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| Good writing IS designed...Designs future may be redesigned..... | 1 Relevance | 21 years ago | dcwilson | General discussion | |
| Good writing IS designed...Designs future may be redesigned...Pt.2 Now I can almost hear some of you designers saying, "that's an over simplication of design, DC. Certain kinds of design, like architecture, has a design program that you can experience linearly." And you would be absolutely correct. And certain kinds of literature have an architectural dimension to them that makes literature be experienced in more simultaneity. For example, Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" are quite consciously designed not only around the conceit of a carriage trip to Canterbury, but simultaneously around the architecture of the Canterbury cathedral itself. The tales are told from the carriage in a very linear way. But the symbolism, imagery and so forth frequently take on the characteristics of a walk around or through the Canterbury cathedral. The tales are filled with the literary equivalents of gargoyles and spires and hidden passages and so forth that create at least the literary simulation of simultaneity of experience found in an architectural program. It is even contructed so that one can read the tales in various orders just as one can walk through and around Canterbury Cathedral in any number of orders. Similarly, James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake, probably the most brilliant and difficult comic novel ever written, is constructed around the conceit of an epic dream of a drunk. A guy walks in the pub of an inn, ties one on, cries in his beer to the bar tender about his troubles and his family, and then retires to sleep it off. All very linear, right? But then Joyce dares to tell the story of the entire Irish Race in one night's dream. Dreams as you know, are quite linear and quite simulaneous. The linearity of time breaks down in dreams. Things and people morph from one thing into another thing. Persons play many roles in dreams. In some of their varied roles, their real identities are apparent. In other roles, their identities are concealed almost completely. Joyce lets his family members and the people in the pub play all the roles in the drunk's dream of the Irish race from pagan times to Christian times to modern times. His children show up as all manner of children in Irish history. He and his wife show up as all manner of couples. And in almost every sentence Joyce is punning brilliantly on various levels of meaning to simulate the strange quality in dreams of images and words taking on multiple meanings. Joyce entirely "designed" this novel. It can be experienced linearly and as one gets the hang of it, if one gets the hang of it, it accumulates into the litereary equivalent of simultaneity of experience. So: mundane writers produce mundane writing which is quite literally a linear experience and often very dull because of it. Likewise, mundane designers produce mundane chairs which one experiences as little more than the simultaneity of sitting. | |||||
| I'm Glad | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | TinyArmada | General discussion | |
| I'm Glad I am glad it had a label on it, so that you knew who made it - and that someone told you who did it. Because your viewpoint on this piece kind of depends on that sort of thing. The Mona Lisa was always a masterpiece regardless of who did it, and a Rembrandt can be spotted by it's nature. This piece carries none of the qualities that gives it any hallmarks of a great piece, and as someone else put it - it is lucky the person did know who made it. I love Noguchi's work, but I am not an artist whore who had to get everything a guy did and put it on (ironically) a pedestal and defend clearly, poor work. On the other hand, I can appreciate the historical significance of a piece but I will not be blinded by god-worship of everything a guy did, knowing full well every artist usually starts off with total junk. I would consider some of his works and the first prototype of those pieces being worth truly, large sums. I think this sort of payment for his worse work, insulting to the guy - and I think he would agree. "Really? $320,000 for that? What about my other FINE work or first versions I threw together in a workshop that became iconic." Let's see if you will fork out $5,000 for a licensed replica of it, and I might be convinced that you actually believe any of the opinions you think about this piece. If HM or Knoll put out a "time" piece of this, t would be their worst seller - and you would at least be in luck because you would be one of the few owners. | |||||
| Smash n Grab | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | LuciferSum | General discussion | |
| Smash n Grab Not litterally Barry! Not that it wouldnt be fun to do a shopping spree. I think Finch and I are using smash n grab as a descriptor of the folks who see "design" as a commodity. They dont know WHY they like it, only that its expensive and 'prestigious', rather than those of us who know the the how, and the why, and the WOW of good designs. Modernica. Weird thing to talk about. Here's my take - they have nailed the quality because they were given an opportunity to work as a licensee under Herman Miller. They had access to all of the original design specs, machinery and tooling necessary to create actual authentic pieces that would have been quality-worthy of the license. Then something happened and things went south between them and Herman Miller and HM moved production of the shell chairs to Vitra and the ESU's to HM. Would I buy from Modernica? I do love the hot pink fiberglass... My only complaint with Modernica is that their salespeople were dumb as dirt last time I popped into the SoHo store. The girl repeatedly described the 'transluscent' colors as 'iridescent' and had NO idea about the history of the chairs. "Yeah they're really funky and retro huh?" | |||||
| Ugh, NO foam from Joann's! | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| Ugh, NO foam from Joann's! It is low quality stuff and will lose its resiliancy pretty quickly, plus there's only one density anymore. (They call it high density but it's really not.) Yes, 2" firm is firmer than 2" medium, but not by a lot. You just won't feel as much of a difference when both are only 2" thick. These are not high end chairs. I don't think you need to stick to the original cushion thicknesses unless you really like the look of 2" thick cushions for seat and back. I would do 2" and 3" or even 3" and 4" if the seat depth can handle it. It will still look good and it will be more comfortable. I don't know what to tell you about density. I don't think the numbers are very definitive. The feel also depends on the tautness of the webbing, the weight of the people sitting in the chair, whether the spokes of the back can be felt through the foam...a bunch of factors. You may just have to take a leap of faith. I can tell you that 3" thick firm foam on the seat and 2" thick firm foam on the back is usually not enough difference. The back usually feels too hard. But again, it's kind of subjective and the best thing is to test out different ones if you can. Are you near a large city? Did you check to see if there is a place that sells foam locally? | |||||
