Plastics

2 cards. Each one is a 40-second story with a five-minute read behind it.

1. The heavy industrial rollers that shape our modern, smooth worldFrom the glossy finish of a high-end magazine to the precise layers of a lithium-ion battery, a single mechanical process is at work. The calender uses massive, heated pressure ro…
2. The world's most common chair costs a few dollars and has no clear inventor.The white plastic Monobloc is squirted into a mould as a single piece of molten polypropylene. Billions have been made, at around 3.50 dollars each. It is loved as perfect design …

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