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	Zanone--	1 Relevance	16 years ago	william-holden-...	General discussion
	Zanone-- I don't use Ebay much any more, but I've always thought that the practice of sniping is ultimately a bad thing for sellers. In a live auction they'll give bidders fair warning, with Ebay's firm ending time, it's become a game of last-second ambush. I don't see why auctions can't be extended until, say, there are no more bids during the last minute-- a full minute passes with no additional bids, auction over.
	yes, this does it for me...	1 Relevance	17 years ago	koen	General discussion
	yes, this does it for me... ..this can not be anything but the real thing. It is not as well done as the ones by Artek in Finland, but the story about Hedemora explains that part. I know, Desken does not make any sense either in finnish or swedish, at best it could be a anglicism "desk" in the Swedish "bestämt form" meaning: "the" desk...but that did not make much sense either. I am happy to read about Aalto's adventures in Sweden...thanks! and deeply sorry for having created some anxiety.
	Beware	1 Relevance	19 years ago	GrasshopperModern	General discussion
	Beware I have had several diamonds redone as well at metal work shops and they do look really great. However, the last time I went in they had to melt the rubberized coating off and when they did that the welds were not strong enough anymore to stay together. The whole thing fell apart and was lost. I guess just make sure your welds are strong before they start hitting it with high power sand or melting the rubberized coating.
	Cheap	1 Relevance	22 years ago	NULL NULL	General discussion
	Cheap "emblematic of the corporatization of the institution" i never met anyone try to be so smart about some thing like this did you get that off a Rage Against the Machine The Machine track? Is it wrong for them to charge money for the exhibits? Isn't it free on Fridays..People need to stop being cheap. Expect public programs to support it? good luck with that (Seeing how Bush is attempting to cut the defecit and public programs).
	Way to go David!! It sounds ...	1 Relevance	22 years ago	Mark	General discussion
	Way to go David!! It sounds ... Way to go David!! It sounds like you were in the right place at the right time. Good for you. A friend recently found 2 plattner dining chairs in a dumpster on South Beach. They cleaned up real sweet. The only thing I've ever found in a dumpster were a set of false teeth. I used them in my jack-o-lantern this past halloween. Wanna trade?
	reducing?	1 Relevance	22 years ago	koen	General discussion
	reducing? I would not include the computer in the list of significant differences between modernism and post-modernism. Tools rarely are significant catalysts in ideological changes. There is not such a thing as pen and paper design, there never was. Architects and designers have used and are still using a number of tools and materials, from industrial clay, to foam core, from balsa wood to paper napkins. Mies van der Rohe once build a full size model in canvas and wood, for the house he wanted to build for the Kroller-Moller family in the Hague and moved it on rails through the garden to find the most suitable place. In spite of this elaborate effort he did not get the contract. I am sure that Frank Gehry uses the computer extensively to model the complex surfaces of his buildings, but I would not see any problem in making the same technical drawings for the fabrication of he titanium or other panels, by hand. The design process is a creative method and should not be influenced by the tools. The computer, as does the pen and paper are means to visualize first preliminary and later on, the final or result of that process, but visualizing is not the same thing as designing.We all know that the tools leave some traces on the end result, especially when not used with skill and full knowledge of the tool. Far to often it is quite easy to see on the end result which of the most common 3D modeling programs has been used, especially the difference between surface modelers and solid modelers is easily recognizable. But these differences are no difference in style or ideology. There is no question that the computer has changed our way of document projects and our way of communicating with the machines, but I still have to see something that could only be done thanks to the computer. That the computer would reduce creativity is most unlikely...
	Repair Arteluce Triennale floor lamp	1 Relevance	12 years ago	ariechers	General discussion
	I haven't been able to find someone in the New York City area to repair this Triennale lamp. Does anyone have a reliable resource? The one person I did find said he couldn't fix it because parts and wiring were no longer available. I refuse to give up, I love this thing. Thanks!
