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	Help identify FF couch	1 Relevance	20 years ago	darren	General discussion
	i believe this may be a fredericia furniture or fredericia furniturefactory (same thing?)couch, but i'm not certain. it's wool, in 4 seperate pieces that can be joined with allen bolts. can anyone tell me about it or decipher the logo/signature? thank you!
	Herman Miller	1 Relevance	18 years ago	NULL NULL	General discussion
	Herman Miller If you can get a new top from Herman Miller, it will be tempered glass. And what SDR said about there being no such thing as a "green edge" to the glass. All clear glass actually has a slight green color. You can get glass with no color at all but it is made by a special process or from stuff other than what regular glass is made of (I forget which).
	Paul McCobb Planter	1 Relevance	15 years ago	brbeard	General discussion
	Just curious what the resident McCobb expert (or others) thinks about this being billed as a McCobb design. There's very little information on the thing - a lot of people online attributing it to McCobb, but they're always also selling one of them, so...that's gotta be taken with a grain of salt. It's most frequently referred to as a planter, but I've also seen it called a wine bucket. Either's possible! Wondering if anyone's come across info on this piece in their research. http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture_item_detail.php?id=316925
	Olive,	1 Relevance	22 years ago	KRP	General discussion
	Olive, One point I take from the O.B.D. site as one of the goals of that organization,it aptly applies to Eileen Gray as a gay designer :To honor and proclaim our contributions to the design professions now and throughout history so they will no longer be hidden or ignored.Did I ever say she was "just"a lesbian designer? I dont think O.B.D. feels the need to clarify that they are, also brothers,sisters and friends.In your message the "subtext" is clearly,dont make a fuss of it.Gray was foremost a great designer who has not been accorded the status she deserves,most likely because was female.I think visibility for historic gay designers is a good thing,Thank you for your views.KRP
	Not sure which is more mazing...	1 Relevance	18 years ago	dcwilson	General discussion
	Not sure which is more mazing... Selling Russel Wright T-shirts and tote bags Or selling them BEFORE they even start selling the dishes! Since when did people start buying promo t's and tote's for dishes?! Oh, well, people buy promo T-s and totes forevery thing else. Why not dishes? 🙂
	whether you consider. .	1 Relevance	20 years ago	ite (BE)	General discussion
	whether you consider. . something to be bad design, depends on on your definition of what constitutes good design. As far as i know, there is not one universally fixed definition. A magazine did the exercise awhile ago, and asked 10 prominent desingers what their definition of good design was. A lot of recurring elements appeared, but the order of priority they were put in differed depending on the designer. Some designers also included elements in their definition of good design that others left out. (eg longlasting lines, how important is it to be renewing relative to funtionality of the object etc) Of course, perhaps in part these differences could be accounted for by the difference in degree to which the designer in question had already thought thoroughly about the issue and how his priorities translate into a theoretical manifesto. But still, formulation inaccuraties aside, i think you would get a different answer asking either Raymond Loewe or Dieter Rams. Loewe was known for his streamlining of objects (even if not necessary for funtionality e.g. a household vacuumcleaner), and the importance he attached of making objects look good, and radiating futuristic optimism, wich would appeal to the general bying public. I believe he also was involved in designing a couple of very curvy cars. Dieter Rams, on the other hand, has as far as I know never designed a car, but has made some very cleanlined highly funtional objects for Brown (eg shaving machines, etc). He propagates that the use of an object should be clear from the form and appearance. I remember we had a very nice Brown coffee grinder, with such nice classic lines that decades after, the thing still does not look outdated. It was also intuitively clear how to use the thing (perhaps thats where Bill G gets his claims for Windows from. No, only kidding as slightly irritated with some strange decisions made in windows XP.) Moral of the story: different designers, different outlook. But both are known as icons in the world of design. Perhaps Dieter Rams would have sympathy for your plee, but I suspect Loewy might perhaps find it secondary to the general line of the car. ite
	Arne Jacobsen Egg chair identification	1 Relevance	14 years ago	Lenox	Identification
	Peace be with all of you, I am in need of assistance in authenticating this Arne Jacobsen egg chair. Moreover, some of the information that the seller has provided is that the chair has been in her family since the early 60's and it has a tilt mechanism. However, there is no sticker label. Nonetheless, when did they begin offering the tilt mechanism? Could this possibly be the real thing and how much of a hassle will it be for an upholsterer to adhere the fabric back to the foam? Lastly, she mentioned that the foam is still pliable and it doesn?t seem to have hardened. With this in mind, do you folks think that this is a good buy or should I walk away from the purchase? As always may you remain continually blessed
	how to protect sofa from spills etc	1 Relevance	15 years ago	Lit Up	General discussion
	I've just bought a grand's worth of 3 seat vintage leather sofa. Thing is, I rent out my room sometimes to tourists visiting my city on airbnb. People are total clutzes though. I've already had a girl spill nail polish on my bedsheets (soaked thru to the mattress). I don't want the same innocent mistake being made on this sofa. I am guessing that there must be some kind of transparent waterproof cover that will fit to the form of my sofa without looking like shit. Maybe I would need to pay for a custom one? Of course one could say don't rent the room out and have pricey furniture etc, but now that I have, it would be more useful to learn how to protect the sofa. Thanks in advance. Lit
	Just use it, let it get a...	1 Relevance	14 years ago	objectworship	General discussion
	Just use it, let it get a... Just use it, let it get a little dusty, and don't worry about it. Sunlight destroys every thing it touches (eventually) but that's no reason to tinfoil over the windows. Maple slats aren't going to be changed by any perceivable degree. If you had a new, natural finish panel of cherry, however, that you had a book or lamp or something on for a year with some sun exposure in the same spot you would absolutely see a difference. Natural cherry darkens quite a bit in the first while. Table leaves stored in a dark closet will look funny compared to the rest of the table after a while too. Conditions cause change/relative lack of change.
