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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| Nelson Bench ~ Should I go with light wood? | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| I started to pick up some nice pieces of furniture, including two nice nelson benches. One thing that drives me mad is that all of my crappy furniture up until now is darker. I would like to keep everything one tone... now I am thinking light because of the lighter color of the nelson bench (and I got some black wishbone chairs with light bases). I do have a black noguchi modernica table which goes well with the nelson benches too. Do you have any tips for matching wood colors, and how to make the nelson bench look good? | |||||
| real find | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | LRF | General discussion | |
| real find I was just blown away i looked at this website from the start , and the stuff that people sell on Creigs list for such cheap prices is un real , I have never bought one thing on Creigs list but the folks in San Fransisco swear buy it. i saw a tulip table large for 125. Eames coffee table 535 and some other real treasures, If i lived in the San Fransisco bay area i would be out every day picking up these bargains too bad you nice folks from Europe can not take a advantage of this real find. | |||||
| Your tulip | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | kevin.retrodesign | General discussion | |
| Your tulip Rockland, Can you post larger photos of your chair? From what I can see your chair is, indeed, the fixed version with one of the early circular plate/ washer. If you don't like it, I do. 🙂 I actually prefer the fixed version. Also, if Knoll sells the base already with the swivel mechanism then there is a way to attach it to the seat. What I need the most is to detach the seat from the base. If I can dismantle the whole thing afterwards for cleaning and maintenance, even better. What's the looks of the base with the swivel mechanism on? Yes, I also think that Knoll could have thought about this issue as well.. Best regards | |||||
| and a complex one in which the mighty fall despite oligopoly... | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | dcwilson | General discussion | |
| and a complex one in which the mighty fall despite oligopoly protection... Everyone talks about the decline of the American headquartered car companies (they are all transnationals in manufacturing), but the remarkable thing here in America, right now is that Toyota, with a long reputation for fastidious engineering and assembly, released a new Toyota Camry model (their bread and butter car in the States) which is reputedly considerably LESS fastidious than past models. What an amazing thing that a company that has steamrollered the world market with fabulously well assembled, and remarkably durable cars, at affordable prices would suddenly lose its way on its main model. Or take BMW, a car company that built a broad and fanatic following by being the ultimate driving machine--a wonder of mechanical engineering, really: they plunge headlong into onboard digital systems that actually wind up obscuring the brilliance of the mechanical engineering in their product. Does Mercedes capitalize on BMW's error? Of course not. It does the same thing, actually obscuring its own unparalleled combination of luxury and performance (which even BMW could not quite match) and loads on even more digital paraphernalia. So BMW and Mercedes suddenly become among the least reliable brands in the market place, while the current generation of affluent car buyers, whose tightest commodity is time, not money, apparently, begin opting for cars of slightly lesser dynamic excellence than BMW and Mercedes in order to waste less time in the shop diagnosing electrical problems. Do BMW and Mercedes take the hint? Of course not. They follow GM into the Kafkaesque twilight of building brilliant, but increasingly unreliable cars saved by the band aide of GPS and road side assistance. Hellooooo, BMW, Mercedes, GM, are you listening? Road side assistance is a neat idea, but its an even neater idea to build a car that doesn't need it. Enter Renault, exporter of some of the worst cars ever to motor on American roads. They buy Nissan, retrieve it from the ash heap of banal design and poor market targeting, by having Carlos Ghosn give the incredibly simple order: make only exciting, reliable models that make money immediately. Voila, they start building French skinned, Japanese cars engineered to perform as well or better than BMWs and without the stupidly excessive digitization. Shortly, Nissan does something that everyone said was impossible: it builds two models that are as desirable as BMWs analogous products. And though Nissan's are not as reliable as Toyotas and Hondas, they are much more reliable than BMWs and Mercedes and much cheaper and their 3 class and 5 class competitors are consistently ranked in car magazines as meeting or beating BMWs products in dynamics. | |||||
| Herman Miller Logo with Flame Symbol | 1 Relevance | 17 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| Anybody know the what the flame symbol signifies? I have owned many Eames shells over the past 10 years, but this is the first one I have seen with this flame symbol. Also, does the flame symbol give any indication about the approximate year the chair was manufactured? One more thing, the back and underside are painted and I'd like to strip it to reveal the glorious dark red fiberglass. What type of stripper is recommended to maintain the original fiberglass finish? Thanks. | |||||
