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| tkoot's right... | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | hamacbleu | General discussion | |
| tkoot's right... Just reglue the thing back, use it, and save money to buy the real thing (..If it really matters). when you'll have your price, sell your chair for 500$. (your chair seems to be the manhattan home design model, which is priced at 1000$, so 500$ bucks, if the repair is good seems ok) (That'll pay, at least, the shipping cost for a vintage chair found on ebay) Or just buy new during the hm sale: you'll save almost a thousand bucks this way... Tkoot... you're probably right with the question of the space between the panels being different from one chair to another... I began focusing on that detail when I saw the cover jacket of the book "eames lounge chair: an icon of modern design" where the space between these panels is such that you can look completely through the other side of the chair. But a used chair would usually have the seat cushion's filling moved backward, thus filling that space and creating the illusion that the back panel is too close to the seat. | |||||
| No witty title (con't) | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | artsnot | General discussion | |
| No witty title (con't) Not everyone has the time to eat, sleep and breathe design. Some people may simply be uneducated or just unexperienced. Perhaps they just want to see a particular piece in their home until they can afford the real thing. Or perhaps they just appreciate the style of a piece and do not know, or care, about the name stamped underneath. Who knows. At least they have the aesthetic sense not to be furnishing their homes with items from Wal-Mart, K-Mart, or any other Mart. One positive thing about fakes, reproductions, appropriations, or whatever you want to call them, is that they can help to disseminate design. An Eames-style chair may catch someone's eye and pique their interest. From there they may begin to educate themselves about where or how that form originated. And out of this kind of curiosity a true appreciation and understanding of design may grow. Those who truly appreciate design, its history and what goes/went into its creation will make a conscious effort to educate themselves and look to buy original/vintage pieces. Those who do not will likely eventually lose interest in the style or design and turn their energies elsewhere. My point is,...oh screw it, I am going to bed. | |||||
| ***** ******* ***** | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | Eameshead | General discussion | |
| ***** ******* ***** awwwww mark... but you KNOW more than one would be sheer hell thankful in the threads . . . and a haiku for Snaaf... . . . I too have this chair later, clean, untouched, a "steal" but with ugly break . . It's always something, you know? (At least the cat's cradle part is perfect) Lately, I've been enjoying the flaws more. Seeing them as part of the story of the life that the thing had. (in no way having anything to do with value) In a way, the "ugly" break to one thick edge wire only amplifies the immaculate condition of the rest of my chair. And it was probably the main reason that it stayed so clean for so long, as it probably got put aside after the break occurred. The cool thing about it is that even the break itself has a flawlessness about it. Like it just happened an hour ago. I know, just rationalization to ease the pain. But flawless examples of most things are one in one thousand, and it gets to be such a fetish with lots of baggage attached, to obsess over that one perfect piece that is out there. And then you get one, you're walking on eggs the whole time, and then it gets a ding, and you can't even enjoy THAT! So the museum of real life with all of its warts is the way to go. Its only the little problem with "perceived value" that fucks up our ability to enjoy (or even see) all of the wide range of beautiful things that happen to a piece over its lifetime. "Good design" for me, is partly enjoying the way that a piece ages, or wears, or withstands the conditions of real life in the world. And when it doesn't, that is interesting too. But we are conditioned to not enjoy that because of the money thing. It blinds us to a lot of richness that is right before our eyes. Sometimes a lot of wear is exquisitely beautiful. Blah blah blah, as Snaaf said…. but at least we are back on topic now. | |||||
| I am really glad I didn't... | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | whitespike | General discussion | |
| I am really glad I didn't... I am really glad I didn't jump on this first house. It looks like the modernist community is becoming a very possible solution for me. I got pre-approved already and things are looking good. I won't know 100% until next month. For me, all the positives of this project outweigh any negatives it might have. I hope it works out. I understand the institutional thing ... there are parts of me that love eclectic neighborhoods and part of me that fantasizes about an architecturally consistent neighborhood built with good taste. Both have their allure. The allure here is that a very small part of this community is being used for affordable housing solutions. I would be hard pressed to afford a house in my market, much less a brand new modern home only 3 and half miles from downtown (designed by an architect I respect and have been following for 5+ years as well). It's completely turn key and I am neither handy or available to polish a turd of a house. It looks like it's getting close to a sure thing, but there are always hiccups. If it happens it happens. It not, the good Lord has planned something else. Stay tuned! | |||||
| Pinning would be worse than | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| Pinning would be worse than sewing a rod pocket. With sewing, the weight of the hanging fabric is distributed among (along?) many small points (each stitch, that is). If you pin, there is a lot more weight on fewer points (each pin). You are more likely to get separation of the weave at these points from the weight of the fabric pulling the warp or weft apart. Have someone stitch a rod casing using a long stitch length, like 4-5 stitches per inch, along the top side. You can either fold the tablecloth over to form the casing, or stitch a strip of another fabric to the edge, fold over, and stitch again to the fabric. Just make sure your casing is wide enough to accommodate the rod. You might want to do the same thing with the lower edge to add a rod as weight, just to help the thing hang straighter and flatter if that matters to you. (A long stitch length will have the least impact on the fabric and will be easiest to remove if you or someone else no longer wants to use this as a wallhanging in the future.) | |||||
