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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| I also like the colors. | 1 Relevance | 17 years ago | Gustaf | General discussion | |
| I also like the colors. But that's beside the point of the question. I don't know how specific Arne Jacobsen was in this case. I do know he was specific about the number of legs on the Ant chair. That didn't stop Fritz Hansen from going against his specifications after his death. If we ignore for a moment that the manufacturers are primarily in it for the money, was that move evolutionary or disrespectful? I am not saying colors and finishes are the same thing, but where do you draw the line? Is the only constraint that the product solve the problem it was designed for? And how is removing colors worse than adding? The designer approved neither. I don't know. I do like a liberal approach whenever appropriate, but I am not a designer. Barry, these were announced last week. Preorders only for now. I don't think they ship until March or April. | |||||
| Tulip spotting vintage real knoll | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | James Collins | General discussion | |
| Tulip spotting vintage real knoll The precise curvature of the real tulip is unique and easy to spot. Vintage knock-offs use some variation. Knoll tulips have no visible screws. All the tops screw down onto a single threaded rod on top of the base. When the top is in place you can see no mechanical connectors between the top and the base. To my eye this continuity of the surface, even where you may not often look, is what makes the real Knoll Saarinen Tulips sweet. That and there is a very satisfying ease to the curvature on the real thing. | |||||
| It's the standard assortment of knockoffs | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | barrympls | General discussion | |
| It's the standard assortment of knockoffs Looks to me like the standard assortment of currently available, good quality knockoffs...many made in Italy. Funiture Fancy is another one of them So is Bauhaus To Your House They're only useful is 1) you need something but don't want to pay for the real thing, or 2) they actually have something that's not available elsewhere. I wanted a Saarinen ashtray and Bauhaus To Your house was the only place to get it. It was made in Italy...possibily by the same company that's making the current Knoll Tulip's. Trouble is, is doesn't come with the screen, which makes the ashtray virtually useless. Go figure! It was not the smartest purchase I ever made. | |||||
| I HAVE WHAT YOU SEEK | 1 Relevance | 21 years ago | ChrisG-52 | General discussion | |
| I HAVE WHAT YOU SEEK http://www.veruso.com/ Their own website is kind of awkward and is not current, but I think this may be what you're looking for. CHECK OUT A COUPLE OF THE VERUSO DESIGNS HERE: http://www.wallpapernewsonline.com/articles/images/art468ai894.jpg OR EVEN BETTER, CHECK THIS PLACE OUT, THEY CARRY ALL THE VERUSO STUFF AND MORE- http://www.wallpaperfromthe70s.com HERE IS THE ANSWER YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR. Ah, Google... ALSO- http://www.classic-modern.co.uk This place sells old stock and has a few authentic vintage rolls for sale. If you want the "real thing", then contact them, maybe they have more. | |||||
| . | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | HPau | General discussion | |
| . When you're discovering something new it's always good to have a look at the foundation and history of a thing, I think maybe you should read up on what modernism is, what the principles are, what the bauhaus did, why and how. Dieter says... Good design is innovative. Good design makes a product useful. Good design is aesthetic. Good design helps us to understand a product. Good design is unobtrusive. Good design is honest. Good design is durable. Good design is consequent to the last detail. Good design is concerned with the environment Good design is as little design as possible I like cooks kitchens that are like workshops, everything hanging out, so easy to work in, won't post mine though you guys would laugh and point, so FP you are one up on me 🙂 | |||||
| They're not in the archive of | 1 Relevance | 10 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| They're not in the archive of Pearsall catalog photos that have been online forever, though they do have that look. https://web.archive.org/web/20130810102843/http://www.adrianpearsall.com... Pearsall's stuff was generally not that exaggerated, though...or something? When he did those kind of arms they were not so big and wide and were generally not on very chunky, blocky furniture like this sofa and chair. It's an odd combination. I'd worry about those arms, too---they invite perching on by guests who aren't aware of the limitations of the material. Of course if you don't have the kind of get-togethers where this type of thing happens, it's not an issue. I'd also want to make sure that the upholstery is in great shape because redoing those would add a chunk of change to the price, which isn't cheap to begin with. | |||||
| True Mark | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | whitespike | General discussion | |
| True Mark It was originally a platform. "But here's the thing: you both own them despite their impracticality. This indicates to me that persons do not require much practicality in this sort of bench, regardless of whether the designer is famous, or not." Well, while I love it, I did not consider these things and I ordered before I had even seen one in person. Besides that, people who get them regardless are yes interested in it's beauty but also in its legacy. A new design with the same faults does not have the legacy to support it. If you were to fill the gaps, how about alternating finishes ... walnut and ash? Might be extremely beautiful and would help tie in wood finishes for those people with furniture that has both. Plus the walnut (dark) could serve as the "open" space. It would be a nod to the aesthetic without falling into the same problematic design scheme. If Nelson jumped into a fire would you? | |||||
| Unfortunately, I can't... | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | whitespike | General discussion | |
| Unfortunately, I can't... Unfortunately, I can't recommend much good reading on Girard ... perhaps someonw else can. I have the Girard Herman Miller book, which is okay. It has pages and pages of fabric designs. It has very little on his other commissions that are non-HM related .... La Fonda Del Sol, Braniff Airlines, etc. Very little on his Environmental Enrichment Panels, Textiles and Objects Shop. I would love a more thorough overview of his work and even personal life. Someone this inspired is worth a closer look, and on more than his work itself. What led him to be so original and fearless? I am sure many modernists gawked at his ornamented work. Maybe I'm wrong .... As for marble walls, I love them. In my wildest dreams I'd have them. Not one damn thing I would change about this structure or it's decor. | |||||
| personally | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | whitespike | General discussion | |
