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| I love the Time-Life stools, ... | 1 Relevance | 14 years ago | bgillettephoto | General discussion | |
| I love the Time-Life stools, ... I love the Time-Life stools, but I'm thinking I'd want the full set and if so I'd get them all at once so they'd wear the same. I'm a bit worried though that one of these days I'm going to regret having so may pieces from the same designers/manufacturer. Don't get me wrong, the Eames introduced me to this addiction since I was a child, and there's the whole "buy local" thing since I live by Herman Miller. I just don't want to come off as trying to be trendy after seeing an exhibit, walking into DWR and saying "I'll take everything in this room". I haven't seen anyone with the Petal collection pieces - nor have I really seen them in photos. I figured it would make a nice little accent. For the LCW I actually prefer walnut. I can get these palisanders for less than the walnut, and as a trade it would be pre-tax. | |||||
| Those | 1 Relevance | 17 years ago | SDR | General discussion | |
| Those make a grand collection, in toto. And a coffee table can certainly provide the inspiration for a dining table. After I had been making table models for a while, I made my first 1/2-full-size one -- and realized that the model would make a fine coffee table ! Most of my designs are quite different from the kind of thing you obviously prefer. I do have a few in that vein. My principal contribution (as I see it) is the innovation (?) of a central serving "island," raised by a couple of inches from the "dining" level of the table -- and usually hovering over an opening in the top which allows light and space to penetrate to the area below the top -- like a clerestory or skylight in a building. . . | |||||
| I'm not an expert refinisher | 1 Relevance | 9 years ago | Spanky | Repair | |
| I'm not an expert refinisher but one thing that I've learned through experience is that applying a different finish on top of an existing one where some areas have no finish can be dicey. The worn areas may end up different in color than the areas that still had original finish. NOTE: I say "may". Maybe it'll all be one perfectly even color that looks totally natural, if you're lucky. Regarding Mohawk brand tinted lacquer: will the pigments start to obscure the grain at some point or is the color shear enough that that's not an issue? I have never used a tinted lacquer so I really don't know. I too would like to see well-lit, well-focused closeups of the worn areas. | |||||
| saarinen stool with alcoa base | 1 Relevance | 14 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| i have a stool with BR51 base and the seat goes all the way down to the bottom of the base and it's held up by a retaining clip. i came across with what seems to be an older version of the stool with an ALCOA base. but there is no retaining clip at the bottom of the base, instead, it has a flat head screw. also, the outer perimeter of the bottom of the base is painted in white, so only the center curved up portion of the base is in raw steel finish. one last thing is that it has small round felt pads all over the rim of the base. do the above descriptions constitute that the stool is authentic knoll? thanks, fb | |||||
| Could we get a clear close-up | 1 Relevance | 10 years ago | Spanky | Identification | |
| Could we get a clear close-up of the material used in the woven shelf? I was thinking yours was not original because it doesn't look like the binder cane that was typical for this kind of table shelf--but then the one in the link provided by cdsilva looks like the same thing so it probably is original. I'm just curious. (If your camera won't focus on it, it will help to put a sheet of blank paper under the woven material. Auto-focus tends to insist on focusing on the background texture when the subject is very narrow or small. Eliminating all background texture will force it to settle on the strands of whatever that stuff is.) | |||||
| Barry | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | LRF | General discussion | |
| Barry I hope Alix does not kill this thread It is ok to kill threads that are in bad taste or have some form of pornography but I as a Jewish person want to know ones opinion good bad or indifferent the thread states GAYS ,JEWS and MODERN DESIGN:UNCOMMON SYNERGY ? I want to know if this is a true statement or a incorrect statement and I have not read the answer yet, I don't think any one on this forum has any intention of being malicious rude or offensive to Me, Barry or any other person who is Gay, Jewish or whatever Sexual orientation, or religion, the are. I think i am right on this one....... I think every thing relates to Design | |||||
| Rosebud! | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | william-holden-... | General discussion | |
| Can you cite the specific object that first sparked your interest in design? For me, it was an 1940's industrial sun-lamp that I unearthed in my grandmother's attic, at age twelve or so. I thought it was THE coolest thing I'd ever seen, and promptly installed it in my bedroom to use as a reading lamp (why YES, a pitted iron industrial floor lamp IS the perfect accent piece for a room carpeted in orange wall-to-wall shag, thanks!). | |||||
| I guess if you lived in a... | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | Starline | General discussion | |
| I guess if you lived in a... I guess if you lived in a hut in old times and walked out to find a simple wooden box you would be the envy of the village.So classy sitting on a box when all the other commoners are sitting on the floor.When you turn the box the crowd goes oooowww because they noticed you put belongings in it and are sitting with the box on it's side. One would marvel at the quality of a finely crafted butt joint and think it was designed by a master race never before seen by man. The modern version is not much different though they now call it a project home rather than a hut.They go to the chain store and are allured by the odd purple thing amongst the puffy sofas because the label says it's modern designer. SOLD! | |||||
| What you buy is the key | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | Olive | General discussion | |
| What you buy is the key Personally I have always like IKEA, the look is fresh and interesting most of the time. Maybe they recycle older more classic designs but they do it in a way that lets the average person afford it. I don't think I'd feel good about buying a sofa from them with the attitude of it being a throw-away, but in other instances, I do think IKEA is good. I have lots of kitchen-ware, sheets, small lamps, pottery, glasses and that sort of thing that are good products. I also have a CD storage cabinet that is a really good design and functions beautifully. I think that IKEA has it's place as long as one remembers what one is buying. Not every piece in your home has to be pedigreed to be worthy. | |||||
