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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| I was thinking of the PK... | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | HP | General discussion | |
| I was thinking of the PK... I was thinking of the PK chair offered in that silver or yellow leather which was just awful but Perhaps Vitra et al hold back with the colour range in order to offer limited editions in the future, much like the way the Savoy vases were offered in different colours from year to year. I agree 100%, there is too much cleverness, its like these designers are jigging across the stage with a top hat and a cane. A better approach is not weather a product can be made but designers should ask themselves if the product should be made. I'm pretty sure the Paimio chair and the cantilevered ship single piece, they should either be knockdown or artek should licence internationally, the roll up screen especially can be made anywhere by anyone, there is no need to ship the thing from Finland. | |||||
| I can't speak for Cesar... | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | koen | General discussion | |
| I can't speak for Cesar... but Aagard Andersen was quite clear...at least at the time. To him it was a first step into exploring materials that would in some kind of "natural way" make there own shape. An extention of the "machine-friendly-production" If form, he said, is has to be influenced by the way things are produced, what about materials that take a particular shape by themselves. In this case by foaming. Of course he had to cast layer after layer and cast it in the shape of a chair. But at least his involvement was minimal. One of the nicest things about Aagard Andersen was that he was dead serious about humour and that to played an important role, so unlike the picture the real thing is "chocolat" brown...which by the way is not the natural colour of Polyurethane... What I remember the most is the isocyanate smell. | |||||
| Im with Whitespike here | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | LuciferSum | General discussion | |
| Im with Whitespike here This isn't successfull. You're utilizing the classic shape of the Eames chair, but thats the strongest thing going for it. What I don't see is much of what is 'yours' about the piece. Even the graphic appears to be co-opted. This isn't to say that icon's cannot be art, but it is a very difficult path to maneuver. So far the only piece that has really stood out amongst your art is the Bertoia chair with the twist ties. Part of it is the Eva-Hesse-on-acid vibe, but its real strenght lies in your confounding the utility of the original object - like a book with a padlock through the covers, or a bicycle with square wheels. And, the Bertoia piece, knowingly or not, relies the least on the iconography of the chair and more on the use of material. As for selling the pieces, good luck. (sincerely - not sarcastically) but be careful, as it could simply become kitsch, schtick, and possibly many other Yiddish words. | |||||
| thanks, guys! | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | joontoons | General discussion | |
| thanks, guys! woke up this morning to the chair in our living room and we're still just shaking our heads in disbelieve. craziest thing to happen, really. 🙂 thanks for the info everyone. i had actually found those two links in my research and if the info on the grete jalk chair is correct (how reliable are those sources?), then what we have is a grete jalk chair. the one by arne vodder really is strikingly similar, but the cushions are different and ours doesn't have screws on the sides of the frame. it really looks exactly like the one from the first link! well, it's not as shiney. but we're gonna figure out how to give the wood and leather some love today. did i mention that i'm excited?? now we can get rid ouf our (vintage) ikea poang, which we were only hanging onto because i needed something with armrests for nursing. yes, our found chair even comes with armrests! the universe was really looking out for us. | |||||
| Here's a Thought | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | Big Television Man | General discussion | |
| Here's a Thought When a Presidential candidate travels up to New Canaan and stands in front of Mr. Johnson's masterpiece and announces his intention to run for Pres with a speech like "Let my campaign be as transparent as this icon of modern design, with a bright and clear vision for the future..." Then I would'nt mind all the misappropriation of MCM icons. I don't think we'll ever see such a thing though, as politics usually plays to the lowest common denominator and cutting edge architecture and design rarely seems to be embraced by the lowest common denominator, we also seem to be too polarized to really get behind a "bright shining city on the hill" as a vision for our future, at least as things seem to stand currently. The site is however now open on a limited basis for tours, I wholeheartedly recommend it. | |||||
