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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| Oh, and apropos of adding an | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | leif ericson - Zephyr Renner | General discussion | |
| Oh, and apropos of adding an arm: I suspect that wouldn't be possible, because that isn't just an arm. It folds down, and the support mechanism is in the back. It is a bit hard to explain. I have a catalog photo, or you could find one on the Internet, I am sure. Anyway I suspect that the France and Søn did not put the mechanism in the back for the right side, since there was no need. Only other thing to say about the folding arm is don't sit on it when it is folded out. It is supposed to have a rear triangular shaped cushion put on it to make a pillow. edit: went and found a photo with the arm down. | |||||
| Yes, a biography would be a... | 1 Relevance | 17 years ago | tchp | General discussion | |
| Yes, a biography would be a... Yes, a biography would be a great place to start, as I am sure that there is all kinds of interesting things to be said about how he became involved with furniture design, the people he worked with, etc. I see that there are around 200 of Arne Vodder's designs shown at furnitureindex.dk , so my initial thought of creating a site that serves as a sort of catalog raisonné of his work might be a difficult thing to achieve, in addition to including images of his most familiar and best known designs. Additional candid images, like the one on the Facebook page, that show him at work, are always nice to see. http://kunstindustrimuseet.dk/furnitureindex/ | |||||
| Dear cwoo | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | koen | General discussion | |
| Dear cwoo Do not worry about the "gaz" feel. Induction is the way to go!...in addition to good cookware! It's too bad that induction has not been embraced in north america with the same enthusiasm as in Europe or Japan. It certainly saves energy! I do care less about smart kitchens than about smart people, so I am not impressed with or by the cumulation of marginal functions..although the flat screen in my TV set has given me room for a small refrigirated bar where the tube used to be...just joking. Almost two years ago I took out the dishwasher, after discovering how pleasant it was to share that small household job with my wife. I have no idea if we are saving all that much energy but it is just a pleasant thing to do. | |||||
| kdc | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | kdc (USA) | General discussion | |
| kdc ken. 48. m. hetero. cleveland, ohio, usa. graphic designer for print. lifelong woodworker. appreciate danish design and japanese woodworking. like handcrafted micro-brews. hate alarm clocks. enjoy the cleaver artistic wit of charles harper. wish today's youth would pull their pants up. moved by good design in every imaginable discipline. some day would like to have my own womb chair. i seem to have a thing for cool mid-century lamps. like calvin and hobbes, the far side, dilbert. want to travel ireland for the pubs and music. appreciate the d.a. meeting place. good exchanges. thanks. far out. | |||||
| Source for this HG wall unit screw? | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| I am getting ready to assemble an HG wall unit and am missing three of the screws pictured below. I have googled extensively but I'm not even sure what they're called so it's quite possible that I've missed them online. I'm hoping they're a standard item that's still in production but that might be a pipe dream, of course. The threads on the bigger part are flattened and there's a screw slot on that end. The whole thing is 1 9/16" or 40mm. I could always just use a couple of angle brackets in the places where they won't show at all but I'd rather get the real parts if possible. | |||||
| Thanks for the input. Sounds | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | NeoJon | General discussion | |
| Thanks for the input. Sounds like they may be vintage copies. Good ones if they are as everything does look like the original with the exception of the corner braces and apparently the holes drilled in the base. I'm busy selling off all of the furniture in my second home as I prepare sell it and hit the road for a few years traveling. Wanted to try to identify these to make sure before posting them up for sale. The only other thing on the chairs is a tiny bit of newspaper stuck to the bottom of one chair shown in the picture attached here. | |||||
| If it were Russel Wright by Steubenville, | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | tktoo | General discussion | |
| If it were Russel Wright by Steubenville, I might advise otherwise, as I've seen plenty with crackled glazes. I used the "Iroquois" line for years and years when my kids were young with hardly a care, but that stuff is nearly bullet-proof and fairly easily replaced. If you're at all hesitant, you could deselect the "sanitize" and/or drying functions on your washer, if able, to reduce exposure to higher temperatures. Many dishwasher detergents are very harsh and contain bleach, so it's probably a good idea to inspect your treasures closely to make sure there's no harm done from repeated cycles. Again, though, you have some nice things there. I don't blame you for wanting to be careful with them. Oh, yeah. One more thing. I'd keep it out of the microwave! | |||||
| I haven't done one of these | 1 Relevance | 14 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| I haven't done one of these yet, but I would guess that you can't weave off the spool of cord on the backs of these. And by guess, I mean---I know you can't. There aren't any nails to hook onto so you have to just go around and around the thing with a cut length. This is how the seats on the CH23 are done. On the CH252 kyou have to tack the previous ends on the inside of a rail and then tack the ends of the new ones kind of on top of those---all as neatly and discreetly as possible. But like I said, I haven't done a CH25 yet. However, there are a few photos online of the backs of these and all show an interruption of the weave pattern on the back, always to one side or the other. I don't know the significance of this but I'm sure it's key somehow. Sorry I can't help more. Oh, and I have not seen any online tutorials or anything in books about how to do this, though it's certainly possible that someone has published something somewhere. | |||||
