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	One thing I do like about	2 Relevance	12 years ago	jermy	General discussion
	One thing I do like about living in the Southeast, not terribly close to any major cities, is that you can score goods at goodwill from time to time...though it is rare. This year I have scored one vintage floor lamp with square, printed fabric shade and thin chrome body. 2 yellow enamel braising pots a vintage double gooseneck lamp vintage pyrex all over the place one lane end table several canvases for me to paint over... on that note - you can see many of said painted over canvases at www.jeremymitchellpelt.com (not to derail)
	Eames EA105	1 Relevance	16 years ago	machupicchu	General discussion
	Eames EA105 oh,also aquired this for £7,stood out a mile in the warehouse
	The only positive thing I can about...	2 Relevance	18 years ago	koen	General discussion
	The only positive thing I can about... the Eileen Gray chair is that if she had done one more like that, nobody would remember the name Eileen Gray...at least not in connection with design. It is such an ugly barbarian object that one has to wonder how confused she was early in her career, landing in Paris, unfamiliar with furniture design but asked to do the interior decoration of Suzanne Talbot's appartment based on her earlier decoratif panels in lacque, a technique she studied and mastered very well. It is fortunate for us that after a while she found the right people in Paris and adopted a new direction.
	That sort of thing never happens to me.	2 Relevance	17 years ago	william-holden-...	General discussion
	That sort of thing never happens to me. Guess I'm sort of calm & phlegmatic when it comes to furnishings-- I never become obsessed with particular objects, so much as the overall effect. I'd rather own no-name, bland stuff that works together within the space, than a motley assortment of "iconic" pieces. I know someone with money to burn, who obsessively collects and "has to HAVE" certain objects, yet her apartment is a rather unpleasant place. Once you focus on the individual things, they're quite amazing and some even belong in museums, but the overall effect is visually exhausting. My indifference may be the result of never having money to burn... or maybe it's just innate.
	One other thing.	2 Relevance	18 years ago	Big Television Man	General discussion
	One other thing. You combine glass and silver but I still see the shape of a martini glass that obviously came before. I think there might be two issues here, "pure originality", emphasis on the pure, which I think is extremely difficult to achieve. And "repurposing" or combining two disparate elements to make something new, which happens all of the time. But at the end of the day, that repurposed piece has at its core, previously designed and recognizable elements. There is however, and this is a very big "maybe", maybe there are completely original "endeavors" like walking on the moon. Walking on the moon had never been done before but it is still the derivative act of exploration, like going to the South Pole, or climbing Everest. But unto itself, (walking on the moon) stands alone.
	The other thing I would	2 Relevance	11 years ago	Spanky	General discussion
	The other thing I would caution against is not using enough fabric width-wise. You need a certain amount of fullness, otherwise drapes look cheap. I see this all the time with ready-made drapes. I guess people go by what it says on the package but that's just the minimum needed to cover the window. When these drapes are closed, the folds nearly disappear! I think the fabric width, measured flat, is supposed to be about 2 to 2.5 times the width of the area it is covering. You can always buy more panels, just don't try to skimp and get the minimum. Of course that applies to any style of decor, not just MCM. Cheap curtains and drapes are a pet peeve of mine!
	should it be & is it a cross reference thing	2 Relevance	20 years ago	ite (BE)	General discussion
	should it be & is it a cross reference thing If the guy/ girl has a nice portfolio & great projects, he/ she can show up in pyjama bottoms as far as I am concerned. However, if a newbie comes along, I can understand people want to have some kind of indication that the kid has taste: so by lack of portfolio, increase in shirt importance ? Apart from that, I think that people who are interested in architecture/ design / fashion are often interested in (at least some of) the other fields too. As all those fields have something in common: attention to form, proportion, color & texture combination etc.