| When you put out the call... | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | koen | General discussion | |
| When you put out the call... I will be there. These cacti were made in Polyurethane foam, so called closed skin P.U. The nice thing about the deterioration is that you probably have one of the early ones. As in most plastics, the development has never stopped, and P.U. as we knew it in the sixties is quite different from what is available now. The main culprit in the aging of older P.U. is ultra-violet light. So the best you can do is to keep it out of the daylight. To clean it nothing but a mild soap and water sponge bath will do. All the rest is risky. Watch for holes in the skin of the cactus, the foam could absorb water through it and it will take ages before it is dry. An un-orthodox way to protect a piece like that from U.V. is to use a high screen sun protection oil...yes the same you put on your own U.V. sensitive skin. It really works and the P.U. is not affected by it. Eventually, especially un-protected the foam will turn into a fine powder...and that will be the end a a very fine design | |||||
| Would that (old usage) | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | SDR | General discussion | |
| Would that (old usage) all native English speakers took the trouble you have, to write clearly and correctly -- it makes the difference between being fully understood, and not. Thanks for putting up with my obsessive concern in this matter; you have achieved your stated goal. (When my college roommates discovered we had a Japanese native among us, the first thing some of them wanted to know, was "What are some typical curse-words?" And he was very reluctant to tell them!) My comment about MoMA's example ("copy") of the Barcelona Chair concerned only the fact of wilfully altering a museum-piece, supposedly to reflect the current version being marketed at that time. (Did that really happen?) The whole point of conserving any object in a museum, is to faithfully store a record of a particular achievement, at a particular moment in history, isn't it? For any museum to allow such shenanigans seems totally catawampus to me! SDR | |||||
| Thanks all for the kind ... | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | LRF | General discussion | |
| Thanks all for the kind ... Thanks all for the kind words and well wishes you never know how much it is appreciated , I have lived here for 56 years with living in Houston and NYC also, for periods of time, I have never seen any thing like this, not just the power that is shut off but the tree devastation it is really horrible and of course it will take years to get really pretty again, on a sad note a real fine attorney that I know lost his life in the snow storm his power when out and he was trying to keep warm with a fire in his fire place embers flew out caught the house on fire and he died and his wife is in critical condition, such sad things as this storm was deadly, Koen how are you feeling since your bypass operation? getting stronger everyday, I bet, I know I and everyone wishes you a speedy recovery and looking forward to your great replys to our questions. | |||||
| "Both ....., but I can't | 1 Relevance | 10 years ago | Zephyr | General discussion | |
| "Both ....., but I can't imagine there were that many other companies doing bent plywood furniture around that time than Plycraft!" I dont mean any offense, but this statement is quite inaccurate. If this chair was from very early 20th century, I would agree with you, there would only be a few companies that it could be. But if it is indeed from the 50's, as you describe above, there was hardly a furniture company that wasn't doing one thing or another with bent plywood. I dont think the Plycraft attribution is completely unrealistic, but the Cherner one is. I think it is going to be really difficult to find evidence of a maker, and even more so, for a designer, unless you stumble across it in a catalog somewhere. I would search for matches to the shape of the seat, as I suspect whoever made the telephone chair, probably also made stand alone chairs of the same shape. Spanky, are you thinking of Craft Associates? | |||||
| A better | 1 Relevance | 17 years ago | Riki | General discussion | |
| A better thread would be "which piece has the best story?". Lucifersum's stories of the Magic Dumpster are always hilarious, for example. Spanky's always got great before-and-after stories because she is so talented. Here's one. This piece of folk art that we will call "Bertrand" for obvious reasons, was found laying on the ground on a blanket at a flea market in Belgium. I just loved him, I don't know why. Mr. Big hated him. Absolutely hated him. "Why are you buying that hideous thing?" "Because I like him and he only cost 10 euros!" Duh! I made him tote this statue in his bookbag,(because Bertrand was too big for my bookbag AND Bertrand made each of our suitcases too overweight for the plane), all over Belgium, France and Switzerland. Now, Mr. Big won't even look at poor Bertrand. I have to hide him in a corner of my office. Everytime I look at Bertrand, I smile. | |||||