| The ignorance of youth is | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Eameshead | General discussion | |
| The ignorance of youth is indeed a royal pain in the ass, but that same ignorance sometimes is what allows the impossible to happen. As I get older, there are more and more reasons to not waste my time barking up the wrong and predictabe trees. But the ignorant youth seems to make a habit of it, and once in awhile, proves me wrong in amazing and truly creative ways. So back to the thread idea... Which artist has "objectiified nothingness" the best so far? If you cant make invisible paintings, what is the next best thing? What is the spirit of that? Robert Irwin? James Turrell? Ad Reinhardt? John Cage? Agnes Martin? I'm sure the list of attemptees is endless. | |||||
| Finn Juhl Desk Authenticity | 1 Relevance | 14 years ago | Randito | General discussion | |
| Finn Juhl Desk Authenticity Thank you for your response Ericson. The one thing that stands out that called into question the whole issue of the authenticity, was how the legs matched up to the corner of the desk and the side skirt and the lack of consistent cutout motif. I added a couple of photos (photos 1 & 2) of what I am confident is an original to compare with my example (3rd in list). This was a big red flag since it takes away from the clean lines of the orignal and gives the piece a shoddy appearance. I will have to go back and inspect the lathe marks on the bottom of the legs. Thank you for the info on the France & Son markings. Randito | |||||
| no apology required | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | Ark of Decorati... | General discussion | |
| no apology required shragae, There is no need to apologize to me. Do not let the myth that a person has to be of a certain sexual orientation to have good taste fool you. I am not a homosexual (a statement of fact not a comdemnation) and my taste is and always has been impeccable. Based on the photos you provided it looks to me (and I could be mistaken) that the only thing that may have any value is the chairs. Once again I would suggest that you get a better photos and make an attempt to do at least some of the work yourself. There are a great many design shops in the Miami area and someone there will be happy to help you if you ask nicely (do not tell them that you are looking to sell on eBay - this equates to a free appraisal). Once again, nobody on this forum ever apologizes to me and there is no need for you to be the first. Good luck. Merry Christmas and/or Happy Hanukkah | |||||
| I don't know that people invest in furniture at auction as a... | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | Big Television Man | General discussion | |
| I don't know that people invest in furniture at auction as a hedge like gold as tastes and what's in fashion can change as things go in and out of vogue. Affection for various styles can also be very regional. What's hot in London or LA may not even get on the radar screen say in Paris or Peoria. Some furniture though may always have a market strictly based on it's rarity. Like an actual bed that George Washington slept in with an actual provenance. Whereas gold is recognized as a thing of value the world over. Additionally at the highest levels of the auction marketplace there is a segment of the population that is immune to swings in the wider economy, or so it would seem to me. Extremely beautiful chair for sure. | |||||
| As to the bitchiness of this whole thread | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | LuciferSum | General discussion | |
| As to the bitchiness of this whole thread It is irksome that many people here dont take things with a grain of salt and a healthy dose of historical perspective. Whitespike, perhaps, should be reminded that at first production the plywood and the fibreglass were radically new materials, and I'm sure they met with backlash from folks who preferred 'traditional' materials in their home furnishings. I prefer the fibreglass production, but then i buy vintage. I did, however, buy a plastic production as a gift for someone because I knew she wanted a color that was difficult to find. Olive - the letter suggests nothing against buying vintage - something I highly encourage -especially to those looking for the feel of the 'real' thing. If you want fibreglass, buy vintage and save the material of both the Modernica & Vitra productions. SDR - When Herman Miller/Eames/Demetrios decided to change production I'm sure they did so with the understanding that something was inherently bad about the fibreglass. Why would you applaud someone that continues to do something that is harmful? And as for the whole thing about Dwell - it reminds me of watching one of the Presidential debates: Hillary and Barrack are discussing the US economy and how they are trying to keep jobs in the US - completely oblivious to the irony that they were sitting in blatant Eames Alu Group knockoffs. Here are two people decrying outsourcing - but literally sitting on outsourced products. How can Dwell honestly present a dialoge on design while accepting advertising from a company that is subverting the design process in spirit (while doing a delicate tapdance around the legal aspects)? I think Mr. Demetrios could possibly have used different language - but truth be told I imagine any single one of us in his position would be doing the same - defending our legacy tooth & nail. PS. I've corresponded with Mr. Demetrios on the Plywood Elephant and he explained that price is the same reason it was never mass produced in the 40's - its a fairly complex mold process for plywood that is very expensive to produce. Its current production is as a design object, not a toy. I dont fully agree with that, but I dont begrudge Vitra to charge what they will - I probably wouldnt buy it either way. | |||||