	Please identify this chair	1 Relevance	16 years ago	marten	General discussion
	Pretty hideous thing I picked up at a yardsale yesterday, but in mint condition. Any idea by whom and when designed?
	mystery house	1 Relevance	19 years ago	HP	General discussion
	I am trying to find the details of a house I saw in a few magazines once. I think it was a weekender built for the architects parents....it was a very small corrugated iron room with a pitched roof, small or no eaves + with one large door which opened onto a timber deck which had an outdoor fireplace built through it, the whole thing seemed to be elevated about 50 cm off the ground. any ideas? Cheers, Heath ps, it does sound rather as if he didn't like his parents very much!
	Ah, back to the old question	1 Relevance	11 years ago	Eameshead	General discussion
	Ah, back to the old question then : "should I restore it, or should I improve it?" Yeah better shear-strength maybe, but not the most graceful shock mount design. I know nobody will see it, but that thing will always be lurking down there... Just my opinion, but a fix like that would always require disclosure -for better or worse- and probably keep a few like myself from buying the chair if you ever choose to sell it. (But we have been down this road before!) There's plenty of room to "improve" on almost any design, if you choose to look with a practical eye. Why not put a warming element in the seat cushion for more comfort too?
	I did talk to owner	1 Relevance	15 years ago	TinyArmada	General discussion
	I did talk to owner I actually did knock on the door and talk to the owner. I wouldn't just go up on someones porch and start over turning furniture. (reason I had not last time, no one was at home) She told me she got it 15 or 20 years ago when a friend of hers from (named a ritzy section of town) was cleaning out his parents home. It was an old chair then and He was just going to toss it or donate it to goodwill so she took it because she thought it was comfortable. Knew nothing about it besides that - she's never done a thing to since it was given to her.
	objet d'art	1 Relevance	15 years ago	niceguy	General discussion
	objet d'art Riki, First and foremost, The Ark is that "mean spirited fellow" and I am a nice guy. I suppose that the Keith Haring, Inflatable Baby for Pop Shop is an objet d'art at best and a piece of art (the galleries in New York) in some peoples minds or marketing. After I acquired this piece my fiancée ask "what are we going to do with that thing". I took that to be a truly ringing endorsement. At the price I see this advertised and sold for it is "the kings clothing". At the price I paid it is just one more toy. Thank you for your question.
	Not so serious...	1 Relevance	18 years ago	NULL NULL	General discussion
	Not so serious... I don't remember seeing this ad for HM. But seeing it for the first time, honestly I think it was pretty cool. I don't know but maybe some of you are over analyzing the whole "old" campaign. Or I'm not analyzing enough (sure there is a dirty side to every thing). But it is a business, and how people make a living. As an artsy individual this ad simply works for me, it's clear and straight to the point. Sure the "real" comparisons are a bit juxtaposition but I see it as "authentic" which is also another way of saying "real". It's a pretty simple ad really, well at least that is as far as I take it. But it's great seeing it from a different perspective. I'd love to work for HM.
	Well I'm not afraid to admit	1 Relevance	18 years ago	dashes	General discussion
	Well I'm not afraid to admit that I have the cheap Target Graves one -- I didn't know what it was but picked it up at a thrift store when the glass one I had been using broke, and I'm ambivalent about this one. I like that the handle is way the hell up in the air and doesn't get hot, but I don't like how these metal ones make a ton of noise when heating up (until I've had my coffee, it's shhhhhhhhhhhhh please). I don't mean the whistle thing, I always remove those and stuff them in a drawer, but the metal itself makes noise when it's first heating up. So it's days are numbered, but it's working for now.
	Thanks Koen, thats a great...	1 Relevance	19 years ago	HP	General discussion
	Thanks Koen, thats a great... Thanks Koen, thats a great help, I didn't realise enamel and glaze were basically the same thing. I know next to nothing about ceramics. I do remeber an essay about Laszlo Moholy Nagy (?) and some enamel on steel artworks he ordered in the 20's, he had a sheet of graph paper and so did the factory manager and he dictated the design over the telephone. I don't know why but I find this much more exciting than all the hoopla surrounding the internet.