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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| Proxy | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | LuciferSum | General discussion | |
| Proxy Most people here have already mentioned the "proxy-for-taste" argument. You either buy the chair because you 'get it'. Or you buy the chair because you want to appear as tho you 'get it'. I don't even think that's necessarily a bad thing. I love Rachmaninov, but I don't need to understand every complexity behind the music to enjoy it. (although I might not enjoy it *as much* as someone who understands the complexity.) Same with the Eames. I deeply enjoy the chair - beyond just sitting it in. I have read books on it, disassembed it, repaired it, researched it etc. And yes, it's everywhere. That doesn't diminish my enjoyment of my chair. I think of it sort of like seeing an old friend. Icons are icons. 1006 Navy Chair, Eames Lounge, Barcelona, BMW3, VW Beetle, Mac, Rolex etc. They rise to the surface because of their quality but also due to some intangible timelessness of their designs. I expect in 50 years the Eames chair will still be selling. | |||||
| At the moment dealers will... | 1 Relevance | 17 years ago | Fullers | General discussion | |
| At the moment dealers will... At the moment dealers will probably take good offers as you say. I just bought a 2nd Robert Heritage designed sideboard for less then half what I paid for my first. Mind you the first had been french polished in a satin finish and the 2nd is unrestored. I have had a thing for these sideboards since child hood. My Grandparents had the entire dinning room set. It wasn't until recently that I realised where this desire had come from. Whilst at my Grandparents we where looking through old photos and what do I see in their old dinning room but the Robert Heritage Hamilton set by Archie Shine! Really glad to have found this site. I am not a designer by trade but have a real appreciation and passion for it. If only this had of been realised by the careers officer at school! What a bunch of mumpties that lo are. | |||||
| tulip chair imitation | 1 Relevance | 21 years ago | H. Wilson | General discussion | |
| tulip chair imitation i have some fiber glass chairs on metal pedestals that look like saarinen tulip chairs. they are on swivel bases but the pedestal doesn't flow smoothly into the seat bottom like i see in all pix of the real thing.there is a metal plate that the pedestal is bolted to. are all the pix i see just not swivel bases or are these knockoffs?i still think they are cool so if they are knockoffs can anyone tell me if they are "good knockoffs"? also the backs of the shells have a foot long flattened upside down v shaped indentation about a third of the way up the back. This description posted a few years ago perfectly describes my chairs- did anyone ever have any idea who the maker of these imitation tulip chairs was? I'd appreciate any info. | |||||
| What to do with this empty space | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | August | General discussion | |
| Hi, I'm a big fan of modernism and abstraction and minimalism in design but also 50s retro (which is something of a contradiction, I know). I've designed my crappy little student-budget apartment around this but I'm stuck on one spot I have no idea what to do with. There's this wall that separates the living area from the bedroom and forms the back end of the closet. It's here: [img] [/img] I've been trying forever to figure out what the hell to do with it. I can't knock the wall down, as much as I'd like to. I've thought "giant square picture on the wall", "bench?" and even a curved Eamesy wall divider. I'm fresh out of ideas. I figured people entrenched in modern design could give me a modern solution to this eyesore, especially since it's the first thing you see from the entrance hall. The hall is about 7 feet long. I'm open to anything. | |||||
| Well since the seller would | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | leif ericson - Zephyr Renner | General discussion | |
| Well since the seller would only go so far as an attribution, there is already doubt. Why don't you ask the seller what the attribution is being made on. If you are interested in buying them, the seller should certainly be interested in explaining why it says "Erik Christensen" on there. On the plus side, Erik Christensen does not really add anything to the value, so there is no financial incentive for it (unlike say attributing them to Arne Vodder, or Hans Wegner, or going all out and saying they are a Wegner & Juhl collaboration). By the same token, I don't know where they would have come up with such an attribution. I think Erik Christensen is the person who designed the boomerang chairs for Slagelse, which doesn't seem like an obvious connection. Or perhaps it is a different Erik Christensen, as there must be thousands of them, with such a common name. Perhaps Scantic was owned by one Erik Christensen. Best thing to do would be ask that seller. And I don't expect you will probably get past Scantic. I would say you are doing exceptionally well even to have gotten that far. | |||||
| RE: weaving the back of a Wegner Ch25 | 1 Relevance | 5 years ago | user_232 | General discussion | |
| @m4r3x5p3ctr0n - I don't think these are the same photos I posted years ago but they're all I've got at this time. I haven't woven one of these in at least five years and I would be hard pressed to give exact instructions now. I figure things out visually most of the time and trying to put it into words even if I remembered exactly how it is done is a bit taxing! I did write out some instructions back then---maybe this was one of the photos that was posted at the time. I hope it's helpful. I found that the best thing was to look at the original weave but if that's gone on your chair then it's not much help. Good luck. https://flic.kr/p/2mQV4XC https://flic.kr/p/2mQZzCf https://flic.kr/p/2mQYoLS | |||||
