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	RE: Lockdown Blues	1 Relevance	6 years ago	Herringbone	Off topic
	For Berlin, the heaviest snowfalls since 1978 are predicted for the coming days. If it actually gets that dramatic, I'll let you know. The funny thing is: I realize that even such an announcement doesn't bother me, because at least it sounds like a change from the dull Corona routine...
	RE: ID Danish chairs	1 Relevance	5 years ago	fredhh	Identification
	Very mysterious, the only thing that comes to mind is the literary quotation of Bertolt Brecht: "Wir stehen selbst enttäuscht und sehn betroffen, den Vorhang zu und alle Fragen offen." From "The Good Person of Szechwan"
	My $02	1 Relevance	13 years ago	Richard Tanimura	General discussion
	My $02 If I would believe anybody, I guess it would be Spanky. He is one of the practioners like me who I trust. But I have been working away on cane, and Danish cord myself and have access to Swedish and Danish journeymen. This is what I have gleaned from them. 1) Danish caner has suggested to me that the best thing is to use soap on the caned chairs. (I will summarize later)- 2) A Swedish Master, (this means he has been examined by masters and received a masters degree) told me that the KEY is to ensure that the cane/cord/whatever is kept nurtured by oil and moisture. This is a guy who is from Central Europe - his name is Michael Vammerlund - who has received his Master certificat after years of apprentiship. His cane work is exceptional and he does a lot of Danish cord work. (I am bragging but I know MORE than he does about caning a Bambi chair but that is the only thing). SUMMARY: Cord break (I deduce) because of drying. If you use neutral Soap (check the pH) on the cane, it gets moisture and also fat. Fat/Oil may be the key. If you wax/oil your cane/cord it will last longer. It is really like polishing shoes. Take good wax and buff it into cane. Use a shoe brush. (He showed me). It is really a question of putting nutrients back into natural fibre. I have learned this from watching masters. You watch, learn, but they don't say so much. You just watch what they do.
	It is interesting...	1 Relevance	19 years ago	LuciferSum	General discussion
	It is interesting... The one thing I noticed in reading is that CNW states that the higher costs associated with 'greener' cars are directly related to the more complex manufacture of their more complex parts. It stands to reason that a standard fossil-fuel burning vehicle will be more efficient to produce, as we are 99 years into producing such vehicles, and only a few years into producing hybrids and other alterna-fuel vehicles. Over the course of the past century auto manufacturers have faced pressures from consumers, politics, and economic competition to streamline their production costs. With the demand for more fuel efficient cars the logical course of action is for manufacturers to find more efficient ways to produce such cars. Manufacturers trying to play catchup to the hybrid pack may benefit from some of the technology that has been already established, modifying it and standardizing it for use across the various models. I think the most important thing to remember is that the report deals with the cost (in fuel efficiency) of car production NOW. In the future, as hybrids and fuel efficient cars rise in prominence, the report may look very different.
