Classics of Polish Design. Furniture Icons from the Polish People's Republic (PRL)

Classics of Polish Design. Furniture Icons from the Polish People's Republic (PRL) presents a review of the best Polish furniture designs from the Polish People's Republic: the 1950s and 1960s. The paper continues the series devoted to the "Classical Polish Design", presenting the results of research on Polish post-war furniture and the icons of Polish design, carried out within the framework of dissertations in the Department of Wood Technology in the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW). Some of the innovative furniture designs have been analysed in the hereby article. We present a chronologically organised review of designs that aspired to become breakthrough and timeless (design icons), with the author's background and the furniture's style, structure and materials.

Wood technology: a Glossary and Code for analysis of archaeological wood from stone-tool cultures

In this glossary, we aim to initiate a synthesis and standardisation of analytical terms for early wood technologies from stone-tool using cultures. This glossary and code relies upon ongoing research and experience of the authors, alongside recent publications that also undertake systematic analyses and descriptions of wood technologies and traces from stone-tool using cultures. While it forms the foundation for our ongoing analysis and documentation of the wet and conserved woods from the Pleistocene site of Schöningen (Germany), we hope it may also provide a means for collaboration and communication with those working on wood from other Pleistocene and Holocene sites.

Classics of Polish Design. Post-War Polish Furniture Design.

Classics of Polish Design. Post-War Polish Furniture Design the paper presents a review of Polish post-war design in the times of Polish People's Republic: in the 1950s and 1960s. It is the first paper in the series of "Classical Polish Design", presenting the results of research on Polish furniture and the icons of Polish design, carried out within the framework of dissertations in the Department of Wood Technology in the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW). The paper presents two main trends in Polish post-war design, together with their background. We analysed the development of industrial design and of mass production dedicated for mass users, as well as the education system for industrial designers. We present the concept of furniture for small living spaces and the impact of global trends, availability of new materials and technological solutions on Polish furniture design.

The Neolithic Revolution in the South ca. 7/6000–2000 bce: Majiabang, Hemudu, Daxi, and Songze Cultures

This chapter analyzes the Neolithic revolution in the south from ca. 7/6000–2000 bce. The cultures it discusses include the Majiabang, Hemudu, Daxi, and Songze, primarily located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangzi River Delta. Key phenomena explored in this chapter include rice cultivation; use of the stone plowshare; advanced wood technology; column architecture; surrounding dry trench settlement; high man-made platform altars; advanced crafts of painting, sculpting, and engraving; cosmological double bird symbolization (images of moonlight and sunlight); and other light and fertility symbols (rotating sun symbol with birds).