| Thank You JeffB. I was aware... | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | atmospheredesigns | General discussion | |
| Thank You JeffB. I was aware... Thank You JeffB. I was aware of this piece @ DWR as well as its place in the MOMA, and should have read the info. So I am conflicted. Here's a piece ~ still in production~ sanctioned by the designer which makes my purchase that much worse.It's not like I am buying a piece from ebay and refurbishing ~ a "fresh" authentic piece is still available. So am I not to have this "feel" in my home due to finances? Ethically yes, but "dude" $2696. vs $160 with the visual differance being the base! I too have the capabiliy to produce artwork as mention in a previous post about an Eames poster and occasionally do pieces for myself like a Chanel/Warhol thing for my bathroom, but would never sell. I would prefer not to disrespect the designer of this piece, but I am getting it and as in fashion, you get what you pay for. Guess the next time one of my designs is blatently taken I will look at my lamp and get over it. http://www,dwr.com www.interiormall.com | |||||
| Mini, it's all experience. | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | tktoo | General discussion | |
| Mini, it's all experience. When I was in art school, I had a part-time gig in a one-man frame shop helping out with drudge work. The long-time proprietor was a master at cutting glass freehand. He didn't even measure. Instead, he'd just lay a sheet over the back of a frame flat on a table and eyeball it. Score, snap, score, snap, done. In about as long as it takes to say it. Amazing. I never got to anywhere close, but he'd say, "Do it a few thousand times and you'll be pretty good at it, too." Later, in my museum career, I had use of an Esterly wall-mounted mat-cutting machine that took all the artistry and most of the skill right out of cutting mats or glass. I literally sized hundreds of pieces of Denglas and Tru-Vue AR with that thing and maybe had 2 cuts go bad. | |||||
| Mark! | 1 Relevance | 14 years ago | Pegboard Modern | General discussion | |
| Mark! You allowed yourself to be photographed with that unsightly stain? To get back on track, we have one of the McCobb dry bars, but the details match the example Straylight shows. It has the chrome pulls, brass legs, mahogany veneer and the lock is present. I have to say that I don't necessarily agree that your bar has been modified to the extant that Straylight suggests. I think I may have seen a label like yours in the past. The veneer (and even the lack of a lock for that matter) do not bother me that much. It looks like later production and the lock may have been optional at one point (once the kids are grown and out of the house, is there a real need?). The pulls do not look right, but I've seen many a McCobb piece where they have been changed at some point. While those do not look right, they are not offensive either. Overall, I think you have a handsome, useful piece. It will not have the same value as an earlier example that has all the original elements, but it's still a nice thing. Enjoy it. | |||||
| Found it---or rather, found a | 1 Relevance | 9 years ago | Spanky | Identification | |
| Found it---or rather, found a Bretz chaise that has some of the same elements. But it has more human proportions than the thing in the comedienne's stage show. I think maybe hers was indeed a stage prop based on the Bretz chaise, but even more exaggerated. It wouldn't be hard to do if you just did a plywood box for the base instead of doing springs. Also, the fabric looks like low nap plush, the kind used for stuffed animals for kids. They used the same fabric on the piano, too. There are two seams on the outside of the big scrolled arm/headrest/whateverthat'scalled on the chaise---no real upholsterer would put seams there but a props department would because it's not something that matters at all in that setting. If one wanted a piece like this in one's home, it might not be that expensive to have it custom made. Depends on your budget, of course. Here's the Bretz line. I think it very likely served as inspiration for that purple behemoth. | |||||
| Formica has | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | SDR | General discussion | |
| Formica has a chance -- until it's abused. I just helped a friend turn an extension-leaf wood-grain laminate table into some kind of artist's table -- tall legs, two of them fluted classical form (with casters) and a panel at the other end -- painted to match something in the room -- all greys and white, when I got there. Now the client thinks the (found) laminate -- a heavy-wire-brushed-effect wood image in gray with black and white highlights -- needs to be changed. The whole point of the piece was that laminate, as found on the table ! Getting it off of plywood, including built-up plywood skirts, would be murder, after at least three decades. And there's no such thing as laminating over the existing . . . ! | |||||
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