London's Victoria and Albert Museum recently posted a 7-minute assembly of footage from plywood manufacturing "then and now." The result, aided by some nice sleazy electronica, is a mesmerizing adventure in composite laminates.
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5:58 am Tue
Sep 12, 2017
Plywood manufacturing history surprisingly interesting
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