| A few thoughts off the top of | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | tktoo | General discussion | |
| A few thoughts off the top of my head: Blockboard or, in the US, "lumber core" panels. 1960's -'80's Lock-mitre corner joinery. I have not seen this pre-1970's The "Global" sticker resembles a moving/transport company inventory ticket, though it's unusual to find these applied to the interior of furniture. The whole thing feels custom-made to me. Nicely done and well thought out. The bench/base seems like it was intended for the cabinet. Perhaps made as two separate pieces to ease transport? I can imagine a scenario in which an American audiophile assembled a high-end system of components while stationed in Europe during the early '70's and found a local cabinetmaker, perhaps through the electronics retailer, or purchased the whole set at once already housed in a custom cabinet. | |||||
| Thank you .. | 1 Relevance | 17 years ago | ite (BE) | General discussion | |
| Thank you .. guys, for the tips. Sorry for not checking in sooner (have been rather busy missing deadlines instead). Azure, that's what I wanted to know, great ! :o) Thank you for the review, it's really quite helpful to me. So Bony seems the safe option for now, Heathcote I will check out first thing when I have the opportunity. Barry, the list is much appreciated, however most of the Asteriks items I already own, or have decided I wasn't going for. And although I do not need a new book... I really want one ! (preferably one focussing on interiors, not those endless lists of lamp/ chair classics. Sorry, not that those books aren't great, but currently I am more interested in any documentation/ insights on how those classics are/ were combined/ in which looks/ in which decades..) But I managed to forget all about the Knoll and Herman Miller books, so this is a pretty golden suggestion to me, thank you for bringing it to mind. Ok, bookshopping will on the menu this weekend :o) Cheers guys | |||||
| The clever part, I think, is that | 1 Relevance | 14 years ago | fastfwd | General discussion | |
| The clever part, I think, is that the expansion mechanism goes overcenter: As the table's expanded, the glass pieces attached to the arms expand slightly too far out, then come back in. That extra expansion provides just enough clearance for the center piece of glass to move up flush with the outer pieces. And then when the table's shrunk, of course, the same thing happens in reverse: The outer pieces move outward just a bit, the center drops, then the outer pieces shrink all the way in. Must have taken a lot of time to tune that just right, and it must have been very satisfying for its creator when it worked. There's an awful lot of metal in that mechanism, though, and it appears to me as though the slightest misalignment or misadjustment might prevent it from operating. I can't help but think that there's a lot of opportunity for optimization in the design. | |||||
| I'm glad to see latter life... | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| I'm glad to see latter life... I'm glad to see latter life health care costs mentioned here. In the US, I believe average medical costs in the last year of life for the elderly are considerably greater than the figure of 1/2 the cost over a lifetime, as Koen noted. In fact in many cases, they are 20 and 30 times greater than total previous cost, when heroic measures are used that insure at best ongoing suffering until the inevitable occurs. It is understandable I guess, given the money and emotion involved, to see why this can happen. So, thanks in part to the wonders of modern medicine, life expectancy in the US is now around 78, which is usually about 6 - 12 months after you have essentially stopped living. Life expectancy is increasing, but the thing which you can be most expectant of when you are ready to die is that you may very soon but not soon enough be dead. | |||||
| Well, thank you, Mark. | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | SDR | General discussion | |
| Well, thank you, Mark. But (you ask) why should the table appear as yellow as a stick of butter in some photos, and plain-Jane maple tan in others ? For one thing, exterior light temperature is usually a lot cooler (at mid-day, anyway) than interior lighting. More essentially, the prefinished bamboo flooring is quite yellow. Most of the surfaces visible in an upright view are bamboo rather than maple; the leg posts are maple, as are the longitudinal beams -- six in number, including the bridge. Moreover, the edges of the bamboo panels are finished with the same adhesive as was used in the structural lamination of those bamboo parts (top and leg panels), namely Titebond II aliphatic resin. This glue dries to a strong egg-yolk yellow color. So, the Golden Girl is only a maple-and-bamboo workhorse -- with a certain spine, and even some flair, perhaps ? | |||||
| So, | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | SDR | General discussion | |
| So, that represents a non-computer approach to designing. How about showing examples of computer "sketching" or drawing or modeling. . .? Anybody ? If computer design is "too easy" (is it ? not for me !) then what is the answer to that ? Is there any other answer besides better education, and more self-discipline ? Is there agreement that education should begin with hand methods, before the advantages of the computer are attempted --or is it too late for that ? (When the handheld calculator was introduced, did it spell the end of manual calulation ? Assuming there is a meaningful analogy to the present problem, was that a good or a bad thing ? Is mathematics as well understood by students as it was, or is that not an issue ?) Have these questions been asked, or have the issues been ignored ? Is it too late to ask them ? Have we looked at what the computer revolution has meant to the quality of design ? It is readily acknowledged that the physical realization of that design had benefitted. . . | |||||
