He had returned to his warm and cozy office with lavish furniture and the computer terminals displaying stock prices and market statistics.

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Or you can fire up the computer and surf over to online furniture outlet Design Within Reach, and shop for one of the graceful chairs designed by the Finnish genius Eero Saarinen--he died in 1961--that are crudely echoed on the Jetsons.

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Or you can fire up the computer and surf over to online furniture outlet Design Within Reach (nasdaq: DWRI - news - people ), and shop for one of the graceful chairs designed by the Finnish genius Eero Saarinen--he died in 1961--that are crudely echoed on the Jetsons.

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Office furniture maker Steelcase asked RWD to design a system that could help even computer-illiterate salesmen configure and price a suite of office furniture using a laptop.

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Where workers work at home, the company can still be held to be their employer by providing them with a computer, internet access, telephone service, furniture, supplies, etc.

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But look a little closer and you will notice several changes, including sensors and displays embedded in the furniture, which know when you arrive in the office and will automatically bring up your computer settings.

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