These benches in Paris are multi-purpose : day beds, card tables, bag hangers...
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Is there too much choice, too much information,too much noise, over regulation and excess in contemporary urban living? Do we need zones of non-consumption: facilities or prostheses to survive everyday life?
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hey marney loving your blog :oD
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i bet they look beautiful :oP
thanks for the invite
ade x