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	Something special	1 Relevance	18 years ago	LuciferSum	General discussion
	Something special I think there is something special about seeing the chairs upholstered in something unusual. I once saw a salmon pink Eames lounger, and on House (US tv show) the set has a fake Eames with brown courduroy fabric on it thats quite lovely. The wooden struts are a somewhat common aberration to the standard aluminum struts. Maybe aluminum was expensive that year, maybe they were trying to get a more 'organic' feel to the chair...whatever. Still looks good. One thing that is always important to me in the story of the chair is that it is composed of interlocking opposite volumes, and that the materials can reflect/highliht that: the hard shell to the soft leather, the patterned wood grain to the smooth finish.
	I don't know in which...	1 Relevance	18 years ago	Gustavo	General discussion
	I don't know in which... I don't know in which retailer you'll find it. Here is the info with the distributor in the States. USA Present Time Inc. Sjoerd Brink Tel. +1 (0) 512441 9533 Fax +1 (0) 512441 9254ussales@presenttime.com This products, I like them a lot and been following them, I've been to there 'factory' if it can be called like that, or offices in Almere, cause was/am near to work with their products. But, the only thing I'd say is that the products are not so cheap, and most of the products looks 'very Chinese', (because indeed they are). They try to look them or too pop or too teenager and bright colours so this could hidden the chinese aspect, but many times it's not achieved. Ok, are the products that they have. It's OK. But this not always necessary happens, I also work with Addex and Lexon, and even if they are also work outsourcing, they look more personal. Addex have better prices and looks much better. Just in case, for other locations: http://www.presenttime.com/index.php?id=59/B2B.htm
	teakhound-- hand stitching an	1 Relevance	8 years ago	Spanky	Repair
	teakhound-- hand stitching an upholstery is actually a fairly easy thing to do, especially if it's just a bit in the middle of a straight seam. Would the entire back panel of the chair have to be removed? Even if that's the case, an upholsterer wouldn't charge the same amount to redo it it as he/she would to upholster the entire chair. And someone with little to no experience could redo it if it's just the area around the bolts. The only special equipment needed is a 2" curved upholstery needle and some heavy duty upholstery thread--both of which are sold at most fabric stores and will not cost more than $10 total at most. Finding an intact leg is a whole other issue. I'd walk away, myself. (mostly because I've already taken on far too many projects like this in my life and I know how most of them ended up---left in the dust as soon as the next one came along.)
	It's probably just me..	1 Relevance	23 years ago	Olive	General discussion
	It's probably just me.. but the Barcelona chair is just not comfortable for me. I've sat in the real thing at a friends house and I always feel awkward in it. I miss arms, I don't like the angle and it seems to low to the ground. I'm rather tall and my knees end up higher than my bum. I just don't like the chair to sit in but I do like the form of it. I do agree with Stephen, that the Orange Slice is more comfortable. Despite the lack of real arms, it seems to hug my back and is comfy to sit and read in. I am actually in the process of looking for a good reading chair and that one's in the running. I do want an ottoman with it, though. I've considered the Eames chair/ottoman but I've already got a fair amount of leather and bent ply and I don't want to be too matchy-matchy. Maybe a Bertoia chair or a Saaarinen. Do either of you two have any other thoughts?