	I'd like for DAers to consider Bialetti's little coffee pot...	1 Relevance	20 years ago	dcwilson	General discussion
	I'd like for DAers to consider Bialetti's little coffee pot... Talk about a design that has lasted...since 1933 or something. And the thing flat works for its intended use. And it is efficient. It makes me use less ground coffee each day than my drips and my presses. Its kind of a fun ritual getting it ready, sort of like packing a pipe. Its easy to clean. Can't say how long it will last. It may drive me mad with aluminum metals in the coffee, but I've heard the scientific jury's out again on that problem. Its fascinating to look at, though something of a hodgepodge of visual cues. Still,it looks distinct and joyful. It is well proportioned. Its beveled sides create definition and interest. The handle is the only thing that seems overtly wonky and yet it kind of humanizes the little pot and saves it from looking like a water pump from an old Fiat. 🙂 What can I say? Its loveable, like a Volkswagen Beetle was loveable. You can't say that about alot of functionally designed things. Is there room for loveable and well thought out in intelligent objects. I think love and love-ability can be quite intelligent. Love can be an irrational, unruly demon, too, but good love, love that nurtures and nourishes and brings joy has to be an aspect of intelligence worth designing into things. No, I am not having an spring time affair with my wife's Bialetti. 🙂 But it is a loveable little thing. And yes it can be a slippery slope from the Bialetti to Michael Graves' style post modernist hodge podgeing, but its a keen little pot that makes good coffee (though there are others solutions I prefer personally). It seems an idea, or an approach to making coffee that was soundly thought through beggining to end. It was, in 1933, a genuine attempt at an advance. It wasn't and still isn't just a style, or a look. I know it maybe an an aesthetic hodgepodge in some ways, and an accidentally fascinating look, but there just is something about the little pot that seems to exemplify intelligent, if not relentlessly rational, design. So I'm smitten. It happens occassionally. 🙂
	I don't know if you're	1 Relevance	8 years ago	kin1117	Repair
	I don't know if you're willing to ship to the UK, if you are, I suggest you try Graham Mancha. The tricky thing about these chairs is now to do the repairs CORRECTLY. A lot of people claim they can do and in fact they can. But the problem is how well it turns out. Graham is the guy if you want Eames done right.
	Both those sites sell	1 Relevance	9 years ago	Spanky	General discussion
	Both those sites sell knockoffs and the general consensus here is that knockoffs are way less desirable than the real thing. You can probably get a nice vintage set for an affordable price with some diligent and patient hunting.
	The dovetails are rather	1 Relevance	9 years ago	leif ericson - Zephyr Renner	Identification
	The dovetails are rather crudely cut. It is an unusual concoction of expensive and inexpensive. This is the sort of thing you most often see with very low volume production. Mid 1960s, perhaps even late 1960s. Where in the world did you find it? Does it come with any history?
	Picked up an extension	1 Relevance	9 years ago	Amazake	General discussion
	Picked up an extension mastercraft bernhard rohne dining table this weekend. Thing is massive, heavy, and unfortunately won't fit in the dining room. To the basement of misfit design it goes.....
	Ebay Slunk Skin LCW	1 Relevance	15 years ago	joshharveydesign	General discussion
	A warning to anyone that might be taken by the slunk skin LCW on Ebay: Although the write-up seems to indicate the chair is all-original, it is very much not. The skin is bran-new, the rear shock-mount has been replaced, etc... This kind of thing really bugs me!
	Couch I.D help.	1 Relevance	17 years ago	catal77	General discussion
	Just picked up this floating couch. has no labels. the lady I got it from said it has a steel frame. this thing is solid. I weigh about 280 lbs and I can sit on the end and the couch will not lift on the other end. Its also very long about 9'. Anybody know who or what brand it might be. thanks in advance guys.
	also is it the general	1 Relevance	11 years ago	difeliciantonio	General discussion
	also is it the general consensuses to use Hume modern for the shockmounts? the round shock mounts that go between the two backrest on my chair are not looking that great either. I see modern conscience sells replacements. that a thing i should look at?
	Great deck! Did you by any	1 Relevance	11 years ago	Spanky	General discussion
	Great deck! Did you by any chance use those cement footings with the notches for the joists? I built a low floating deck with those in a house we ended up selling. That's the only thing I miss about that place!
	Don't misunderstand me...	1 Relevance	12 years ago	mgee76	General discussion
	Don't misunderstand me... ... of course an original is a much more special thing than a reproduction. But a reproduction, if keeping in the craft and quality and suitable to the owner, shouldn't be shamed or outlawed or compared to murder.
	I did notice that which was...	1 Relevance	12 years ago	Starline	General discussion
	I did notice that which was... I did notice that which was a bit unusual. I would have thought some pieces would be passed in but maybe a vendor was clearing out and had no reserves. Sure was some bargains and that's one of the reasons there is no excuse to buy copies and say because the real thing is too pricey.