| Really dissatisfied with new Eames Lounge Chair - other owners' experiences appreciated | 1 Relevance | 7 years ago | JasonUSA | General discussion | |
| Hi All, I'm sure I'm in the same boat as most where I've lusted after a black Eames Lounge Chair for many a decade and, to my absolute delight, my wonderful wife surprised me with a brand new one complete with matching Ottoman for my 40th birthday 18 months ago. I had never sat in one before and was extremely excited for it to arrive but, ever since it did, it's been incredibly disappointing. I'm not looking for people to tell me how amazing their chairs are but really to let me know if yours share any of the below attributes or if I'm on my own here. When I've reported these items to Hive Modern in the past they have said they're to be expected and the same was pretty much true of a conversation I had with Herman Miller this afternoon. The thing is, when I detailed these attributes in a review on Hive Modern's website, the review wasn't published. I find it interesting that they're OK to accept these items as attributes while not going so far as to include a review that called these out. So here they are, I guess in some order of grievance: The chair "clunks" about the swivel. This is a little difficult to describe but, out of the box, the chair swiveled only as one would expect; there was no movement front to back or side to side - perfect. After a couple of months my first chair started "clunking" when I leaned forwards to egress. If I stood behind the chair and applied pressure forwards, there would be a noticeable shift forwards with a "clunk". Same thing side to side. Hive Modern replaced the chair & ottoman for me. A couple of months after receiving the replacement it exhibited the same thing. When I reported it to Hive Modern the second time I was advised that 2 chairs in their offices do the same, one to a greater degree than the other, and that Herman Miller had described this as normal. Other Lounge Chair owners: is this normal? Do your chairs do this as well? If so, are you OK with this? I don't think a piece of furniture should exhibit an attribute such as this 2 months out of the box; if this is normal I believe it should do this from day 1. We specified the MCL leather upgrade based on the description this was the closest modern day equivalent to the leather of the 1960s originals. My second grievance is that it has zero leather odor, not even the faintest of whiffs. In all honesty it may as well be PVC. Does anybody else have the MCL leather? Does yours have any leather odor? Does anybody have the base leather and does that have any leather smell? I really expected this piece to fill the room with the most delightful fug de bovine but no. One of the button holes in the seat cushion has stretched exposing the white foam within and showing that the leather is exceptionally thin. I would imagine that the leather of anyone's chair fitted with MCL will be the same so I guess my question here is to those folks that have the regular Herman Miller leather: does yours feel pretty robust like one would expect the seat cushion of a $6.5k chair to feel? I have the tall version of the chair. I am 6' and 170 lb. When I sit in the chair I can feel the wood underneath the seat base cushion. I was told by Herman Miller this morning that this is because I have the, more expensive, MCL leather. MCL leather & non-MCL leather owners: how heavy are you and can you feel the wooden base when you sit in the chair? I'm sure anybody reading this can tell I'm wholly dissatisfied with this chair and I'm wondering: is it me? Am I being overly picky? Am I expecting too much out of a $6,495 chair? Or should I just shut up and convince myself it's awesome because...well, it's an Eame's Lounge Chair? Honestly I wouldn't want to own a single LazyBoy chair but I figure at this point in time it's possible I'd be more satisfied having a room full of those than a single one of these; at least I'd feel like I was getting value for money and I know I wouldn't be able to feel a piece of chipboard below my posterior. Thank you to all for any enlightenment. Jason. | |||||
| Jakey | 1 Relevance | 21 years ago | SDR | General discussion | |
| Jakey Skid's link looks like that kind of thing I was referring to -- this place seems to have it all ! (Note another page called "quarter rounds" -- they spell out various factors, including shipping sizes, etc.) The prices look reasonable to me. My only caution would be (I have occasionally ordered such parts) that any wood product is subject to some warpage or distortion, so be prepared for minor variations in surface or shape. Were you going to paint or veneer your furniture? Making curved plywood is a labor-intensive, one-at-a-time process, more or less -- you can't stack multiple pieces in a press, because each will have a different radius. Some custom furniture-makers routinely triple the price for curved work, as compared to similar-sized rectangular pieces. . . SDR | |||||
| I recently got two teak salad | 1 Relevance | 8 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| I recently got two teak salad bowls that were jammed together so tightly that i didn't think I'd ever get them apart. I finally resorted to pouring a thin trail of salad oil around the upper one where it met the lower one and then just let it seep in for an hour or two. I added some more after the first application had a chance to soak in. After letting it sit for a few hours, I held onto the upper one and tapped gently at the lower one in kind of a downward motion with a dead blow hammer and it popped right off. I don't know if you can grip the little knob of the grinder and still have enough room to hit the rest of the thing with a mallet---maybe oiling alone will be enough that you can twist it out? If this works, just blot out any excess oil from inside the salt shaker and then let it sit for a few weeks before adding more salt (if you even want to fill it). The wood will absorb the oil over time so that fresh salt won't get caked up from it. | |||||
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