| Sturdy little Irish stool from Craigslist | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| Sturdy little Irish stool from Craigslist I got this little stool in a CL deal as a side item to the main thing. Even though I had more pressing stuff to do, I stripped off the woven hemp twine seat right away (it stunk) and cleaned up the wood. I had looked for a mark but couldn't find anything, but just as I was about to swipe the underside of the last rung with steel wool and oil, I spotted it: Made in Ireland. This is a first for me! Anyway, it's got a visible dowel at each joint. The wood looks like dark old teak but could very well be something else. Probably is something else. The legs are splayed a very little bit. The seat is only 12" across. I know it has more of a Craftsman look than MCM but I think it'll go well with MCM. I will probably weave a new seat of paper cord in a rush pattern. But maybe seagrass would be fun to do... | |||||
| I've thought | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | LuciferSum | General discussion | |
| I've thought I'm in the same boat. I really like the Eames Storage units - the 2x2 with doors. Wide enough for the cable box and dvd player. But not so techy looking, and the cables will be hidden down the back. I've also looked at some new production pieces - DWR has a nice walnut credenza thing with sliding doors. Price aside it's just too big for my needs. Ideally I'd love to find a small vintage hutch/credenza that someone else (not me) had hacked a hole in the back for cable management. I also really like sliding doors because you can put the ugly components behind them - but they're not too obtrusive when you inevitably have to open them to use the remote. Or I may just continue with my TV on a milk crate like it is now. 🙂 | |||||
| RE: Is this the designer I think it is? Leather sofa, John Mortensen, Vejen Polstermobelfabrik | 1 Relevance | 6 years ago | Herringbone | Identification | |
| Thank you for the link, @mark737, this is fantastic. Not that I have ever heard the name John Mortensen nor have I heard most of the companies he worked with. But that doesn’t come as a surprise, because he obviously did most of his work in the 70s and 80s. The furniture is not very appealing, if you ask me, but the whole thing gives you a feeling that in the 70s and 80s there were architects and designers as well, who spend a lot of time, putting a lot of work into furniture that will never be remembered because it doesn’t meet the aesthetic standards of the classics. I‘m surprised to see that the Kofoed chairs were not designed by Niels Kofoed him self. I‘m also surprised to see that Snedkergaarden has been around for much longer than I thought. I’m not surprised that I don’t find any of the Dyrlund designs attractive in any way. But that may be just me. | |||||
| Latex foam can compress down | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| Latex foam can compress down to nothing as it oxidizes if it was thin to begin with. I once redid a seat on a Pascoe dining chair that seemed to have no foam at all. Turns out the old foam was only about 1/16th of an inch thick. (pics below) You wouldn't see any of the sand-like old foam sifting out because it can't get through the leather! I think on fabric-upholstered chairs you most see it sifting through the weave, not leaking at the seams. You might be able to feel loose foam-sand at the bottom of the back rest---maybe? Unless it hasn't gotten to that point of degrading yet, I guess. I would thing also that the leather has just stretched a bit over the years from body heat and whatever. As for undoing the leather and restapling it---it really depends on the condition of the leather, I think. Some leather gets pretty dry and fragile as it ages. Other leather not so much. It might also depend on how easy it is to get the staples or tacks out. Even with the Berry Staple Remover tool, some staples are very difficult to remove (tacks are usually easier). I think it has something to do with the coating on the staples and the type of wood, like maybe tannins bond to the staple coating?? I don't know. I had one high end Danish chair where the staples would NOT come out. I ended up just clipping the broken ends close to the wood and tapping them in with a hammer. The leather is also very likely to be trimmed right up to the staples or tacks, so there won't any to grip when you want to pull it taut over the new foam. All that will have to be done by smoothing from the inside back around to the outside back---which is ok, just another thing to consider. | |||||
| While | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | SDR | General discussion | |
| While dragging my feet on helping Rob, I'm not satisfied yet on the actual material/method of the bubble lamps. I'd asssumed it was a shrink material. I could see a spray of stringy fibrous material -- it has to be self-supporting as it goes on; I doubt there was any temporary backing inside the frame to help form it. What about the terminal edges at top and bottom? The crucial thing is the shape of the skin betwee ribs; it's concave, right, not just faceted? (Opposite to a "pumpkin" skin. . .) Would spraying OR shrinking achieve this? Is the appearance of the skin similar to a translucent fiberglas, or to rice paper, or what? Rob, can you describe the damages more specifically? SDR | |||||
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