| what is modernism for you? | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | HPau | General discussion | |
| For me its about clarity and being reserved, questioning one self, not giving in to sentimetatlity and planning something before beginning it, plotting the production process from beginning to end, asking yourself the why questions and wondering about the problems of your society and how design might correct them. I'm seriously starting to wonder though if it (and the nostalgia for it) can help with the full range of human concerns, the gentleness, comfort, kindness, communication requirements...all the soft organic thing that previous traditions supplied just by being what they were and not being self conscious about it. Can facebook compensate for that? Or a collection of chairs? Or living rooms like set pieces, tableaus for middle class carry ons? Please say what you want from the design and production of goods... | |||||
| Help me, I'm being driven insane by Ico Parisi... | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | dcwilson | General discussion | |
| I need to be talked down off the ledge about Ico Parisi. He was either insanely good, or insanely bad. Can someone work me through what he is about and what he was/is up to aesthetically. The coffee table above is a case in point. This thing irritates hell out of me and yet it is utterly fascinating. The asymmetry of the form language at each end makes it look like two tables cut in half and joined together by a sngle glass top. I have a feeling there comes a time in one's life when one must come to grips with this designer whether one wishes to or not. Who was Ico Parisi and why was he doing strange things like this? I mean what would you do if someone invited you for a nooner and invited you into a bedroom with something like this in it? I wouldn't know whether to strip naked and do the Watusi, or run and call the authorities recommend they investigate for ritual sacrifices. 🙂 | |||||
| I had one of these for a | 1 Relevance | 10 years ago | joshuasowen | General discussion | |
| I had one of these for a short time. Was told it was designed by Morris Fisher for Jackson Chair Company. The bad thing is a search with those terms doesn't yield much results. I don't believe this to be a Pearsall design. It's similar in some ways, but not quite there. Just curious, where are you located? The chair I sold was identical to yours down to the faded avocado upholstery. Sold it as a project and I'm wondering if the guy just tossed it to the curb instead. Hope this helps, Josh | |||||
| I've been thinking about... | 1 Relevance | 17 years ago | jesgord | General discussion | |
| I've been thinking about... I've been thinking about this for a couple of days now. My "favorite thing" changes regularly (monthly, weekly, even daily. I remember ten years ago, it would have been something Italian and plastic...perhaps an Enzo Mari Timor calendar. A year or so after that, a Timo Sarpaneva glass vase. A year after that an Evelyn Ackerman Mosaic, then maybe a Lagardo Tackett cookie jar. You get the idea. These days, I find myself attracted to organic, minimalist designs in wood- turned bowls in particular. That said, what I'm really digging today is my Buff Brown walnut cutting board. There are pictures of a similar ones below. It will probably be something else soon.... | |||||
| Reside Inc | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | LuciferSum | General discussion | |
| Reside Inc Love Whitespike's posting. The guy who runs ModernLove is so nice and helpful. Here in Boston I'd say the best vintage modern store is ResideInc, tucked away in a little part of Cambridge. The staff are super helpful, the inventory is diverse and ever changing, the prices are mostly reasonable. The best thing of all is that below the beautifully curated selling floor there is a wonderfully jam packed basement. You walk down a little rickety staircase and you're in an old dusty world of ant chairs, purple LaFondas, vintage faux Tulip tables...its great for those that like to 'discover' things rather than just buy them. http://www.resideinc.com | |||||
| I just | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | SDR | General discussion | |
| I just can't agree. "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery," isn't it? I understand the intention not to "rip someone off," but a) the guy is gone, and b) how can we think the guy wouldn't be pleased to have as many people as possible actually enjoy the results of his labors? This presumes ACCURATE and complete replicas of the work, made of good material and with good workmanship. How can that not be a respectful homage to the revered originator? Beyond that, what are you protesting? If the money isn't going where it LEGALLY is supposed to go, or if the original manufacturer is losing significantly while others profit, that is another thing. If not, then I don't see what the problem is. . .People investing the labor and risk to produce furniture TODAY, for today's customers, deserve the same respect as those who came before. . .don't they? SDR | |||||
| Best method to strip... | 1 Relevance | 6 years ago | RentASwag | Repair | |
| Hello, Ive got here a DUX chair, most likely beech, that has its original lacquer? The previous owner has told me many years back, he applied some teak/danish oil to it. I can see the clumps of the oil all over the place and i want to strip this thing down and maybe give it a new finish. What would be the best way to strip this? Would i need to remove the oil first, then lacquer? Or can i go about just using acetone or the like. Thank you. Sam Attachment: fo2.jpeg | |||||
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