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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| thanks, SDR | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | kate kaplan | General discussion | |
| thanks, SDR for your wise observations. I'd thought that that was part of the ethos of mid-century design -- less concern for pedigree and expensive materials - the thing would speak for itself, to borrow a legal expression. When I was a mid-century child, some of the vases we used were lab glass my parents got at some commercial outlet. This was thought to be not "as good as" say expensive crystal, but better, if you liked it better. Which is not to say that we shouldn't now be interested in the history of pieces we like or in following the work of designers we respect - of course we do. But it's pretty common on these forums for someone to post a comment saying, more or less, I don't know who made it but it sure is nice. Which I think does what you suggest - educate our taste. | |||||
| To all | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | Richard Tanimura | General discussion | |
| To all I have just spent a fabulous 3 days in Seattle. I arrived from Sweden by way of Paris en route to Honolulu. The weather was fabulous. Perhaps the fineast summer weather I have seen for years anywhere. There were festivals going on simultaneously in Georgetown, Chinatown and Ballard and on Sunday the flera market in Fremont. Mt. Rainier was unobscured and magnificent and the Olympics were lovely. Seattle is Great. Thanks to all for the suggestions. Didn't manage half of them but they helped us get a feel for the city and how much there is to do. One thing no one mentioned were the people who were open , helpful and friendly. Thanks to all. | |||||
| continued... | 1 Relevance | 17 years ago | Jinx | General discussion | |
| continued... mjf451: Great to hear and I would love to see how yours came out and the state it was in before. My email is: saintj79 at gmail dot com Once again thank you all for taking the time so far and welcome any further comments, opinions, etc... I love design addict and this is what it is all about, different versions and opinions, fact and fiction. Every single contribution, good or bad, has meaning here, as it helps us get to the end result. One more thing before I sign off today... I accept the challenge! I will endevour to save this lovely chair to my best ability and hopefully under budget! As time progresses, I will update the thread with pictures and details for all of you to see. Jinx | |||||
| Men! | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | Olive | General discussion | |
| Men! All anal compulsive and controlling! Yet, when they need to find the keys to their truck, the first thing they do is say "Honey, where are my car keys?" And hevean forbid that the ketchup is behind the mayonaise in the fridge. They'll NEVER in a 1000 years find it there! 😉 We should have a Design-based "Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus" discussion. And our non-straight DA'ers can add to the mix by telling us where they come out on the whole equasion. I'm convinced that there are very decided ways of organizing and displaying stuff based on the whole 'hunter/gatherer' theory. Be interesting to see how it shakes out. Just look at the 'just make it stop thread' already there are some intriguing aspects to our styles. | |||||
| Neo by Bendtsen | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | LuciferSum | General discussion | |
| Neo by Bendtsen I just got the Neo by Niel Bendsten - love it! Its firm, but comfortable. I had to go with a 2 seater because of space constraints -but when you remove the back cushions the seat cushions are deep enough for very comfortable sleeping. The thing I like best about it is that it's fairly anonymous in a setting, so it doesnt detract from my Eames chairs, or my artwork. My cat seems to love it too, which is proving to be troublesome. The nubbly fabric makes for great scratching I guess. I got mine as a floor sale from DWR in the States. I dunno if anyone retails it in Europe - but if so I highly recommend it! | |||||
| Heya Spanky | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | LuciferSum | General discussion | |
| Heya Spanky todays the day - my leather came in last night, as I was returning from a trip to NYC to see the Eames Lounge: 50 Years exhibit. Man was that spectacular! Almost makes me want to toss out the repro downstairs and buy the real thing. Well.. except for the gigantic pricetag. If you havent seen the exhibit I would recommend it. Aside from the treat of having a 670 provided to sit in, there are a few versions of earlier works - including a very early all plywood lounge, and the plywood elephant. It also gave me a great insight into how the 670 differs from the knockoffs. So.. off I go to upholster!!! If I finish today I will take photos and post them soon! | |||||
| the RO80..... | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | koen | General discussion | |
| the RO80..... ..how could I forget about it. I have driven one many times, courtesy of my former boss in Holland. I am still wondering why hw let me use that car (I had crashed twice his Volvo...trying to negociate small country roads in the east of Holland at un-reasonabe speed) It's the only car I ever pushed to 230 km/hr. It was quite amazing because because the noice (already very low because of the Wankel engine)reduced in reversed proportion to the speed. The funny thing was that I did not pay much attention to the traffic behind until a Porche flashed it's lights asking to move over...a remarkable car. Unfortunately the RO80 disappeared with NSU in Audi keeping only the famous rings that NSU inherited from DKW, but that's another story.. | |||||
| Danish Dining Chairs - I think I made a mistake at auction...care to put me out of my misery? | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | cada | General discussion | |
