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	Back in 1996, the first time	1 Relevance	11 years ago	_	General discussion
	Back in 1996, the first time I saw this image during the book launch of John Pawson's 'Minimum', not knowing what the enlarged abstract image was, the words calmness, serenity and beauty came to my mind. The moment I realized what it was, it was hard for me to believe that I could evoke such feelings and see beauty in something designed to be lethal. Several years later, I saw the actual thing over the Pasadena Rose Parade in Los Angeles and still I was in awe admiring its perfect form and function. It is hard for me to imagine that in other parts of the globe, the mere sight of it above evokes extreme fear in others.
	The eq3 Hugo we have has...	1 Relevance	18 years ago	NULL NULL	General discussion
	The eq3 Hugo we have has... The eq3 Hugo we have has been an okay sofa, pretty comfortable, fairly solid construction in comparison to the other lower priced options we considered. We don't have an Ikea here whitespike, so I can't compare. A friend had the short Klippan (or spellit?), and the only thing I seem to recall about it was that it seemed light as a feather. It would probably be a better choice though for you with regard to care/cleaning, as it is made for easy slip-covering, etc. Possible deal breakers for the eq3 would be that the seat cushions are attached on most of the more appealing models, including the Hugo (back cushions are loose). And if I recall correctly - at least when we purchased ours 4 or 5 years ago - the only upholstery choices were microfiber and/or leather. That may have changed. EQ3, by the way, is a brand of Palliser (Canada). Hope you find a sofa that will work well for you.
	Thanks Patrick and Alex, (and	1 Relevance	11 years ago	Eameshead	Off topic
	Thanks Patrick and Alex, (and SDR too, for your concern) Not the end of the world, even though I made it seem like it. Sorry for my over-reaction. It was just one of those frustrating moments that harkened back to the old days of DOS , when you could lose fifteen pages with one bad keystroke. In all fairness, I did leave the thing open for a very long time this morning as I awoke in my usual stupor while trying to make sense of Mark's many-layered and tangental references, typed a little, then made coffee, typed a little more, etc. So you never know, perhaps you saved the "off topic" section from having to endure yet another one of my weird morning ramblings! SDR, thanks again. You certainly know more than I do about 'PUTERS! Mark, I don't doubt that you are correct. Ford Country Squire Wagon YES-- but not a Fairlane. I never doubt your vast car knowledge. (Heck, I never even doubt your unconscious stream. At least the 70% that I can figure out. The other 30% is even more fun because I cant.
	nice guy	1 Relevance	13 years ago	LRF	General discussion
	nice guy You got that comment correct. My wife is the greatest find I could ever get. My wife is my best friend and greatest admirer and adviser one could ever have. Although I have been collecting over 30 years and had a warehouse full of every MCM piece of furniture and cool stuff one could imagine. She transformed this home that was mine to ours and gave it a look ready for any magazine. She got rid of the wild wall colors and told me to let the furniture and artwork stand on its own not orange walls. She took the original designer furniture and covered it in a central theme rather than a red chair,purple bench, yellow sofa brown chair.Pink and yellow dining chairs . So sometimes it pays to have the womans touch, the great thing, I did not have to pay for that advise Just had to pay for the $200,000 renovation!!!!
	You're priobably right, Lucifer	1 Relevance	17 years ago	barrympls	General discussion
	You're priobably right, Lucifer but it WOULD change the dymanic of knockoffs, instead of them chasing the same customers. Some of the knockoffs like the Josef Hoffman Kubus chairs and sofas might seem like exclusives, because Whittman, the Austrian company that has the rights to these beautiful pieces, have no idea how to market themselves in the US...for all most know, there's such thing as an "authorised" maker of Hoffman furniture! I have very few knockoffs in my house, mostly because I too believe in real orginals and authorized versions, etc. What knockoffs I have? 1 48" black Nelson bench, a kite clock, a tourbine clock, a steering wheel clock, and an eye clock. That's it. (Oh, and as far as I can see, those Chinese knockoff Nelson clocks I have looks exactly like those made by Vitra...and let's face, the Vitra clocks are authorised knockoffs!)
	saarinen chairs	1 Relevance	12 years ago	stevieg	General discussion
	Hi just purchased theses chairs today I think they are the real deal but no stamp,mark the only thing I could find was a date under the chair base that connects to the shell April 29th 1969 i hope somebody can help many thanks in advance
	pegboard modern	1 Relevance	18 years ago	LRF	General discussion
	pegboard modern If you ever make it to Santa Fe you will see what a whole community of of Southwest Adobe looks like, it is truly amazing and does make the residents somewhat Jaded as it could be hard to distinguish what is in the outside world. The Shopping Centers the local buildings, the state buildings all are of the Southwest Adobe, motif. So it would be most difficult to embrace anything on the exterior other than Southwest Adobe, That is why I would make it as modern as one could go on the inside. So for 12 hours a day your eyes can relax and not have to see 50 shades of Brown. I love this community and town, it is the closest thing in the United States to a 100 %planned community, and they are very proud of it. It just feels good sometimes to be the individual in the neighborhood.They are one of the art capitals of the world, and have all kinds of great stuff all over.
	It is not at home, it is at	1 Relevance	10 years ago	_	General discussion
	It is not at home, it is at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts and it is probably not a couch. George Nakashima's Conoid bench placed in front of a Jackson Pollock painting. It was so humbling and quite a spiritual experience. http://www.mfa.org/node/9524 I found two also where the museum goer is also allowed to sit on these classic benches at the Indianapolis Museum of Art in front of an ancient Chinese landscape screen. I just want to add that in the end, your final decision is the one the best suits your needs. I also went through a similar dilemma, besides the aesthetics, budget was also a big factor. Vladimir Kagan once said, "no amount of planning can replace dumb luck". I had to make a split second decision between a $99 Le Corbusier leather sofa from the 1970s by Cassina from the Salvation Army or a new one for $12,000.00 down the street at DWR. It is also an architecture thing.
