, the plastic filter inspired the Runner chair, a wood and steel classic that is already a best seller...
...Danish furniture emerged thanks to the innovative work of Kaare Klint, a cabinetmaker who started putting Danish furniture on display at world exhibitions. "Up to my generation, we trained as cabinetmakers, and the attitude of a craftsman is important," Krogh says. "We have a close relationship with our material: wood...
...Some outside factors have influenced Danish furniture design as well. During World War II, the country imported almost no wood, so that cabinetmakers had to switch from traditional dark woods like mahogany to Denmark's native beech trees - these blond woods remain very much in favor today...
...Another technological breakthrough occurred when Klint began playing around with wood lamination - a sandwich of thin pieces glued together - that the British had developed for airplanes in response to a lack of aluminum. The result is shapes that can be twisted and turned like plastic and yet remain sturdy. "Danish designers try to make their ideas suitable for industrial production,'' says Krogh. "It's something to do with our mentality that we don't like to do things that are very ornate." Krogh claims his own first: he used what is called precompressed wood, a process invented in Denmark...