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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| LRF | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | alexandersforum | General discussion | |
| LRF I know about your business from reading the designaddict forums and I'm sure most of the people on this forum are well aware of what you are doing. That must be worth something, right? Maybe none of your customers have refered to DA as how they got to know about your business, but at the same time you get customers sending you Eames armshells from Africa? Did you advertise in an African Modernism magazine or how did you think they heard about your company? I'm just guessing... -DA? Also, you complain about other people looking for trouble. At the same you are the one, who often comes across as both one of the most enthusiastic (good thing), but also aggressive people here. Still, I must say think it is wrong of other members to complain about LRF's writing skills, since he has already told us that he's had this problem (and this is a problem called dyslexia not LRF being stupid...) since he was young... | |||||
| pigmented soap | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| pigmented soap You may not need the lye at all if you're working with oak or ash. Pine yellows way more than oak, I think. I don't think soap alone will keep the wood pale, though. I would add the titanium white pigment. You could also do a pickling stain but that's more permanent. The nice thing about soap is that it does a great job of keeping dirt out of the wood fibers. You do have to redo it fairly often, though. Pine floors with a soap finish should be washed weekly to stay looking good. (But they never have to be sanded if you soap them regularly and often. There are floors in Denmark that are hundreds of years old and never sanded that still look good.) | |||||
| Target | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | whitespike | General discussion | |
| Target Well that would have been one excellent choice that would have both extended the reach of the Eames influence and put money in the fat, selfish mouths of their license holders. It's quite a win win. Instead everyone else loses. This is an outright mind blowing slap in the face to the Eames' design princliples. $2007? What in the sam hell? The amusing thing is that as soon as it came out I spotted it's many inconsistencies with the original. It isn't even made correctly. It's really a bad knock-off (made unlike the original) being sold for an extraordinary price. "Happy Birthday Charles. We f**ked up your legacy and made ourselves rich." That's it. I will never, ever buy another NEW Eames item. It's 100% vintage or nothing now. This is bullshit. | |||||
| uhh not lying I didn't buy... | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | WaywardVintage | General discussion | |
| uhh not lying I didn't buy... uhh not lying I didn't buy it. I wanted to find a buyer for it before I bought it. I didn't want to be stuck with it. In the end I couldn't find a buyer at even 700. I went back to the thrift store and a dealer bought it and put it in the antique store down town for like 150 more than he paid.. kinda stupid if you ask me considering time, transportation, and the fact that he had to split his commission with the store. anyways back to these chairs bro... also the larry bird thing is brilliant. | |||||
| Other suggestions | 1 Relevance | 21 years ago | kevinacker | General discussion | |
| Other suggestions About the only thing I am more enthusiastic about than modern design is high-end audio. Here are my suggestions: 1) Avoid Bose. Bose is a primarily a marketing company, not an audio company. With very few exceptions, their equipment is overpriced. 2) Don't know what your budget is, but rather than getting a prepackaged shelf system, I would go with a moderately priced integrated amp and CD player from NAD or Rotel, and a small pair of bookshelf speakers from a company like PSB, Paradigm or Epos. You should be able to get the whole package for less than $600, and the sound quality will be worlds better than the typical shelf system. | |||||
| Aha -- and, aha. Yes, I've | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | SDR | Off topic | |
| Aha -- and, aha. Yes, I've seen the tiny-upside-down-images-on-the-sidewalk, too. Don't remember under what circumstance. Eameshead, I believe I did read an explanation somewhere that explained the moon-disc thing as you have: the contrast between bright and black is so great that the difference in brightness on different parts of the bright object are minimized to the point of invisibility. I must have missed the lunar eclipse; I saw only photos of a burnt-orange (?) disc. I do see the globe of the moon, or seem to, when a partial moon is lighted by earthlight and the remainder of the disc becomes slightly visible. At least, I think I'm seeing a gradation of light on the darkened surface of the moon . . . | |||||
| No shame! | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | TinyArmada | General discussion | |
| No shame! Nah, my bumps are what kept my little thread alive and eventually resulted in an ID. No shame in a hope bump if it's been awhile, lots of people only check in every few days or weeks and if the threads not on the front page they might miss it. Since this wonderful forum has now resulted in 2 solved mysteries for me, I'm going to devote 30 min of searching for your table tmrw in appreciation. I think the most difficult thing about your table is it's similar to so many sleek MCM wood coffee tables made. It's just the really small details that set it apart from 25 others, so it's a challenge but I hope the ID success spreads to you too. There is hope! Cheers! | |||||
| Quick update... | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | J.J. | General discussion | |
