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| As someone who does a lot of | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| As someone who does a lot of upholstery, I'd pass on the Tonus. The reason is that it's hard to sew regular seams with a stretch fabric without it stretching a little bit here and there, and then the seams end up rippled. It's great for curvy pieces where the fabric is stretched and stapled to the frame. Not so much for box cushions with welt. That's not to say that it can't be done, but you will need a skilled upholsterer with experience in doing that kind of thing. Have you seen Kvadrat's Steelcut? It's a smooth wool that is tightly woven and it has a higher wear rating than a lot of other wools. It's a contract fabric but I think it works well with furniture in the home. The Steelcut Trio line is especially nice---each fabric has a dominant thread color but with two other colors too, giving it more depth than the regular Steelcut. | |||||
| The | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | SDR | General discussion | |
| The anecdote: Christopher Alexander was a first-year architecture student, and was in a design class where the assignment was to design a house. It was clear that a "modern" residence was the expected result. Not having a clue, our young student struggled to find some meaningful way of arriving at a solution. Nothing came. Finally, in desperation, he cobbled together a design that probably looked like something by the Frank Gehry of its day, and in which he had nothing "invested" at all. Lo and behold, the instructor went ballistic over it, and he got high marks and great praise. What this taught the young Alexander, for better or worse, was that the whole thing was a crock -- that what they were teaching was worse than meaningless, was deeply flawed and not something he could embrace at all. Thus was he sent on his current path. . . | |||||
| I am getting the biggest ... | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | LRF | General discussion | |
| I am getting the biggest ... I am getting the biggest kick out of seeing these clocks on ebay that the sellers are putting up for 500.00 on buy it now I love to see folks make money as my real business is the oil and gas business, and we are doing very well thank you very much, but why would any one put the price on this clock that brings really no more than 250.00 tops on ebay, at 500.00. At the Palm Springs show where every thing is the highest . cause of big buyers these clocks were selling for 300.00 and if you talk nice to the guy who owned the booth he would have let you have for $250.00 someone please tell me what gives with ebay people cause i am getting sick and tired of them, and thinking just cause you find a old Howard miller clock at a flee market or junk store, that is your ticket to total retirement and a happy life . or the equivalent of hitting a home run, what a joke. | |||||
| Answer from the young designers thread | 1 Relevance | 21 years ago | MrMercutio | General discussion | |
| Answer from the young designers thread Koen asked me about my reaction to the question of the original poster in that thread, and I thought I'd answer quickly. I don't really have a reaction to the question, but I have some thoughts that struck me when I read the thread earlier, and off the top of my head from my view point of trying to sell design products what immediately comes to mind is 1) a sort of cultural inhibition against the material, and 2) thoughts about the pricing. Let's start with number 2. Not too far away from me lies IKEA, the biggest IKEA store in Sweden presumably. When you wander the aisles you'll see lots of products that make you start. Isn't that a Kartio glass? Isn't that an Essence glass? Isn't that a Dahlström pan? Aren't those Mango-cutlery? Then you look closer you see that the price is a faint glimmer of what you have to pay for the real thing. IKEA "copies" a lot of designs and sells it under its own brand. I enclose the word in quotes because the products are always different enough to avoid the accusation of plagiarism, but still... It would be fine if IKEA was like Wal-Mart or K-Mart. But here in Sweden IKEA is known as a design company first and foremost. They design furniture and home products, and them mass produce it cheaply in low-wage countries, and sell it as design products all over the world. Again, when you walk down the aisles of IKEA in Sweden you will see little polymer based products - and what you will see will hardly cost anything. This indicates the status of polymer based products at least in this country. If you leave IKEA and go to a dedicated design shop, you will be hard pressed to find any polymer products. You will find glass, clay, wood - but hardly any plastic or melamine. Plastic just doesn't have any status as a material, in this country. It is a throwaway material, a compromise for not having nice glass, clay, metal or wooden items. So, a very expensive polymer product just would not sell in Sweden because people do not attach any worth to such objects. It is ingrained that "plastic", meaning any polymers really, is a cheap mass market thing that shouldn't cost a lot, and which can have no intrinsic worth of its own apart from solving a functional issue. | |||||
| I saw that exact chair (in th... | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | fotzepolitic | General discussion | |
| I saw that exact chair (in th... I saw that exact chair (in the 1st photo) a few hours ago at Mobilia, (a furniture chain) downtown. Looked like a substantial piece of furniture. But the fact that it was marked down to $300, and not much more originally ($500 perhaps), makes me think it might be a repro, if they were originally $2k. The store also had the ECW without the calfskin, the Eileen grey table, Wassily chair, and numerous other MCM icons. Myself, I'm an animal lover and couldn't imagine the idea of having the skin of an animal as my furnishings, as it looks gross. But as someone who appreciates design, I still don't like the idea. The whole calfskin look seems like a cliche to me. A yuppie thing, if you will. I'd prefer the classic wood model, given the choice. | |||||
| RE: Staining over Teak Oil | 1 Relevance | 6 years ago | RentASwag | Repair | |
| Thanks @tktoo2 Ive attached a photo. Ive only put one coat of teak oil several days ago. This thing is 30 different colors. What do you think of toner lacquer? Attachment: 24a06a5e-7533-4db0-a681-18f2d4346d0f.jpeg | |||||
| To you all! Patents have a limit and they EXPIRE! | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | JJ68 | General discussion | |
| To you all! Patents have a limit and they EXPIRE! Can you imaging paying loyalty rights to Thomas Edison every time you Purchase a light bulb? Just to think about it! Please and do not compare a (brand name or trademark)= (Rolex) with a (patent of a design)= (LC2) they are legally two different thing! One is a patent and the other is a register trademark! Patent expire! Brand names or trademarks are different! And please do us a favor and don't even get RR also involved due to the fact that Henry Ford will come along too! On some of your perspectives we should pay the FORD FOUNDATION some royalty fees every time we purchase a car no matter what make! hahahahahahaha! Go for your favor designer chair according to your budget the same as a car! | |||||
