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	To answer pal, #5, from 11	1 Relevance	12 years ago	MikeDesigns	General discussion
	To answer pal, #5, from 11 years ago, if he or she is stil alive... why do we prefer one thing over another? Big question. The Red and Blue chair holds appeal for me for several different reasons. It more or less kicked off the Dutch deStijl movement, which to me seems like it was the first movement that was just a style for the sake of being a style, and was not derivative of anything that came before it, and not a variation on any kind of classicism or a reference to any historical movement that preceded it. Seldom are movements brought forth fully formed like that, and when they are, they shake things up, and in this case, you have a work that embodies just such a paradigm shift, and it is something that you can own, and even make yourself, and then you can even sit in it. What a bargain- you can't do that with architecture, you can't get that with music, you can't get that with a painting, but you can get all that with this simple chair made out of $60 of lumber and some paint. And I am lucky enough to have seen this chair in its natural habitat, in the Schroeder house, also, which is a powerful experience. Gesamtkunstverk all the way, baby. Another thing that's fun is people come over and look at the thing, thinking it's somewhat modern, not knowing it's 100 years old. Their next assumption is that it is uncomfortable, and then they sit in it and always comment on how comfortable it is. A friend gave me the How To Construct Rietveld Furniture book a long time ago, and I have made a few of these chairs from the blueprint that comes in the book. It's a labor of love though- you don't need advanced woodworking skills, you just need to be able to measure and cut straight and drill straight holes, but it takes a lot of time and patience to make the thing. http://www.bookdepository.com/book/9789068682809?redirected=true&v=A7V6J... I've also made a few mini versions, when my kids were little- a half scale one for a 3 year old and a 5/8ths scale one for a 5 year old.
	Eames lounge (670): genuine?	1 Relevance	20 years ago	NULL NULL	General discussion
	I am new at this forum. I have searched previous posts already and have learned a lot but may have overlooked some information... I am looking to buy my dream chair of all times: the Eames lounge and ottoman. The price of a new original is too high for me (?6500) so I am looking for a second hand. I have closely looked at the Vitra version in my local shop but since I live in europe I can not look at a new Herman Miller. If I come by a second hand Herman Miller, how to tell if it is genuine or not? From this forum I have following give-aways: * 5 star base that swivels, does not tilt * thick armrest * no screws or bolts Could someone post a photo of the label? I have never seen it and would like to know how it looks like. It is on the bottom of both the lounge and the ottoman, right? Is the label from plastic or paper? Can it easily be removed? I.e., can it be missing and the chair still be the real thing? The question is not whether it is important to have the real thing or not. I do not want to pay the price of a real one for a second hand. The prices they ask here are unbelievable. You're lucky in the USA... Cheers, Piran
	thanks joshlamiel	1 Relevance	12 years ago	Eameshead	General discussion
	thanks joshlamiel I don't believe you were trying to deceive anybody. For me personally, I liked seeing what you found, and I did learn something along the way. (And like I said, I had a pretty good idea that you were going to post the chair on ebay, as you had with other chairs) But even if the pieces are interesting to look at, I think its still a bit painful for some of us to see certain aspects of these ID requests repeat themselves with a predictable evolution. The "learning curve" itself is on full display in your description, and not in the best way. To an experienced buyer, there are some aspects that make it clear that you are a novice with regards to these chairs. That can't give a knowledgeable buyer confidence, and it could also mislead a newbie collector. Its just a slippery slope in some ways The old adage: "a little information can be worse than none" comes into play here. So its frustrating for us to see our carefully calibrated guesses get so quickly wrapped up. When you post something on ebay, you have only two things-- pictures and words. At that price, it will probably only be considered by someone who knows what it is - and what it might not be. I guess the thing comes down to a sense of overall integrity or something, or just that some have seen this a lot and are a bit fried from it. Who knows? Don't forget that not everybody here has a problem with it, and at least one person above felt you were trying to do the right thing by asking for correct info before you posted. (And I was only kidding about the 20% commission!) Thanks for your above post.
