Search result for: di frutta
| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| Aw shucks, EamesHead. | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Mark | General discussion | |
| Aw shucks, EamesHead. I need to use my edit button so as to "sanitize" some of my twisted postings. Last year my invitation to the Design Addict's Annual Holiday Party didn't arrive until the day after the event...with the RSVP box completely scribbled over and postage due. I simply must attend this years gala. See you there, Aunt Mark | |||||
| All these arguments are ludicrous... | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Lunchbox | General discussion | |
| All these arguments are ludicrous... First of all, he said he built the "bite size" table because he didn't wanna fork up the cash to purchase one. So where does research and/or learning enter the equation? I'll answer that. It's as an afterthought if at all. And furthermore, his jibe at the LTR is fantastically ironic considering he thought it worth the time to knock off. It's not about the materials or the scale. You pay for the design... the idea. And even furthermore, all the haughty references to design and/or art school make me laugh. Forget yourselves ... | |||||
| there is a video of a UK... | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | difeliciantonio | General discussion | |
| ... (industrial design) I have a lot of materials just sitting around that I was gonna try before buying something So my first attempt at matching the color I used oil pastel dust to mix into the epoxy. That didn't turn out to well as it darkened trendmendusly and was chunky. The 2nd more lazy attempt to match the color Was with ground up prismacolor color pencil. This was a bad idea as well since it didn't really mix and was more just "suspended" in the epoxy. So for the 3rd and final attempt I went out and bought oil paint that was pretty close and mixed blac ... | |||||
| its just what it looks like | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Eameshead | General discussion | |
| its just what it looks like In the old days, when a fine artist (painter or sculptor) did something like that, everybody knew it and they got knocked down a peg in the "respect of peers" department. So yes, it tends to diminish authenticity, even if an artist is well respected. I imagine it is generally the same in the design world. Each situation is a little different though. Is it a one-time isolated thing, or is it a repeated offense, carried out over a lifetime? It is hard not to look at the whole context of an artist's lifetime when considering his or h ... | |||||
| "expression isn't defined by craft" | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Eameshead | General discussion | |
| "expression isn't defined by craft" This is so true Lucifersum. Especially in the fine arts. And I am sure it sometimes applies to the best design work too. Academic skills-building (craft), and "learning to see" are quite different endeavors than making truly creative and inventive choices within (or often outside of) those learned skills. The danger with knowing and living by the rules is that you can get creatively lazy and become defined by and limited to working within those same rules. Art has nothing to do with rules. Thats why they say it can't be ta ... | |||||
| so... | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | phonegirl | General discussion | |
| so... I called the place that did the (cough!) work yesterday. The owner emailed to say, "yes, I remember the sofa and that you weren't happy". (keep in mind I didn't know what the problem was at that time). As she remembered, the one leg that had broken, the metal threaded screw was replaced with a wooden dowel. She believes the metal screws are still in tact on the other three legs. She offered to pick up the sofa in August and get all the legs off safely. and do the switch with the chair, etc. Not sure this is the way to go, but I did pay $300 and she see ... | |||||
| defeliciantonio | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Eameshead | General discussion | |
| defeliciantonio Yes I was also reminded of that base that you had shown on the "recent finds" thread. I just didn't want my post to get confusing. I am guessing that your ultra low base might still be a version meant for the more rare high backed shells with thick padding. Perhaps there was a lounge version of that executive type chair? There are a couple of avocado green chairs with a similar larger base on ebay right now, but they are indeed higher. I tried to link my last post to them but was unsuccessful. Have you (or Amanda) ever seen your lower base wi ... | |||||
| Am I wrong? | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | karin koller webb | General discussion | |
| Am I wrong? Didn't you imply these were your parents, and you purchased them for $300.00??? If this is the case and you bought them from your parents estate perhaps you can haggle,with your sibs. Been there, done that. Worth asking anyway..... I too love the pieces. I say, 'soldier on'... | |||||
| Go ahead and tear the | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| Go ahead and tear the cambric off and see if you can get your finger up around to the top surface of the seat from. Sometimes the hangar bolt is long enough that it sticks up past the top side of the frame. Then at least you'll know that they didn't saw it off (which i kind of doubt anyway). eta: not your fault for not know the legs were on wrong. A decent upholsterer would have spotted that immediately. | |||||
| thanks all... | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | phonegirl | General discussion | |
| thanks all... I know I should call the upholster but it's partly my fault. I didn't realize and the chair was together (with two wrong legs) when they picked up the sofa. I'm going to ask around and see if I can find someone great who can help try and sort the sofa, which hopefully will free up two legs for the chair. I'm just scared they cut them off in order to glue them. I have to rip away the black stuff they stapled to the bottom of the sofa - growing up when we'd hide under the sofa, it was burlap and zig-zag kind of coils exposed. uchh. the whole thin ... | |||||
| Just curiosity question... | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | zakknafein | General discussion | |
| Just curiosity question... Just curiosity question about the color matching. Why didn't you simply "keep" the dust from sanding your chair and than mix it with transparent epoxy. It should give the ORIGINAL color. Correct me please if Im wrong. Another question: did you treat the chair after sanding with Penetrol or other similar color conditioner? The effect is amazing. Wanna see final effect with filled holes. | |||||
| Yes, it's fun furniture, | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| Yes, it's fun furniture, and I much prefer it over Memphis-anything. I do wish I'd saved some photos of unupholstered frames, though. It's more than "a little less quality than high end". The lounge chair frames look like diY projects: plywood boxes that must be half upholstered before assembly, curved plywood backs attached to the seat frame with wood screws a fraction of an inch from the edge. Yes, a lot of these have held up for 50 years but how many more didn't? We'll never know. They can be made to look pretty good but it takes some doing. They we ... | |||||
| Authenticity | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | LuciferSum | General discussion | |
| Authenticity Authenticity is not equal to quality, so I think when you're having this discussion you need to be clear which you're talking about. I don't particularly *like* the Eames plastic shells - but I do think they are in line with the Eames's vision of using the most up to date materials and techniques. For example: as early as the 1970s the EC-127 (the upholstered version of the DCM) used injection molded plastic with integrated shock mounts almost identical to what appeared on the shell chairs in plastic. (not incidentally people *do* want those ... | |||||
| . | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | HPau | General discussion | |
| . Had a problem like this a while ago though not sure if it will help you, I just took the covers off, soaked them in cold water to even things out and dried them flat in the shade, originally had hung them from the wash line and even though Rothko is great it didn't look so good on my chairs. | |||||
| Thanks, Spanky | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | garlanre | General discussion | |
| Thanks, Spanky The lady said that her family had owned the chair since it was new and had never had it reupholstered. So maybe it's a very early version. I may be passing up a valuable piece of history, but I really didn't like the juxtaposition of the buttons. Just because something is vintage doesn't mean it's beautiful. I took your advice and passed. | |||||
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