Kalyani Tupkary

In the 20th-century office, female file clerks were expected to handle papers — but not to understand their contents.

They're tall. They're totally absurd. And they're everywhere.

To underscore their modernity, filing cabinets were called ‘equipment,’ ‘appliances,’ and ‘machines’ — not furniture.

Among many other factors, technology shifted productivity from a collectivist, nationalist pursuit to one that’s far more individualistic, but the underlying motivation is the same even if the medium has changed. The nepreryvka calendar is a great example of this. In the same way the calendar made it easier for people to mindlessly ease into their