	Real Eames Lounge or Reproduction?	1 Relevance	13 years ago	clarktherobot	General discussion
	I picked up this chair this weekend and wanted to know if I got the real thing or not. I'm okay either way but I just wanted to know the ways to identify whether or not its the real thing. Thanks!
	alexandersforum	1 Relevance	19 years ago	LRF	General discussion
	alexandersforum It was not the first chair that I went for when i started collecting chairs and it is a little like Scotch and a acquired taste. like a lot of chairs I hate to say these are so shot from years of who knows what.. but for me that is the challenge and fun and why i own this little business, I love to redo these fine old relics, ( I really need to start thinking about unloading some of them as of this date i have never sold a thing) I sat in a New pristine coconut chair at Vitra in NYC and thought about buying it the thing that i did not like was how they are made now with all the shiny chrome and black leather ( although i could change that in a day) but the way it sat so low but what the hell we will make it comfortable . A footnote my wife the designer of knitwear works one day a week at a knit store (makes sense) and a older lady was talking to her, and my wife said her husband likes modern and collects chairs , The lady said I have two Jacobsen Egg chairs with ottomans for 40 years and they are real old in my attic, maybe he would come over and take a look and see if he wants them , I set a land speed record here in Oklahoma getting over to her house and my wife was yelling at me the whole way saying, she is a older woman don't be aggressive with her pay her a fair price (not 300 a chair, bad Karma ) I walked through the door and the first thing she said she wanted 3000.00 for everything including a rare Jacobsen table , i told my wife I would have offer her at least 2 grand a chair so she got what she wanted, and the table was worth at least a 1000. I saw the table on the wright 20 auction site . ( I never put that in the greatest deals category If they were 100 each then they would go in that thread,) but here is two pics and the wife got to keep the chair in her sewing room she says it is real confy and we use all our chairs to sit in, these chairs have been recovered in Maharam milestone Tendril color
	Wow! What fun!	1 Relevance	9 years ago	Spanky	General discussion
	Wow! What fun! (there was already a #56 thread but #55 got bumped up recently. here's the first one if you want to repost there--- https://www.designaddict.com/forum/General-discussion/last-thing-you-acqu...)
	This is what happens when you	1 Relevance	9 years ago	leif ericson - Zephyr Renner	Identification
	This is what happens when you take a knockoff Spadestolen, nail its feet to the floor, and force feed it french fries. No designer would ever do such a thing.
	..which I realize is a	1 Relevance	9 years ago	objectworship	General discussion
	..which I realize is a somewhat ironic thing to say seeing as I just sold a sofa and chair to someone for like six thousand dollars. sigh no one is guilt-free
	someone in the DC area needs to go scoop this up! (Danish foldaway desk)	1 Relevance	13 years ago	NULL NULL	General discussion
	If I didn't already have the same exact thing and lived just a little closer I would be all over this (edited by DA - link removed - no links to items for sale please)
	Who went to CIRCA @ TENT london	1 Relevance	19 years ago	Danish-homestore.com	General discussion
	Just wondering who here went to the recent CIRCA vintage furniture fair during TENT LONDON. What are your thoughts and impressions of the whole thing?
	adelta bubble chair	1 Relevance	20 years ago	marcel2bmod	Identification
	Hi, I am about to buy an Adelta bubble chair. I am getting a used one and would like to know if they are marked and where. I just want to make sure I am getting the real thing. Any opinions or coments would be greatly appreciated.
	Also I would suggest	1 Relevance	10 years ago	mgee76	General discussion
	Also I would suggest synthetic steel wool as opposed to the real thing. Look for a gray, super-fine Scotchbrite pad.
	Merveilleuse ! Or whatever	1 Relevance	10 years ago	SDR	Off topic
	Merveilleuse ! Or whatever they say in South Carolina . . . In addition to its other charms, the background texture is perfectly textile-ish. A wonderful thing.
	pants-inspired works	1 Relevance	11 years ago	Eameshead	Off topic
	pants-inspired works in art, design and cuisine no doubt will follow . the only thing that SDR's and spanky's rooms don't have yet is squrls
	Just curious goodpix, what do	1 Relevance	11 years ago	_	General discussion
	Just curious goodpix, what do you exactly mean when you said "not finding a match anywhere" when others was able to? Not to pick on you or others that are new to these mcm designIDct thing but there is this old saying, look with your eyes and not with your lips (or in this case not with your fingers too).