"Hi Dave,You should be wringing for Core77 instead of this Rain Noe.  It really feels to me that most of her articles seem to have been written in a mad rush the night before."

"Amen, Sebastien.Calling this piece opinionated is an understatement.  Granted the Finn Juhl piece is clearly a knockoff, but veneer has been I use for centuries.  This wasn't always to stretch expensive hardwoods, but rather to create continuity and symmetry in a piece of furniture.  As well, certain pieces could never be made in solid wood, veneer is as noble a material as solid lumber.  Rain Noe seems to portray herself as a furniture aficionado, but seems to not understand how and why materials such as veneer were ever employed."