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	.	1 Relevance	19 years ago	HPau	General discussion
	. off topic, but its such a common thing now to have this omnipresent spectacular kitchen on display in the living room, why? The cooking smells, the mess! The free plan is taken too far, I've lived in both styles of house and there is something to be said for the small English house divided into smaller rooms, privacy for one and being able to divide your life up without constantly having to transform the dining table into a desk back and forth, back and forth. Its okay for single person households but for a family Wright and Mies got it right the first time. http://www.patternlanguage.com/
	Not the first time....	1 Relevance	20 years ago	modesign	General discussion
	Not the first time.... Just to rattle your cage a bit more... in the past you have referred to porchmodern in the third person. You are definitely entitled to take pride in your site and your sales, but why not present as it really is...self-promotion. Perfect example from an earlier post: '24-Mar-05 photos great i think the use of the low angles and short lens are intentional. the photos look rather sexy. much better than a static front-on shot. probably deliberate. just noticed the archive. pretty good selection of items from this guy.noticed a few images from wright20 auction. all in canada eh? this guy must get around. i can't see one thing i don't like. posted by modernisbetter'
	.	1 Relevance	21 years ago	azurechicken (USA)	General discussion
	. San Antonio has most shops concentrated on Broadway.The San Antonio Museum of Art has Nelson Rockefellers center for Latin American art,this museum is well known in architectural circles for its "creative reuse" of an old building, the lone star brewery built in 1883.When you find mid century design its quite inexpensive.Its very hot here in Austin 97 yesterday, we are about 90 TO 100 miles from SA.Hemisphere 68 was held in SA, the tower is still standing I saw Alexander Girards exhibit Magic of a people in 68 as a child,the only thing I recall from the fair!
	it is insane...	1 Relevance	22 years ago	ojingoh	General discussion
	it is insane... but a lot of that insanity has to do with the way that furninture is retailed. i'm sure there's plenty of people on this board who sell furniture, and i'm glad i can buy a copy here at home, but the markup on furniture is a very tough thing to justify factored in with the designers's 'premium' if you will -- that portion gets marked up. plus the weak dollar, expensive shipping from europe b/c of a high demand for diesel fuel and competition for asian-north america routes, etc etc. i'm not saying they're not sweet, but that US$12k for a sofa is kind of silly -- and no i cannot afford that, but even then, it still seems silly.
	yes whitespike the Vitras ...	1 Relevance	19 years ago	LRF	General discussion
	yes whitespike the Vitras ... yes whitespike the Vitras are different bases and have been since birth in the late 60s of course you know cause you are a smart boy but the Hilles made the chair in England and are real also , cause they were a Eames sanctioned license, a These chairs are all considered real and not fake any thing that had the license from Charles Eames was all ways considered real,
	to guynsf - I have the same pan with no exposed iron!!!	1 Relevance	13 years ago	NULL NULL	General discussion
	to guynsf - I have the same pan with no exposed iron!!! I was wondering the same thing - mine is colored enamel all over, with no exposed iron or marking at the base. Does that mean it is a Copco look-alike? Or does that make it a later Copco paella pan? Appreciate any info you all can share! It looks exactly (and I mean EXACTLY) like the Copco Paella Pan except that it is colored enamel on the bottom. Thanks so much for your insights in advance!!!
	i would not waste my ti...	1 Relevance	19 years ago	LRF	General discussion
	i would not waste my ti... i would not waste my time on that other clock it is a hack job with someone fooling around trying to do there own design, the only thing that makes any sence about this clock is the architect Alden Dow a great mid century modern designer, if the clock was off his kichen wall maybe. i would consider it he did design great homes and if it was one one of his homes, someone was just fooling around with nothing better to do,, Howard miller or nelson never did this,
	I sure do.	1 Relevance	11 years ago	Eameshead	Off topic
	I sure do. I would have sworn that it was a fish eye lens issue, but you certainly would be aware of it if it were. That's amazing. But I originally liked it best …. IN SPITE of the bend illusion. I'm not sure I enjoy the bend… I might be too distracted by it. Now that I know it's not a lens thing… but only because I like the complexity so much and just want to enjoy that aspect. But still, amazingly weird that it happens. EDIT Now I'm wondering what would happen if this pattern were allowed to repeat itself several times on a larger scale… Would the bend illusion still happen if it were not happening along the edge of the rectangle?
