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	I have	1 Relevance	15 years ago	waffle	General discussion
	I have always had a thing for "industrial". I like things that did something. The current trend is both kinda cool and kinda gross. I have sold quite a few things, mostly lamps, that I would not have expected to sell previously, that could be described as industrial in style. Oh yes, and stools. I have sold quite a few stools. Go figure.
	Please help clear the confusion! Howard Miller Clock...	1 Relevance	17 years ago	J.J.	General discussion
	Please help clear the confusion! Howard Miller Clock #557 - Nelson/Umanoff and Value? Hey everyone! Recently my mother found one of these in wonderful condition at a local antique shop for $80. Before finding out about this forum and Barry's photos of a #557, I saw this from a 1stDibs seller named Glo and it's the only thing I had found up to this point. Here's the listing: http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture_item_detail.php?id=295470 The clock we've acquired matches exactly except for the "Meridian" name on the face. It apparently has been worn off. Strangely enough, I've seen one other clock like this and it had "Howard Miller" signed on the face. Confusing!...Why different names on the faces? So, how reputable is this price and the information from Glo on 1stDibs? This seems very legitimate and a dealer who knows the origins of this piece. From what I've gathered from here...it seems this clock isn't from Nelson but perhaps Umanoff. Also price - over $1,000? What do you all think? I haven't seen this clock too often (just 3 times until I saw Barry's red and blue ones). Who has the final say on this thing? Please chime in. I can't find any more information and right now it sems like Glo from 1stDibs would know more than anyone. They say Nelson too??... http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture_item_detail.php?id=295470
	Eeekkkk...	1 Relevance	19 years ago	Cloudburst2000	General discussion
	Eeekkkk... Wayyy too much pink in that old bathroom! Looked like an explosion of Pepto Bismol. I'm might be a girl, but I'm not a big fan of pink. Haven't been since I was a kid and my sister got to decorate the bathroom between our rooms and painted the entire thing pink...YUCK! Love your new bathroom. Love the color and love the style of the sink and toilet. What did you do with the tub?
	The link to the small photo...	1 Relevance	14 years ago	Lit Up	General discussion
	The link to the small photo... The link to the small photo says that it's designed by F Guille & F Height. I didn't know Frank Guille made this sort of thing and I've never heard of F Height before. Anyway, I now think that it is more likely to be a Probber desk organiser. Anybody seen these come up before? Looks superb but I can't find another reference to it on the internet.
	cont.	1 Relevance	21 years ago	koen	General discussion
	cont. Curiosity, as m. Andersen points out is important. We know little about the capability of synthesizing, but we know that it is supported by knowledge. We also know that it is mostly done by intuition and not by logical thinking....which is not a bad thing considering that our sub-conscience thinking occupies a substantially larger part of our brain than conscience thinking. Logical thinking and systematic research seems to provide a good frame work but not the synthesis, and not the kind of knowledge that will produce the spark that Germans call so appropriately the 'ah-ah-erlebnis'. design requires a lot of lateral thinking and so curiosity in all aspects of life, technology, etc is crucial. But allow me to qualify it tiny bit. I would say: curiosity not only for 'what' but even more so for 'how' and 'why'. It is not only an attribute, but a responsibility. SDR 's advise to approach the whole thing with some sense of humor is very healthy advise. This profession is full of surprises, and a good part of them can't be dealed with along lines of understanding and/or common sense. Humor seems to be the best way to cope. Humor in design itself is another question. We have seen intelligent humor in the 'Site' architecture for Best and by the German Koziol in housewares. In spite of the first appeal neither one seems to stand the selection of time. Jokes tolled repeatedly are usually boring. Creativity, yes, but what does it mean. Is it the same thing as imagination, or as expressing yourself. No it is not, and yet the confusion lives on and as in arts to many people are taking self-expression for imagination, or creativity, imagination for self expression or creativity and so on. In fact self expression, creativity and imagination are so pre-dominant in the arts that we have started to think that these attributes became exclusive to the arts. That might well be so for self-expression or imagination but not for creativity. There are doctors practicing medicine creatively as well as plumbers doing their work creatively and sometimes there is even a creative politician. Nobody mentioned talent, and I am happy with that. Not that I would deny the existence of it but it is also a trap. Often talented people feel discouraged by the education system because educators might recognize talent but do not 'credit' it. Only real estate agents sell you the landscape and views around your property, but teachers should limit themselves to evaluating the results of the learning process, not the talent that came with it. This frustration is often the reason for talented people to do it on their own, which usually does not work. The result is to often a mixture of very good and very bad work, in other words, un-educated talented people are often un-reliable. When faced with what they see as the 'wrong' project, they either get stuck or recycle old ideas.As so often stated before and by more inspired people, design is 90% work and 10 % talent...unless talent works.
	just got this on sat. for a dollar...	1 Relevance	16 years ago	Lisa E	General discussion
	took a chance it might be Erik Hoglund, after looking it over today i saw it was marked ystad metall made in Sweden. gene...i just noticed you have a similar looking item in your photo in The last thing you acquired part 2
	Ha ! Sweet. Wish my dad,	1 Relevance	11 years ago	SDR	Off topic
	Ha ! Sweet. Wish my dad, the P.E., was (were) here for me to discuss this with him. To me, it is a miracle of the universe that all of the aspects of plane and solid geometry can be described mathematically, and that (in this case) a figure created by the force of gravity acting on a physical object can have a clone in the world of numerical manipulation. The lovely animation illustrates what I consider a weird coincidence. Clearly it is no such thing ? While I have you on the phone (as it were), what is your construct of a universe which can contain all of these apparent coincidences ? How do you see these concordances ? Perhaps I wouldn't be asking those questions if I could grok the particulars for myself . . .!