| haha--My first thought was... | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| haha--My first thought was... haha--My first thought was that the round thing on the front end of the left armrest was an air inflation valve! I kinda like the main part of the chair, though I would have done the tufting without the buttons. It looks very comfortable. As for the arms---I would squeeze them to get a feel for what's under there. If they had a more conventional armrest originally, you might be able to feel it. Of course, the base for this round shape might have a more conventional shape, too, so there's no guarantee that this will yield concrete info. eta: if you're going to get it reupholstered anyway, I would go ahead and remove the fabric and padding from one of the arms. | |||||
| Neo Sofa | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | Olive | General discussion | |
| Neo Sofa Oh yes, absolutely taking it with me. It's a wonderful piece of furniture. Very well made, very eco-consciously made and it'll be a cinch to reupholster when the time comes. The ONLY gripe I've had w/the thing is the shaped cushion for the chaise slides out of position all the time. I finally fixed it's little red wagon by putting some clips on the corners and anchoring it to the back of the seat. Can't see them at all and they helped a lot. I have the matching club chair as well. Also very comfy and a favorite cat lounge. WARNING ON SPRAY ADHESIVE!!! Be absolutely sure you buy the kind that is compatible with the cushion foam. Otherwise the foam will degrade very quickly! | |||||
| form over funtion, not in a vacuum | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| form over funtion, not in a vacuum So Romba really does work? Yes, I've seen it and thought about it but just haven't. We have tile throughout the house and (low pile) carpet in the bedrooms. Not my favorite thing but its okay. I've used several different types of vacuum cleaners (some for design) and sadly most clog. I finally gave in and got me a Kirby. They are heavy and ugly but they do get the job done, I've had it for about 3 years and no problems with it. I have been tempted to purchase a Dyson again for aesthetics reasons but I doubt it bets a Kirby. As for rugs, I use to have several Shag, Rya rugs but now I cringe just thinking about all the mites that are living there lives in the thick pile...ewwww (not in my house)! | |||||
| The Evolution of Koen's Garlic Keeper... | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | dcwilson | General discussion | |
| Designers might benefit from Koen explaining the evolution of his garlic keeper from the version pictured in his index of products to its latest iteration. I could not find a photo that does it justice, so I grabbed what I could and posted it below. It is in the foreground. I am particularly interested in hearing about it, because there are no moving parts. There is instead a lot of progression about what a static structure is supposed to do and how it does it. In my humble speculation, the original garlic keeper tipped the scale too far toward the formal and underestimated the sophistication of airflow optimal for keeping garlic, whereas the second version (or maybe there are more versions that I do not know about) seems a seamless balance of function and form in which function actually precipitates a form that optimizes air circulation, rather than a piece that holds garlic. Louis Kahn, Koen has brought silence to light in a garlic keeper. Frank Lloyd Wright, this little thing is organically functional. Renzo Piano, this is a tiny, but engineered ceramic structure that looks exactly like what it is made of and it breathes every bit as much as your California Academy of Sciences building, but without moving parts. Seriously, this new garlic keeper embodies everything that Koen has ever talked about with me, and with others here. It is walking the talk. It is an ordinary product designed and made magnificiently. He would probably scoff at this, but I have mine on my desk right now and my eyes luxuriate in the exploration of it and every so often I just impulsively pick it up and hold it for awhile. It will keep garlic soon enough. But first I am busy experiencing it. It is, if any one still gives a damn about such things, a masterpiece most everyone can afford. I love it. And I love how much a designer can improve on his own work. Seeing an old master take the time to improve on a piece that he could easily have let go of ought to inspire designers, and persons in all kinds of professional endeavors, to dig deeper, to fly higher, to design better. And the thing still looks likes it has existed since Hammurabi or before. He's a freaking genius and we all get to know him a little. Who says there's no god in heaven? Other than Koen, of course. 🙂 | |||||
| The 15,059th Lamp | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | TinyArmada | General discussion | |
| I had a very rare lamp, see? And I could not find it despite hours on google. So I went to 1stdibs and searched under various phrases using the word lamp and other words...to no avail. Preparing myself, I finally typed in "Lamp" and looked through all 122 pages, totaling 14,600 results. Nothing. Not a &^%* thing... Then I type in "Light" with another word thinking to myself "It is a lamp, would someone on here leave out the word lamp in the entire listing and just have the word 'light'?" and bingo...559th result. Yay. Joy. I am off to go throw myself of a bridge now. Maybe there will be lamps lined up upon the Bridge??? Oh, now that would be just...especially if in my obituary they call them lights and not lamps!!!!!! - A.S. | |||||
| Goodness! Are all four arms | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| Goodness! Are all four arms like that?? That's really unfortunate. There are people here who are way better versed in dealing with that kind of thing than I am. I would just suggest that before you do anything to the finish, try going over it with just #0000 steel wool and teak oil, preferably a brand with no added varnish so you get an idea of what the wood looks like on its own without added sheen. You can always do a varnishy-oil later if you want more sheen. Looks to me like they've got a beautiful patina already (damage excepted). You'd be surprised what steel wool and oil can do to enhance that. Stripper will dry the wood out to the point where it looks like unfinished wood. Oil will bring it back but if that's an oil finish on there now, there's no need to use stripper, in my opinion. | |||||
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