	Just for the record,	1 Relevance	13 years ago	Spanky	General discussion
	Just for the record, the webbing was most likely redone because the original rubber webbing hardened with age. It had nothing to do with the size of the people sitting in it. (Maybe you were joking, Tex, but this is the kind of thing that starts one of those internet myths.) A lot of conventional upholsterers and even more DIYers will use whatever is conveniently available when redoing webbing, which is usually that 3" wide jute webbing. This was especially true 15+ years ago, before there was much of an internet. And local fabric stores still only carry jute webbing, never rubber or elastic webbing. At least not that I've ever seen.
	RE: Excellent Furniture Company Wall System 82	1 Relevance	5 years ago	cdsilva	Identification
	Interesting. I've never seen those pulls on an Aasbjerg piece. The receipt looks like it is dated 1966; fairly late in the game. Are the case pieces still solid teak, and are the board joints still finger joints? It would be interesting to note if Excellent had started economizing by 1966 to veneer and simpler joints. Speaking of Aasbjerg, I came across a very scarce piece a few months ago and need to post that on last thing acquired.
	Sofa=Car	1 Relevance	22 years ago	Olive	General discussion
	Sofa=Car All I would say is that a sofa is akin to buying a car. In fact you'll have the sofa much longer than your average car. So maybe a sofa is akin to buying a house, heck that may not even be right, you may own the sofa in more than one home. Anyway, the point...don't buy a cheap sofa. Period. End of statement. It's a heavily used, major piece of furniture in most homes and it will die young if you buy cheap. If you want to switch it out after a few years and want a throw-away then that's one thing, but cheap sofa and longevity do not mix.
	Mystery MCM designer	1 Relevance	11 years ago	SDR	Identification
	Fifteen years ago a work acquaintance showed me a book of work by a shop teacher at a German or Austrian boys school. The work was furniture -- specifically, a series of credenzas or sideboards with sliding or hinged doors. The doors were the thing: each a different bas-relief repeat pattern, intricate geometries designed to be machine carved, as a student project. The designs were wonderful, and very sophisticated. Has anyone seen such a book, or other reference to this unnamed man ?
	Someone	1 Relevance	16 years ago	SDR	General discussion
	Someone made a pretty good stab at a Calder. I'm not sure how consistently his pieces were signed, but I can't blame them for staying away from that -- if only for eventual deniability. The fabrication looks like Calder's -- though I can't see how the sheet metal base is fastened at the joint. The paint is convincing, I suppose. What fails is the forms: Calder never made a hard triangle like that as far as I know -- and the swirly base element is suspicious for him, too. Perhaps the oddest thing is that the point that is the pivot should have survived intact, as fragile (and vital) as it is.
	Has my Aluminum Group base been refinished?	1 Relevance	15 years ago	convrge	General discussion
	I acquired an Aluminum Group mid-back lounge recently. It has the old four-star base that uses the hex screws. However, I noticed that the Herman Miller logo underneath the bottom antler support seems to be worn down. Is this a sign that the aluminum was refinished at some point? It certainly doesn't look refinished but who knows what this thing has been through in its 40+ years of existence. I'm just curious as to how that part of the aluminum logo could be worn down like that.
	In comparing your photos to	1 Relevance	11 years ago	Spanky	General discussion
	In comparing your photos to photos of the real thing on the DWR site, I see a number of differences. The legs on yours look like they have a large hex screw near the top; real chair has 3 small black carriage bolts or whatever they're called. The is also no strap holding the cushion to the frame at the midpoint. The feet have a different shape, too. Those are the main differences that stand out. Finocchi snaps are and were used on all kinds of things so that's not a definite ID, either. But it does look like a better quality knockoff, if it's a knockoff! I don't know enough about these to say for sure either way, just pointing out a few differences.