	mcmaddict	1 Relevance	14 years ago	Spanky	General discussion
	mcmaddict I found an auction listing that says "Chip to ceramic element attached to wand (inside base)." So I don't think kerosene is the intended element there---seems like you would use the ceramic bit to create sparks somehow...?? I really don't know, but it's interesting. ETA: never mind, you were right! A listing on 1stDibs says "Pour in the fuel, soak the flint, light the fire." The coiled handle is a way to keep the heat dissipated (think old stove lid handles), so you must just stick the burning flint into the kindling for a quick start. I guess. (This whole thing really appeals to my inner pyro, I must admit.)
	If I were in Dallas and that chair were on fire,	1 Relevance	16 years ago	fastfwd	General discussion
	If I were in Dallas and that chair were on fire, I wouldn't piss on it. Seriously, once the back and seat have been drilled, is a beat-up old Herman Miller DCW better than any other beat-up old wooden kitchen chair? I mean, I get that it has some sentimental value or rustic "honesty" or whatever, and it still has a nice silhouette (when the back's rightside-up, anyway)... But isn't a drilled DCW a bit like a beautiful silk wedding dress with a huge tear across the ass that's been repaired with duct tape? Or a Bubble lamp that someone's poked a finger through? Those items are still serviceable, but the essential thing that made them especially valuable -- the surface perfection -- is gone.
	response re Herman Miller aluminum group management chairs	1 Relevance	16 years ago	coembe	General discussion
	response re Herman Miller aluminum group management chairs Hmmm, but did they come with colored base/frame? I recently saw some in what appeared to be an original dark grey powder-coating. They were the five feet variety with the seat/back in brown leather no tilt/lift mechanism. They did have the Herman Miller molded stamp and pat. no., but no date stamp, just a totally faded paper tag. Looked to have had about 30+ years worth of wear. I am no expert but the looked the real thing.
	true but,	1 Relevance	23 years ago	Olive	General discussion
	true but, I think the bed is more comfortable w/out the box spring. Less wiggly jiggly and a cleaner look. And many modernist platform beds have headboard. Eames Case Study, Peter Maly Bed, Cittero's Charles bed, are just a few I could think of. Also there are many example of old colonial type beds that had no headboards as they were placed in attic bedrooms under the eaves and couldn't fit with one. And those old beds didn't use boxsprings either, just rope and a sack full of straw! I still think that it doesn't matter stylistically if there's a headboard or not. there are many very sleek interesting and unusual beds that utilize headboards. It's a personal comfort thing, I'd say.
	Droog are producing the crate...	1 Relevance	16 years ago	HPau	General discussion
	Droog are producing the crate... Droog are producing the crate chair (in a manner against the spirit of the thing, in my opinion) at a fairly low price. The red blue looks especially good in a clear finish in some decent timber, the Taschen De Stijl book has a very good image of this. Good luck with the project! Its a fun job though mine sits in storage, its a lovely design but my bum doesn't like it. http://www.droog.com/products/0/crate-chair---natural/
	This table, identified on...	1 Relevance	16 years ago	tchp	General discussion
	This table, identified on... This table, identified on Deconet as being by Fritz Hansen, is the closest thing I have found to this table of mine. Unfortunately, there is not a higher resolution photo I could use to compare details. Fritz Hansen also made the Bruno Mathsson/Piet Hein table with a similar type of leg, in metal (the legs on my black table are wood, and have only three struts per leg, as the metal legged version has four struts).