| Quick update... The elder gentlemen I got this from was involved/worked for Evans Products Company and said they got pieces for furnishings from Eames/Herman Miller. So I guess my next question is...could the top on this be original? It has some other small holes indicating otherwise and I've never seen a square top like this on that base... Another peculiar thing is the two different merchandise tags. If you notice from my earlier photo one seems much older and metal/brass with EVANS 3125. This has me very interested. The other "newer" tag is more of a stylized decal with the EP logo and "Evans Products Company". So it seems they just retagged it later on for tracking/merchandise purposes. | |||||
| The answer is in your question | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | Pegboard Modern | General discussion | |
| The answer is in your question ".. even if I have to build it myself." You can make your cat and yourself both happy by making your own modernist cat tower. My cat (who we lost last January after over 17 years) flatly refused to spend time with any kind of store-bought bed or play thing. She seemed to prefer hanging out on our best modern furniture (or laying on me). Just considering the possibilities makes me wish I'd tried fabricating something modern and feline-friendly for our cat. Right now I'm thinking of an all white Bauhaus-inspired construction, or an Eames-ish jungle-gym made of off-the-shelf materials. I think with a bit of inspiration and rudimentary skills one could put together something pretty cool that would not clash with your high design interior. | |||||
| optimism | 1 Relevance | 17 years ago | Danish-homestore.com | General discussion | |
| optimism is a good thing as I forsee exports rising once more to europe, US and asia as it did back in 2008-09 when the pound fell to it;s all time low. As for the parties screwing this up I must agree that councils are a law onto them selves. Our last review was based on a 90% increase in rents for no other reason than "if you dont agree move" More like "we lost 5 million in the Icelandig banks so now you the wealthy business' have to prop us up. And have you ever tried moving 18000 square foot filled with stock machinery spares and so on! Nahh give me the rights to rule with an iron fits, Nicely designed of course, and I will soon make things right! | |||||
| The main reason I've reduced... | 1 Relevance | 14 years ago | gene | General discussion | |
| The main reason I've reduced... The main reason I've reduced my time on this forum is because of the attitude of some folks on here. I'm sure it's a minority, but still. I recently bore the brunt of it myself, for simply asking help with an ID. It's remarkable how much more willing a lot of people are to knock someone down or even make an accusation than to congratulate someone on a nice find or pay a compliment. I know, it's an internet thing. Anonymity brings out the worst in people. But maybe before you post something, pretend for a moment that you are signing the comment with your real name (I wish that were the case). Or perhaps that you even know the person you are addressing in real life. Would you still write your comment the same way? | |||||
| Grete Jalk? | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | DrPoulet | Identification | |
| Dear addicts, I have the opportunity to buy this easy chair for a very good price. The thing is that the seller lives far away so I have to decide judging on a few pictures. The one I am posting is by far the best I have... Ok, I have done my homeworks and searched on a few websites including furnitureindex but could not find anything reliable. I am thinking Grete Jalk for Poul Jeppesen and found a few dealers attributing it to Jalk as well. What do you think? Many thanks for your help! | |||||
| more on saarinen chair | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | _ | General discussion | |
| more on saarinen chair forgot to mention, there will be some major vacuuming required too (this is what the dyson is really good for) and if the chair is older, there will be no staples but small upholstery tacks that need to be removed and installed (not the easiest thing to do on a composite material used for the form of the back/arm piece). also, do not let the fabric edges fray too much when washing. use thin batting to even out the foam securing it with spray adhesive. use proper tools and protective gear, have lots of patience, always use common sense and judgement and the most important rule of all, do these only as a last resort and NEVER on any piece that is considered valuable. | |||||
| Charlie, I wonder if there is | 1 Relevance | 9 years ago | ScottB | Repair | |
| Charlie, I wonder if there is a thread on here from 5 years ago posted by a bloke from Brooklyn who tells the tale of getting a great chair on CL? Here are some better photos of the fabric from the underside of the chair. There is no maker's stamp on the bottom of the antler, which is interesting. Could the stamp have been a slightly later thing? The chair would have been brought here by an American. It was common in the 70s and 80s for American companies with outposts down here to send people on a tour of duty to run things and show the Aussies how everything should be done. Head office would send a VP or someone down and ship their furniture as well. Also attached is a photo of the chair my grandmother swore had been hers. | |||||
| I'm not an advocate of Walmart... | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | M_Dennis87 | General discussion | |
| I'm not an advocate of Walmart... I'm not an advocate of Walmart, but @keewee you and others in this thread need to get off your high horse. I'm not sure what part of the world your from, but you clearly have no idea what it's like not to have the "luxury" of buying anything other than crap on Craigslist. Unless you're near an urban / suburban area, you're going to be hard press to find anything other than crap on craigslist. Maybe you can imagine that not everybody has a car, not everybody has a computer, not every has a stable income, but the community bus line goes to Walmart where some people can actually afford some things and that sometimes no matter what it is, it can feel gratifying to buy something that is "new". If you want to debate about the ethics of Walmart that's one thing, but to classify those who shop there as "selfish welfare bludging idiots" that's another... | |||||
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