	I am pretty sure it's not the real thing	2 Relevance	14 years ago	Jimbo	General discussion
	I am pretty sure it's not the real thing Looking at the picture with the cushions removed it does not look right. The screws fastening the back braces to the lower back appear to be countersunk and originals never are. Plus the size of those screws look to be almost as large as the two screw holding on the upper back. There was a time when there might have been just a set number written on the wood panels like those number 6s. But now there are numbers plus operator initials plus date stamps for press dates plus shock mount glue dates also
	Where did that thing come from?	2 Relevance	19 years ago	James Collins	General discussion
	Where did that thing come from? My guess would be a focus group...Apple had a weak period in design in the late 80's when I worked there (in tech support) when things were designed with too much emphasis on focus groups and test markets and they made the "classic" and the "LC" which were nice but fundamentally unoriginal, uninspiring and untimately failed in the market. These machines were supposed to kill the PC (that's what they told us at the company pep rallys) but ultimately they were the undoing of John Scully and set apple back years. Good design takes risks and when it works has big payoffs ala the ipod. No guts no glory.
	Most recent thing I have missed out on?.	2 Relevance	20 years ago	Yunis	General discussion
	Most recent thing I have missed out on?. A few weeks back I found a nice rosewood coffee table by Poul Cadovious listed on ebay. It was incorrectly listed so, I thought not many ppl will find it?.and I might be able to pick up a bargain.. I had my window open waiting for the clock to show 7 seconds?.I was really tired that day and must of closed my eyes?I have woken up looked at my laptop?.I?ve missed the auction by three minutes?Table finished for £6.. Not one to really cry about?for the price though a true bargain?
	The poor thing has suffered, no doubt.	2 Relevance	14 years ago	tktoo	General discussion
	The poor thing has suffered, no doubt. It looks like a glue-joint has failed. Likely cause was wide fluctuations of relative humidity. From a damp basement to a sunny porch or hot attic, for example. Anyway, Herman Miller goes to some trouble gluing up the walnut pieces for the rather large lathe-turnings in order to combat the kinds of dimensional changes that would occur in a normal domestic environment, but extremes will often defeat even the best construction. Still, the stool looks entirely serviceable to me. A little tarting up should do the trick nicely, don't you agree?
	One more thing....	2 Relevance	13 years ago	NULL NULL	General discussion
	One more thing.... The wooden disc attaches to the aluminum base using a long threaded rod that bolts through the base of the table. If you check the base of your upturned table and see a bolt on a threaded rod with a big, zinc washer, I would feel even more sure that your piece is authentic. Releasing this bolt allows you to remove the wooden disc that screws into the underside of the table top. If you ever wanted to powdercoat your base, you'd need to remove the disc to prevent it from turning to ash in the oven. Ta.
	one more thing	2 Relevance	23 years ago	koen	General discussion
	one more thing All previous comments overlook one point: the shells are not homogenious. The outside layer is a gel-coat and has in the very early versions made by Zenith Plastics (Gardena California) a slightly higher color content than the glass fiber filled part. To remove the gel-coat has a few disadvantages: the color underneed is not exactly the same and with each movement of the shell the glass will creep to the surface (the gel-coat prevents that) I agree with Larry on the sanding and washing process but I would recommend to restore the surface with un unfilled gel-coat. Consult the nearest polyester boat builder! that's what the Chuck and Ray Eames did.
	Well either chickens or goats....same thing. They both taste...	2 Relevance	13 years ago	Mark	General discussion
	Well either chickens or goats....same thing. They both taste like chicken. Aunt Mark is starting to get weird damp, and I have a real strange look on my face right now. Seems that last evening (in a haze) I stumbled into a party (charity) at a local art gallery...and made a purchase. I wore pink. I do remember that the piece was a painting, but that's all that I can recall. It could be a P. Buckley Moss on acid for all I know. Somebody is to deliver it this afternoon. It was all a blur...again. Snappies this afternoon, natch, Aunt Mark ps the food was divine. oh god............
	The really bizarre thing is,	2 Relevance	11 years ago	SDR	Off topic
	The really bizarre thing is, I took those two photos out of the bathroom window, half an hour ago, pushing aside the shower curtain and straddling the tub with one foot. I rested the camera on the sill, aimed and shot, looked at the screen, reset the camera on the sill, aimed and shot again. A complete fluke or Christmas miracle: the two shots matched -- I had to crop less than 2 percent off the top and side on one shot, the same off the bottom and side of the other. I had decided a red-light shot and a green-light one would be cute . . . Oh -- and yes, I do need a new camera.