FORMICA FOREVER. METROPOLIS

Formica is 100 years old! To celebrate this centennial, Formica Corporation has published Formica Forever. The book takes us on a li vely, information-packed walk through the life of this much-loved material: from its humble beginnings as electrical insulation/ to its initial adoption by designers including Donald Deskey in the 1930s/ to a golden age ushered in by the post-World War II housing boom/ through global expansion in the second half of the twentieth century/ to the laminate's inventive uses by designers, artists a nd archite...[Read more]