	Glad you asked -- #3 (continued)	1 Relevance	15 years ago	fastfwd	General discussion
	Glad you asked -- #3 (continued) Ok, so now look at the iPod. First, it's not the universal color of all consumer electronics -- already it's different and interesting. Next, what the hell IS it? It's got that big screen, a single no-moving-parts control wheel, and (almost) no labels. It's seamless and shiny, smooth with no sharp edges. Thin, elegant. Feels good to hold in your hand, like a stone out of the river. Turn it over and it's more of the same -- perfectly finished on the back side, with no ugly consumer-electronics crap hidden back there. Not only does it not proclaim "DIGITAL" or "STEREO", it barely even says "Apple". You know how in those old science-fiction movies, some scientist picks up a space-alien artifact, examines it, and announces that whatever it is, it wasn't made by humans? That's what the iPod was like. Nothing gave away the fact that it was made by actual people in an actual factory in the Far East, from injection-molded plastic and (mostly) common off-the-shelf electronic components. You couldn't tell how it was put together, let alone what might be inside it; it just looked and felt like a monolithic slab of something really cool. It had to run on electricity, of course, but that wasn't actually obvious, right? No battery door, no LED labeled "BATT", no label with the battery specs and orientation diagram, etc. The iPod was ALL mystery, ALL magic... But showing how it was put together, or that it worked just like every other electronic gadget, would have killed the illusion. If the iPod had included something as clunky and awful as the Rio's parallel-port adapter, or had been built with visible screws, or had a thumbnail notch between the two halves of its case, OR EVEN HAD A BATTERY DOOR ON THE BACK, the magic would have been gone, along with the overwhelming desire to hold the thing and own it. As I said, it's not Jony Ive's genius that made the iPod so successful. He wasn't the first to realize that people are attracted to mysterious shiny talismans with unseen complexity; watchmakers have known that for a long time. His accomplishment was that he was maybe the first to have worked so hard to do EVERYTHING right in order to perfect and maintain the illusion that the thing just worked by magic. And consumers want that magic WAY more than they want a user-replaceable battery.
	It looks like this happened	1 Relevance	12 years ago	leif ericson - Zephyr Renner	General discussion
	It looks like this happened from exposure to a lot of water. It is my experience with this sort of thing that the planks will either be loose enough to wiggle apart, or the glue line is still strong and it is an "inactive" problem, assuming you don't put the table in the shower. And then you can patch the cracks via whatever method you like. Also, so, you could rip apart the joints on the saw, acquire router bit with a similar profile, re-joint, and then add another plank of the same species to the table to bring it back full width. It will never be a museum specimen, but I would feel happy that this technique was respectful of the designer's and maker's intent with the table. Pony issue I see with ripping and re-jointing is the mark is on a joint. So perhaps just patch that joint and rebuild the rest?
	My grandmother still had milk...	1 Relevance	19 years ago	HPau	General discussion
	My grandmother still had milk... My grandmother still had milk and orange juice delivered up until fairly recently I think, just outside of Birmingham, it was a big help to her. So I wonder there must be situations where something might not be a good use of resources but has social benefit that is worth the cost? Its a small thing but with suburban living the sense of being alienated from your neighbours (so close but so far!) can be pretty profound so a common experience might be worth it? But then again I'm sure other people have noticed that wer're spoilt for choice, people would find just having plain old milk delivered a bit stifling. Standing in the supermarket you have to look through 17 different varities of low fat goats milk just to find unadulterated udder squeezings.
	RE: Genuine or not? NV45 by Niels Vodders	1 Relevance	5 years ago	leif ericson - Zephyr Renner	General discussion
	Having thought about this for a while the number one thing I would say is try to learn to assess a 45 or any piece really without paying attention to the mark. Looking at the mark is a huge crutch and a very dangerous one because it can be faked very easily and cheaply. ($100 for a branding iron). Everything else is much harder to fake. And for Niels Vodder especially, and the Danes in general, although this is a hugely complicated topic, the mark was not put on to prove authenticity (no matter how much one wants to believe it proves the piece is authentic, it does not, sorry). Niels Vodder would have thought that idea was absurd. It was an additional piece of marketing for Niels Vodder to get buyers to come to him directly and other people who sold his pieces did not like that.
	ID these chairs	1 Relevance	14 years ago	armccallum	Identification
	I saw a chair at a vintage store that I was considering buying. It was hardly a steal considering nothing was know about it. So I went home to see if, through the power of google, I could id the chair. The only thing I found was some chairs on 1stdibs that are not the same but clearly from the same line as the chair at the store. The 1stdibs chairs are attributed to Milo Baughman but I cannot find a single other mention or image of these chairs, which seem unlikely if they were in fact by Milo Baughman. I did not take a picture of the chair at the store but it is definitely the little brother of the 1stdibs chairs. So if anyone knows these chairs I would love to get some more information. thanks http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture_item_detail.php?id=645916
	The base stretchers are also	1 Relevance	9 years ago	leif ericson - Zephyr Renner	General discussion
	The base stretchers are also laminated pieces of solid wood. This is much more of an American thing than Danish. The appearance of the edges of the top seems unlikely to be original. If American, it could well not be edge banded, but it would have been very thickly stained so that the substrate would be much less visible. Or it could have been edge banded and and it was sawn off at some point. It is odd that the inside bottom of the piece seems to be stained solid pine. Could it possibly be a home made piece? Or a custom made piece from some local cabinet shop? More photos of the wood and perhaps the underside of the piece could be illuminating.