	those are	1 Relevance	14 years ago	waffle	General discussion
	those are really stunning lamps. So sophisticated Now on to the just odd. The chair below has great lines. I was confused by the back piece for a moment until I realized the WHOLE THING is one piece of molded fiberglass. The rattan-ish part and the round frame. The rest is nice heavy gauge metal. check out those tapering legs! Also picked up 5 orphan JHQ Dansk 4 duck flatware stirring spoons w/ a strange, ribbed handle. Not like any I've seen....
	The WTF name that Frankenstein challenge	1 Relevance	15 years ago	glassartist	General discussion
	The WTF name that Frankenstein challenge A decent modern floor lamp of simple form, good materials, and chrome ball feet by Rembrandt. Not exactly my thing but I was so horrified/ fascinated by the modification I could not pass it up. Not only is the wood thingy attached to the lamp with conduit clamps, it has a generous stripe of dark gray paste epoxy. I am stumped as to what it was put there for. Contestants? Jump in and earn the title of WTF brainiac.
	2 newbies	1 Relevance	15 years ago	waffle	General discussion
	2 newbies one, pretty normal. A nice set of nesting footstools. NO IDEA if they are vintage. The cord is papercord, the legs are solid wood and have a nice taper. That color? Very danish. But no marks. The 2nd thing is just weird. An outdoor settee or lounge. IT APPEARS to be made out of resin of some sort, but pinned together, not molded. It is in great shape (painted white, maybe original?). Also can't age it. Not sure I will keep it. Can't find any info about it. Quite comfy, actually.
	The Chinese Myth...	1 Relevance	16 years ago	virtueaudio	General discussion
	The Chinese Myth... There was a time when Chinese products were dramatically poorer than their western counterparts, but those days are long gone. When it comes to electronics for example, specifically audiophile hardware, not only do they build equipment that is just as refined as German or American made at a fraction of the price, but they often progess the original designs with their own creativity and innovations. Same goes for these furniture knockoffs. Ive seen some pretty good Herman Miller copies that could go toe to toe with the real thing.
	The only positive	1 Relevance	21 years ago	koen	General discussion
	The only positive thing I can say about it is that they seem to be well made...other than that...it is indeed quite booring. To re-use cow-hides is fine with me. Holsteins are fine cows and I guess that this is a way of using the left overs... The side panels in the 3-seater are very narrow for something that starts with three rather generous concave curved sitting surfaces. The height of the leather part is completely out of proportion with the almost "skimpy" stainless steel bases....in september (when the first "discovery" was posted, it was more or less ignored....which was propably a "wise" reaction
	studio/bedroom-unit- totally detached	1 Relevance	22 years ago	azurechicken (USA)	General discussion
	studio/bedroom-unit- totally detached I have nothing on the walls just two long mirror panels on one end wall flanking a window.I have to look at so much stuff in this business.I have a large amount of stuff warehoused on the modest family property, hence low cost.I will un box something, its like a new thing!I put it out look at it a few days,eat it visually...rotate it out!The books now they are a constant problem.I need to marry a good woman like Brini to straighten me out,well perhaps thats a poor word choice!
	I agree wholeheartedly with Koen, however	1 Relevance	18 years ago	Big Television Man	General discussion
	I agree wholeheartedly with Koen, however The point I was trying to make wasn't so much about promoting oneself to "Rock Star" status but rather getting noticed so that you might be able to pursue your chosen field, be it working as a designer for an established manufacturer or heading up your own design house. Universities, Art Schools, degrees in some type of creative endeavor do a great job of teaching a student how to make a mortise, or mix a color, or build a maquette, or vacuum mold a prototype. They are great at imparting the skills to "make" the thing, but how well do they instruct the student to then actually translate that knowledge into a viable, paying career. This may have changed in the 25 plus years since I was in school, but back then, practical knowledge on how to make the thing pay was in short supply, and if you can't get paid, you can't design, or paint, or build. An example of this has been discussed at length elsewhere including a number of publications; that MFA programs at least in the area of fine art painting are either purposefully or subconsciously lacking in practical marketing information as instructors are loathe to mint a fresh batch of competition for grants and attention from galleries each spring. I know this is cynical to the extreme, but a cursory glance of course catalogues for MFA programs seem to be woefully short of practical marketing courses. This was my experience 6 years ago when helping the son of a friend of mine apply to several MFA programs. I hope it has changed, but it (marketing, promotion) would still be what I would speak to students about, given the level of competition and that Starbucks practically requires a college degree to pour coffee.
	true... different strokes...	1 Relevance	19 years ago	MichaelJZ	General discussion
	true... different strokes... true... different strokes i guess.. But the cool thing i feel about usm, is its not dominant if you dont know about it. Like it blends into anyroom. and just seems to fit. Which you cant say for alot of design peaces. So depending on the person looking at the furniture, usm can go from nonexistant to being the focus of a room. which i feel is special for any design furniture...