One should not discount the influence of synthetic materials, i.e., plastics, on changes in common opinion about what looks good. People are used to looking at plastic and other fake materials now and disconcerted by the unevenness of natural materials.

On 5/6/04 at 11:15 am [log in to unmask] wrote:
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> I think the contemporary
> architectural consumer is trained to want uniformity in fields of
> surface.
> Perceptive point, well taken.  C
> Ahhhh, I get it: real material should look like formica.
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> Ralph
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> It depends on how you look at it. After all shouldn't formica be
> considered a form of documentation?
>
> Rudy
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