| That's all mine EH... | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | onegroovydude | General discussion | |
| That's all mine EH... That's what an open mind get's you. The "thing with the yellow tube" I believe you're talking about, is a Victorian Taper Wax Jack for the wealthy to seal envelopes. That yellow tube is wax. Here's my write up about it on my flickr site. http://www.flickr.com/photos/onegroovydude/sets/72157632763831803/ That "thing with the dark black space" is an Aesthetic movement pier mirror. After the victorian period ended, women were experiencing more free time as artists. More people could afford curtains by then, instead of just the rich, so women would paint on these old pier mirrors they didn't need anymore. They're very rare now. It's in my bedroom, at my house in the country, against the corner of the wall. I use it to check out my outfits. I'll take snappies once I get down there. See, don't you want to call important historic items something other than just "that thing"? That's kind of embarrassing when you're supposed to be a teacher. Where do you think some of the greatest artists of modern times got their ideas from? History. That Dinshah Spectro Chromopathy quack machine is in a museum now. It's one of the only ones to ever surface made of wood, and not metal. I had to fully restore it. The Fram Victory Cartridge is in one of my other pics, so I know you can see it. You just didn't want to take the time to look deep. It's from WWII. In an effort to help with the war, and supply of metal, Fram made all of their oil cartridges during that time of cardboard, and stamped them with the slogan "Saves Metal For Uncle Sam". That cartridge is nos, and I got it from the old man who's car was used in the Harry Truman Movie. I've got so much more, I could do this all week. | |||||
| "MARTIN" : | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | GanS | General discussion | |
| "MARTIN" : I'm not sure I'm qualifying to offer such high-falutin` a thing as my own "analysis". For my needs, what I want is a chair that is as near as possible identical to the original design. The things I have learned (which are useful to me) are primarily 1. There is one line of argument that says that any copy by, say, Steelform, may simply be technically untrue to the original design, for license-related reasons (since too close a copy may infringe patents). This, if true, is of pragmatic importance to me since it would be telling me that unless I buy HM or Vitra, I am by definition not getting the "true" design and there is no point trying to distinguish between 'reputable' Italian or German replicas and minimum-cost knock-offs from Asia. This is (a functional distillation of) whitespike's argument, or at least of the implications of it that are relevant to me. A one-liner summary of this position might be "there can, technically, be no such thing as a 100% accurate unlicensed copy" which, if true, would be very significant to me. 2. The contrary argument is that any such design patents have expired, and there is therefore no *technical* reason why a company cannot make an *identical* chair *if* it puts its mind to it and was willing to invest in the materials. There is also nothing, of course, to stop another company making a cheaper copy with inferior materials and less attention to copying every fine mechanical detail (e.g. gluing rather than screwing on the backrest). According to this, koen's, line of argument, it is *possible* to have a 100% accurate unlicensed copy, although of course there is no guaranteee that any particular manufacturer makes such a thing. Therefore, there is validity in asking whether a copy is a good, accurate copy or a cheaper fake. Which is where I started this item. | |||||
| . | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | objectworship | General discussion | |
| . Yes, there is radiant heat that comes from the ceiling (furnace blows above ceiling, metal ceiling panels "radiate") which meant that the house tended to be freezing. The distance from the exterior wall to interior wall was literally 6", and the thing was very poorly insulated. The layout is really nicely designed though, and all the built-ins are really attractive and useful, in streamlined post-war style. These houses are really cute. They can sometimes still be bought for fairly close to nothing, too. Sadly, people have "updated" a lot of the Lustrons, with awful new kitchens and even wood paneling or drywall over the metal panels. Less sadly, many people have also preserved or sensibly renovated these houses too! It is a cool cult kind of thing, and works well with either low or higher-brow modern furniture and crap. I wouldn't mind living in one again, but I can't say it's bad to go back to wood floors and plaster walls... | |||||
| yes it's that logo. Found a | 1 Relevance | 8 years ago | Ernest Rams | Identification | |
| yes it's that logo. Found a sideboard on 1st dibs with the same thing. Any info on the manufacturer? Out of curiosity. Cheers Ernest | |||||
| I just Googled it and that is | 1 Relevance | 9 years ago | Kyle Barrett | General discussion | |
| I just Googled it and that is a truly beautiful thing. Even my partner who gives next to no indication of caring for design merely glanced over at my screen and said it was 'stunning'. And I think he's right. | |||||
| I just read what I wrote and | 1 Relevance | 9 years ago | leif ericson - Zephyr Renner | Identification | |
| I just read what I wrote and it was full of autocorrect gibberish. d**** ipad. The thing is out to make me look like a moron. Perhaps I deserve it though. | |||||
| Finally found a magnet, and | 1 Relevance | 9 years ago | paxto | Identification | |
| Finally found a magnet, and YES, the armrest does appear to be steel. So I guess the thing to do now is ask my friends if they knew the value of what they were giving me. | |||||
| Memory foam | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | James Collins | General discussion | |
| Anyone used the visco-elastic "memory" foam in a furniture cushion? Chair sofa kind of thing? | |||||
| Danich Chair ID ? | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | Robert Leach | Identification | |
| Picked this up the other day, I am fighting with myself as to whether to keep it. the last thing I need in my life right now is another odd chair... Anyone any ideas as to the designer / maker..and a possible value ? I can't find any marks on it .. | |||||
| Yeah I knew that the | 1 Relevance | 10 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| Yeah I knew that the attribution was unlikely, but it's the closest thing to a designer name that I could find. The search will go on I guess... Thanks so much for your help Lief! | |||||
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