| personally I don't watch much television at all - and I am not saying that because it's the thing to say. But, I have one in the living room. I find it pleasing for my guests. There is an automatic stuffiness to a living room without one in a way. Like no one knows what to do with themselves! Plus, I do like watching DVDs alot. I love movies, and I love watching my favorite shows after they come out on DVD. That's the problem with television ... I can't dedicate a certain time of the wee every week to watch a show. And I don't have a fancy setup where I can record it either. Personally, yeah, they are ugly. But, to me, they are no uglier than a microwave or a computer. They are just fact of contemporary life. I hope to get a fancy one. | |||||
| Novus 3 | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | sirlampsalot | General discussion | |
| Novus 3 You should be fine using novus 3 on your boby. The plastic on a boby is not coated. Just plain ABS plastic. I would recommend using a buffer with the correct pad for novus 2 and 3 as the glossy finish in the plastic will stay more uniform. I would not recommend going over the whole thing with novus 3. I would use it only in the places you need it as the grit in the substance is quite abrasive. Also, There are many great products at automotive stores that you can use as most cars have ABS parts on them. Like was stated before test on the bottom or on another piece of abs (I have some old faded componibili tray tops that i use). Don't expect your piece to come out showroom perfect as it is probably 30 or more years old. Enjoy the heritage of the piece. | |||||
| Here is another | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | Pegboard Modern | General discussion | |
| Here is another This Zenith rope-edge LAX, like our RAR is in amazing original condition. The coolest thing about it is the color. Red was one of the original colors, but the pigment they used (like many reds) was fugative and faded when exposed to sunlight over time. Subsequently, most red Zenith armshells have a pink or coral color today. I bought it from the original owner and this chair spent its life in a basement away from direct sunlight so the red color is still very vivid. I think it's pretty cool to see how bright these chairs were originally. Also the LAX is quite uncommon as it was soon replaced by the cat's cradle as the lowest height chair base. | |||||
| Fine quotes... | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | dcwilson | General discussion | |
| Fine quotes... And I don't mean to contemplate my navel here, but exactly how do we define simplicity in this sort of thing? Number of moving parts? Ease of use? In the squeegee vs. chamois example, I know I prefer the chamois on the shower door, because its easier and faster than the squeegee, which requires several long swipes and awkward adjustments with the hands to get all the corners. The chamois also feels better in my hand. I like chamois and having an excuse to use one. But cleaning a car windshield, I'd rather have a squeegee with a long handle, so I can reach across the windshield and not have to touch the dirty water and schmutz coming off the windshield. This designing is very tricky business. | |||||
| I reread your response... | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | dcwilson | General discussion | |
| I reread your response... I now realize you were finding error in Koen's use of a bible quote, not John Ruskin's. My apologies for confusing that. I will allow the good Mr. de Winter to defend himself on that, though I will mention that debating the exact meaning of scripture is problematic, since the rewrites and translations always change the meaning even within a given century, to say nothing of over 2k years. But that is up to you two. I remain unpersuaded by your claim that Ruskin's quote betrays defective reasoning. You are right that his quote expresses his personal point of view and a fairly subjective and qualitative one, at that. You lose me, however, when you say that producing things involves trading things and so that makes the distinction he makes between making things and being a trader somehow fuzzy. Mastercraftsmen make things and, as you note, trade them. Traders of things only trade them, as I note, they do not make them. Ruskin says people who make things can live, as in being fully alive, as I note. Ruskin says people who only trade things cannot live, as in cannot be fully alive, as I note. One may disagree with the premise, but I see no fuzziness in meaning,or lack of clarity in expression. And in my experience, the master craftsmen I have met have seemed much more alive to me, than the various kinds of traders and collectors I have met. Among the traders and collectors I have known, there seems to be a displacement activity at work that I do not see in master craftsmen. Traders and collectors seem to displace the inability to make a thing with ownership of it. They also tend to displace the inability to make a thing with act of profitting from it. This is not always the case, but I have seen it often enough to notice it and contemplate it. Master craftsmen can be afflicted by unhealty dynamics, too. They can be burdened with perfectionism. They can be embittered by not achieving as much success as their peers. And so on. But again, they just seem more alive, more vital and often happier than traders and collectors. Their level of self-actualization on old Maslow's hierarchy seems higher than most the traders and collectors. And of course there can be healthy traders and collectors. They can know that trading and collecting is what they are good at and be satisfied with doing it well. But in balance, on the whole of my anecdotal experience, the master craftsmen seem the happier and more fulfilled group and the traders and collectors seem the lesser. There is no conflation here. | |||||
| Is credited | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | jakjest | General discussion | |
| Is credited I should have written: "is credited for". That would sound less harsh. I don't know and I have no idea if he is wrongly attributed nowdays (I suppose so) or the works of other designers were signed with his name. It maight be same thing as George Nelson & Irving Harper's marshmallow sofa (still being atributed to Nelson) or Alexander Girard & Marilyn Neuhart's dolls. As to the sofa itself, on the Decopedia site you can see that it is atributed to each of the designers separately. You can also see that on the scan of old catalog page the sofa is signed Alf Svensson. http://www.deconet.com/decopedia/maker/284/Ljungs_industrier | |||||
| I understand | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | whitespike | General discussion | |
| I understand the need for an airy aesthetic. I live in a small space too. I use the Bertoias for that same reason - and I agree the ghost would do that. Another thing that might work - and you might not be into it - is using stools or benches. They keep the visual lower to the ground. I like the use of a parsons table with matching benches. Also - it depends on how you sit but stools could be nice. I have considered getting a small 36" saarinen tulip table with matching tulip stools before. I tend to use the dining area on a very temporary basis - just to eat - so it could work for me. Many people use it as an alternate workspace etc. so they would want a backed and possibly armed chair | |||||
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