| Vitra Aluchairs with castors... | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | claus (DE) | General discussion | |
| Vitra Aluchairs with castors... Current Vitra Aluchairs with castors also have a 5 point base. From the timeline: 1957: European launch of furniture designs by Charles & Ray Eames, as well as by George Nelson (produced under license from Herman Miller, USA) 1986: Vitra acquires the European and Middle Eastern rights to Eames and Nelson products. 1988: The company acquires a large section of the Charles & Ray Eames Estate Here is the whole thing as a pdf: http://modular-living.net/docs/vitra_timeline.pdf | |||||
| This is very basic upholstery... | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| This is very basic upholstery... This is very basic upholstery. I've always done this kind of thing myself so I can't help you on pricing, but it's a very easy job so shouldn't cost a lot. It also will not take more than four yards of fabric including for the welt. If you want a wider choice of fabrics than you'll find at most upholstery shops, check Ebay. I've gotten very high end fabrics from Maharam, Unika Vaev, Kravet, etc., for less than what low-end fabrics cost in shops. You can also get latex foam cut to order from foamorder.com. Latex is better than polyfoam and is what was used in these chairs originally. If you want to spend the time, you could get the foam and fabric on your own and just get a seamstress to make the cushion covers. | |||||
| steaming won't work. | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| steaming won't work. They used poor quality foam and steaming will not do a damn thing to fix it, even if they could get steam to the foam without damaging the leather or chair shell or whatever. Is there an upholsterer nearby who can look at the chair and write a letter for you stating that the foam has lost its resiliency from just normal use? I doubt the firm that did the job will give you a break based on another upholsterer's opinion, but getting the second opinion would be the first step in preparing a case against the other upholsterer if you want to go that route. I think the only way to fix the chair will be to have it redone with the right type of foam (probably latex). The firm that screwed it up should give you a partial refund at the very minimum. | |||||
| I have no idea if Thonet ... | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | LRF | General discussion | |
| I have no idea if Thonet ... I have no idea if Thonet made any of the Mies reproductions . so it very well could be made by knoll, Gordon made a lot of Mies chairs mostly Barcelona, and Brno in the 60's and that is what you see around with old Barcelonas and Brnos from the 60's that were made by them , They had a legal rift with knoll and halted production of the mies Pieces by the early 70's when the Italians got involved and started makeing the chrome versions, i thought that chair being designed by Mies could have been in the Gordon reproduction line from the 60's also if you like the wicker keep it, you would spent around 300 for the hard leather with the straps but the cool thing is you can do that in any color you want , but you can do that any time you want. just enjoy your nice find. | |||||
| So true Starline | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | tick | General discussion | |
| So true Starline It's bad enough that some people choose to buy those nasty little replica pieces, but being forced to purchase that Matt Blatt crap should be illegal. The first thing you notice about cheap fake furniture and lighting is that it lacks the quality and proportions of the original design. Sometimes imitation is the most insincere form of flattery. I noticed that some contestants on the Aussie reality tv show The Block were boasting about using original classic design pieces and paintings by established artists instead of cheap prints. Perhaps there is still hope as many people watch this program and may be inspired enough to seek out authentic and original art and design. | |||||
| "I knew that it was high | 1 Relevance | 9 years ago | retrolampguy | Identification | |
| "I knew that it was high quality. This buffet is heavy! " --- not really. Weight has nothing to do with the quality of a piece. Lots of real Danish furniture is quite light. The weight comes from the particle board. The heaviest (pound for pound) piece of furniture I have ever moved was a buffet my mom got from home goods. It felt like it was made of iron! "American of Martinsville" is a pretty regarded company in MCM ------ It's not really. at all... "This is our first MCM piece." -------- Congratulations! you've taken your first step into a larger world! I am wondering a rough idea of what it is worth --------- We don't do that here. If we did, there would be 1000 posts a day asking for appraisals! Try the Facebook MCM groups for that sort of thing! ".... I don't want to devalue it." --------------- see Leif's response above! | |||||
| I recently visited 100%... | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | Killian | General discussion | |
| I recently visited 100%... I recently visited 100% design in London and while there I was thinking that so many of the items have been done before so why do people still keep at it ? The answer I came up with is that everyday there are new materials and new challenges that face designers so therefore they dont have to redesign the chair they just need to make it suit the moment.The other thing that struck me is how the world is now a very small place when it comes to shopping so I would imaging that one of the current challenges is making something in Korea and selling it to someone in Ireland and making it cost effective (including shipping) so that designers can retail their own goods. I think we are going to start seeing more design that takes the existence of the global market into account before the design process begins. | |||||
| Probably folklore | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | LuciferSum | General discussion | |
| Probably folklore I've pulled apart a bunch of Plycraft chairs, and there are often markings, but I've never seen a name. Mulhauser was one of the principle designers at Plycraft, along with the founder of the company, Paul Goldman. I'm still searching for a calalogue of their pieces. Unfortunately full attribution may never be possible. Not all furniture firms approached design in the same way as Herman Miller. Lots of stuff was churned out anonymously, or simply under the company name. (For example, Mulhauser also holds a patent for the Coconut chair which he did for George Nelson Associates - who get the credit) One good indicator is that Mulhauser holds the patent for the base of your chair. If i ever find a cataloge I'm going to upload the whole damn thing 🙂 | |||||
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