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+  From: Michael Kaplan <mkaplan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+  Date: Sat, 8 Jun 1996 23:37:39 -0400
>How come some architects (as well as other designers I presume)
take a considerable amount of time designing and/or redesigning
what are otherwise true and tested contraptions?

I often wonder why automobile manufacturers keep redesigning the door
handles. I suppose they think this will sell more cars.

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Michael Kaplan
Associate Professor of Architecture
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
mkaplan@xxxxxxx
 
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