| Well, I think my title sums it up really. I bought 4 dining chairs and a table at auction - I do like them, which is the important thing, I know. I feel that they are great quality, but, and here's the thing that's bothering me; they are not the chairs that I rushed into thinking [assumed] they were - and in the excitement of the auction I pressed on...actually it wasn't a life changing sum (£500 inc premiums) for the 4 chairs and a really lovely extending table. I don't have space today to take a pic of the table, but it is highly reminscent of Johannes Andersen's extending dining table with the extensions that are concealed within each end - except that the leaves on mine fit in the middle - where they are stored. Anyway - it's the chairs that have driven me to post here tonight - see photos below. I didn't have chance to look at them properly, and neither did I go away and research....I assumed they were Moller 77. I can now see that the top of the back rests are wrong, and that the front legs are perfectly round - I think this is 'wrong' too? They are upholstered in leather though. Underneath each there is an elongated oval indent where a label once lived - I seem to remember Sibast had an similar shaped badge? Feel free to tell me they're not Moller 77 (and share in my auction related 'lesson to be learned') - I would of course dearly love to be enlighted as to what I have bought - I have undertaken the usual google-athon (2 weeks on and off) but my heavy heart has rendered me devoid of enthusiasm... thanks in advance as ever, Claire | |||||
| It reminds me of another variation... | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | koen | General discussion | |
| It reminds me of another variation... ...I introduced one of my secondary school teachers to. He asked us to write two pages about any special event over the long week-end. I started of by saying that I could not do it because "Nothing happenend it was raining" but he was not very willing to hear my arguments and insisted on two pages so...I pulled out the dictionary and looked up the definition of "nothing" and "happened" and continued all the way to "raining" Than I started over again with the definition of the first word in the definition of "nothing" than the second ...and so on and so on. After having started over again untill the whole thing was two pages I thought I had done a fine job. The teacher was stubborn and disagreed... | |||||
| The reversible theory is a... | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | glassartist | General discussion | |
| The reversible theory is a... The reversible theory is a current thought that is subject to revision just like any other restoration approach. There well may come a time when it is replaced by a new theory. And even if I subscribed to this method for the massed produced object (I certainly do for museum worthy items) a finish repair like I suggested is easily reversible. But to the point, "correctly" is an evolving idea. not so long ago, refinishing every old piece of furniture used to be the "correct" thing to do and was recognized by the best professionals as such. That it is not the case now suggests that "correct" is a mutable term. | |||||
| To Ball - I actually went and checked it out... | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| To Ball - I actually went and checked it out... ...and I didn't buy it. My gut tells me it wasn't real and I'm not enough of a fan of this set to buy a knock-off. First the table top (under the cover) was a strange laminate layer not solid teak, which seemed wrong. I couldn't resist and I looked under the table. No Frem Rojle or Denmark stamp anywhere and really ugly/shoddy underside construction. Lastly the leaf was missing and, though I am uncertain, I feel like the original has the leaf built into the underside of the table. Do you know? The whole thing is pretty strange right? Do you think someone made copies of this set? | |||||
| Beautiful! | 1 Relevance | 17 years ago | ankh1980 | General discussion | |
| Beautiful! Hi Carolyn... The chair looks to be in great condition and the foam still looks rather in tact. The good thing about Warren Platner's chairs is that they don't require a lot of fabric. These lounge chairs only require 3 yards. The lower end Knoll Fabrics are in the $50/yard range and will work fantastic. I'm not sure what reupholsters charge by the hour, but I could redo this chair in 3 or 4 hours myself, completed. I would email Knoll or a Knoll retailer in the DC area and have them recommend a re upholsterer who has experience with this type of furniture. | |||||
| whitespike | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | LRF | General discussion | |
| whitespike nothing like a great estate sale. I am sure when i leave this earth hopefully later than sooner there will be one hell of a one around this house, they will be lined up for miles, I have been told that the corporate estate sales are the best. I live in a small town with about 5 major corporations, but places like Dallas Houston, and other large cities have some great ones, as after 20 years every thing goes , as 0 depreciation factor, and they let the stuff go for what ever they can get . If i lived in a big city and was trying to build a great modern collection i would be scoping out large corporations with cool furniture, | |||||
| I have acquired several Eam... | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | LRF | General discussion | |
| I have acquired several Eam... I have acquired several Eames Storage Units over the last 15 years and i have them in my warehouse , always wondering where can i put them. I did have one re powder coated in the original black since the rust and deterioration took its toll but the original chrome thank goodness still looks great , I have had these things taken apart on 3 occasions and they were not difficult to put back together so to ship them would be real easy, I have not seen any of the fake stuff from Modernica and can not speak for their quality other than they are a fake repoduciton of the original , If i was in a buying mood i would acquire from Herman Miller cause that is one thing that i would rather own inthe original than a fake. | |||||
| Awesome chandelier, La Murrina 851 ... or other? | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | gertvt | General discussion | |
| I'm struggeling to ID this chandelier. Closest thing I found is a La Murrina 851, but the pieces are not the same (maybe earlier edition?). I also found a similar chandelier on 1stdibs, designer unknown. 40 pieces Height: 45cm Diameter: 50cm Does somebody recognizes this chandelier? http://les2c.com/store/furniture_item_detail.php?id=545461 | |||||
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