	missed it by that much	1 Relevance	12 years ago	phonegirl	General discussion
	Hi all, wow. the site has really changed! it's ironic that the site is graphically nicer but I find it way harder to figure out!Anyhow, I remember a really sad thread about people who JUST missed it by that much. Well, it happened to me tonight. I swear to you. A Hans Wegner Papa chair. Kijiji. $75. Listed as "old lounge chair. no smell". As quickly as it was listed, it was removed. And yes, I sent two emails. No response. Hope you guys have been finding lots of good stuff. I haven't found a thing of late. What's with the "thought bubbles" beside the posts? I"m lost!
	The google image search	1 Relevance	11 years ago	Spanky	General discussion
	The google image search turned up a lot of red chairs! The closest thing I could find is this Thonet chair from the 30s, but then after looking at a ton of Thonet chairs from that era I did not see a variation like the one above. Even with a search of the word stahlrohrmobel ("tubular steel furniture") it didn't show up though I confess I didn't look through all bazillion search results. Stahlruhlstuhl didn't help either, but again, I didn't look at all the results.
	Thank You.	1 Relevance	15 years ago	sirlampsalot	General discussion
	Thank You. Numero Yes my fan is in need of dismantling. The Plexiglas shield on my HL-70 is covered with something that needs more than a brush removal. I received the fan this way and while functionally it works great, aesthetically it is not a pretty sight. I am thankful that you posted some of the owners's manual however. J.J. Thank you for the information about your HL-1 as since posting I have acquired one of these as well and while not near as dirty as the HL-70 does need some light cleaning and may need motor maintenance at some point in the future. I guess the main thing I am needing is how to get the actual cage blade off to clean the shield and the motor shaft. I noticed the set screw on the HL-1 but this seems to have been eliminated on the HL-70. So I'm still not quite sure how to get the cage blade off of the HL-70 without pulling (which I don't want to do and risk bending the shaft or damaging the blade). Thanks again to both of you who responded.
	It WAS very easy...	1 Relevance	17 years ago	DudeDah	General discussion
	It WAS very easy... that is the great thing about modern lines is that they are very often STRAIGHT! I'm not that accomplished of a welder and it was a pretty easy project. Also made the poster bed you can just see a leg of out of similar construction. I would just caution you to use something THINNER than the 1/8" tube I used, this this was RIDICULOUSLY heavy ON TOP of the 55 gallons of water at 8lbs./gal. My old neighbor made the hood out of Birch plywood that was simply poly'd. It stood up REMARKABLY WELL even with its exposure to salt water. The stand did as well. I would just wipe off any water or "creep" as soon as it appeared. I ended up trashing the setup when I moved from that apartment. Fun times, would like to do another one someday but 200-400 gallons!! HAVE FUN...you think MODERN FURNITURE is expensive!!
	Pedigree	1 Relevance	22 years ago	Olive	General discussion
	Pedigree If it's a real Eames, I'd agree with the above try a wax over a spray polyurethane. However, I just dumpster-rescued a Brunswick children's shell chair. (remember them from elementary school?) It was in fine shape structurally but the powder coated legs were a mess and the seat was dirty and worn. This thing has only about a $20 value so I spray painted the legs back to a nice silver finish and scrubbed the b'jeezuz out of the seat, then poly coated it. My nephew is now a happening little kid on his nifty fifties chair that he can't destroy no matter what. I don't think I've done modernist design history any dis-favors in this approach as the chair is of little value.