	.	1 Relevance	18 years ago	HPau	General discussion
	. Hands up! I'm an elitist, not perhaps in the craven hand wringing manner SDR describes but I do think people who buy low quality goods are fools, most people in the west have been prosperous enough for a long time now...they have just been more interested in cosuming quantity over quality. I make no apologies for it. It is their reckless spending and unethical choices that have done us all so much damage. But I do not, unlike Barry, require that a slickly marketed brand be shoved in my face in order to recognise quality, I'm quite capable of seducing myself into purchasing something without letting the advertising industry do it. The thing irks me about Herman Miller and Knoll and many of the others it that it has now become less about good design and more about pandering to a middle class self consciously regarding itself as being the arbiters of good taste. They were interesting companies once, now they just bore me.
	It would be great to fin...	1 Relevance	19 years ago	LRF	General discussion
	It would be great to fin... It would be great to find out all we could on George Nelson. I have all the books on him and read a lot but there is still a lot out there that we do not know about, like how the bookends got started and the fireplace holders, He was a fascinating man, and picked at a time when Herman Miller was in dire need of a director after the untimely death of Gibert Rhode, Nelson was a accomplished artist, and a philosopher and architect who really never developed any projects, I think he really had a good thing going with the GNA office and the ability to somewhat take advantage of young talent looking for a break. Norman Churner George Mulhauser, Irvin Harper just to name three and you know there are others out there, Of all the designers he is my favorite and i own most of his great pieces, from the marshmellow, lots of his clocks ,slated bench, tables, cabinets, and Coconut chair, He truly was the best even if he really did not design all of the stuff but knew how to get associated with it, a lucky fellow yes,
	Patina YES!	1 Relevance	11 years ago	Eameshead	General discussion
	Patina YES! There is no such thing as a bad patina. I used to be kidding when I said that, but now I mean it. It's the museum of real life. The residue of human activity and daily existence of the piece - recorded. Kinda like the residue of a performance piece, except the performance took 60 years. I agree that some patina's can be "uglier" than others, but even the ugly ones are so damned interesting to stare at in wonder… Resale prices be damned! Someday there will be a special premium paid at auction for Nelson benches that supported motorcycle repair. (I admit bias here… I have a super beaten up early Nelson bench that just happens to have the most incredibly glowing orange patina on its good parts. I especially like the the places on the base legs where the black paint is gone)
	Funny Concept	1 Relevance	19 years ago	LuciferSum	General discussion
	Funny Concept Thank you Norm! finally, someone who agrees that money isnt the most important thing in the world! When I got my first Eames LCW I had just gotten out of college. I had a job freelancing artwork and working a crappy $9/hr retail job. I ate Macaroni and Cheese almost every night of the week. At the time an Eames LCW cost $550 - which was a full months rent. Or a Student Loan payment. I hemmed and hawed about it for almost 2 months before deciding it was something I really wanted to have. I slapped down the money I had saved up and as soon as I got the chair I forgot all the worry, all the pain in the ass. The chair has proven infinitely more pleasing than sitting on the cash would have been. It seems like a funny concept to some people, but really money is just money...sometimes you've got it, sometimes you dont. If you put in a little hard work you can always get more. Plain and simple.
	I would love to read the thread....	1 Relevance	20 years ago	koen	General discussion
	I would love to read the thread.... starting with: I found this cardboard box in the attic of my ant Antonella. The label shows the Ikea logo and the name "Billy" A copyright claim mentions Inter Ikea Systems BV. and the product seems to be genuine because it is clearly indicated that it is made in China. My dear Ant Antonella claims that she bought it in this original box but even before being able to assemble it she was seduced by a Mark Newson bookshelf in marble and stored this Ikea bookshelf in the attic. Do you think this is the real thing or do I have one of the many african copies that are on the market? One other detail: it has a symbol printed on the box warning people not to use a cutter to cut through the tape. Is that original? Any idea what it would be worth if it is real? Both Ikea and myself would be 97 years old (we are both from 1943)....none of it is going to happen.
	let me disagree Olive	1 Relevance	22 years ago	Massimiliano	General discussion
	let me disagree Olive there is not only "ethnocentric bull-crap". there are also cultural differences, and everytime one refers to culture, a generalisation (e.g average) is necessary. One thing I've been noticing in many posts (the ones with the most replies) is a general (average) interest, if not obsession, with value, monetary value of objects. And excuse me for this additional generalisation, but the importance of this kind of value, and the status symbol this value originates, is far more radicated in american rather than european culture. This is how I consider the million posts on original (??) vs reproduction barcellonas, the obsession on always the same eames and knoll furniture, or the need to ask for suggestions on how to make an effect with a fabric. I wish we could discuss more often about good or bad design forgetting, completely, about price and possession of that design objects. Ciao
	Anyone have a web site with lots of pics of 1940s-50s kitchen tables...	1 Relevance	17 years ago	dcwilson	General discussion
	I saw an amazing one in a thrift store. The top was that weird yellow with faint green streaking in it. Formica? The underside was the same vintage green with yellow streaking in it, so one could apparently use either side up. The top was square with half circle ends. It had two leaves. The top had the usual streamlined, ribbed strip running around the perimeter edge of the table as you often see in these old things. But the memorable part was the frame underneath. It had tubular legs that gathered toward the center and then flared back out and the three or four tubes collaring the legs at the waist of the legs before they flared out. The under carriage looked very streamlined in style. I didn't want to buy it, but I can't get the damned thing out of my mind and wonder who made it. I could find no manufacturers markings.