| The inside word is Obama has... | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| The inside word is Obama has... The inside word is Obama has already ordered and awaiting a container full of exotic pieces from Africa, where his half brother Malik works at the Funzi Furniture factory in Kenya. See link for his new desk to be put in the oval office; http://www.funzifurniture.com/html/desksssabinesextra.htm His personal bed is called 'The Shetani fertility bed' See link; http://www.funzifurniture.com/html/bedsafrican.htm These hand carved pieces took countless hours to make and the great thing is Obama has guaranteed that all the workers will make equivalent to U.S. minimum wage unlike Ikea factories paying there labor peanuts. I predict Obama will ditch the suit for the Inauguration tomorrow and be wearing a formal 4-piece Babariga with flowing buba. http://www.funzifurniture.com/html/bedsafrican.htm | |||||
| When I was five, my family... | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| When I was five, my family... When I was five, my family went to spend a weekend with my young uncle who was an art potter at the time (later went into glass as a medium). This was in 1959. I am lucky enough to have a table lamp that he made back then. That was also the first time I saw a Japanese round paper lampshade. I was fascinated. A year or two later, a new guy was hired at my dad's place of work and we were invited to his family's house for dinner. They'd just been living in Sweden for a few years and I vividly remember her showing us the rya rug hanging on their living room wall and explaining how it was a popular thing in Sweden. My mom had good taste and liked it, and I think that made me pay more attention to it. I remember it had a lot of orangey-red in it. Their two little boys were running around dressed in Scandinavian wool sweaters and wooly tights and I thought that was very strange (boys wearing tights??) but also adorable. I don't know that that was a style influence on me as much as giving me a sense of how differently people lived in Scandinavia. I mean, really! Boys in TIGHTS. (This was in small town Illinois, I should add.) | |||||
| Choose I assume you will... | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | Starline | General discussion | |
| Choose I assume you will... Choose I assume you will never understand. It has nothing to do with price but people like you say they cannot afford authentic so assume it is their right to go buy a Chinese copy.It could be a $10 item for all I care. You can buy authentic cheaper than copies in many cases but people are too lazy to look.They say it is their right to buy good design and should not have to pay so much. Why do people then target the iconic pieces as a cheap Ikea chair serves the same purpose and may be a great design. They target iconic pieces so they can seem like a design aficionado to their friends.That is actually snobby too but also being a tight wad and fake at the same time. I would never buy genuine new as I can't see the point with so much used authentic pieces that pop up on Ebay or at auctions. I buy many items with no name or label but as long as I like it,has good lines or design and is well made. Why are Louis Vuitton and Prada handbags copied so much as there are hundreds of good designs out their for a fraction of the cost.Same thing because people who can't afford the so called well off lifestyle want to look like they are living it. Is that you Choose because that is what's really pathetic. | |||||
| My experiences | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | barrympls | General discussion | |
| My experiences have almost always been good with PayPal, although there clearly are exceptions. One thing that does confuse me is if the buyer takes the package, opens it up and either returns it or replaced a part, how could that be consider a delivery refusal? I once won a handled Londi-Bitossi tall jug on eBay and when it arrived, the handle was broken. The seller did put bubble wrap around the handle, but he did not fill in the space, so the handle broke. When I received it, I contacted the seller, who was actually kind of bitchy and wouldn't accept it back; the seller told me file a claim with the US postal service. I brought the item and the packaging to the post office and they're policy is to take the item, investigate it and issue a check to the person filing the claim. I was told that I would not get the item back. I thought about it and since I paid (I think) less than $30.00 for this jug (which I've never seen another for sale), I decided to just keep it. I glued the handle back and it's been on my mantel for over 3 years. I didn't file a claim with PayPal (I should've, I guess). But all's well that ends well...in my case. | |||||
| React, I had a LaFonda chair | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | barrympls | General discussion | |
| React, I had a LaFonda chair with worn, tired green upholstery and petrified foam redone by my friend here in Minneapolis (Remnants) and at no time did I assume that an upholstered shell chair could ever made to look like a chair that had never been upholstered. My friend, David, removed the upholstery and foam and put on new foam and the Ray Eames fabric I found on eBay and it looks great. ONE THING TO BE AWARE OF: David was NOT able to get new edge piping (and he has an account with Herman Miller) - thankfully, the piping was in good condition, and he was NOT able to restitch it to the fabric. (Seems like there's a special machine to do that that David and most other quality mid-century reupholsters do not have access to.) Anyhow, he did a beautiful job on my chair and the edge piping is properly glued in place and shows no sign of coming apart. I suggest you consider getting the shell reupholstered. (I'm not even 100% certain that a shell made for upholstery is the exact same shell as one that's to be polished and naked..... | |||||
| Design snob or not | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | LuciferSum | General discussion | |
| Design snob or not If I had to guess I'd say the issue most people have with you, Jeremiah, is that you rarely talk about design without some sort of dollar amount attached. We all know you're in sales - those of us in Boston probably know it better than people elsewhere. But most of us here are intrested in design as theory and history rather than as business. It's not to say that money doesn't have it's place in design, but it is a little tiring for an individual to constantly be 'on' as a salesman. Many of us here currently, or have worked in sales environments - but sometimes you just need to take a break from it. There is also the "know-it-all" attitude that you project (intentional or not). The conversations on this forum range around the world and across several generations. Your experience is valid - but you're (admittedly) a young kid from a small town in Maine. If you dismiss the advice and knowledge of people that are older and wiser than you - you are foolish at best, rude at worst. I'm reminded of a quote that goes "A wise man realizes that what he knows is very little." I would suggest that you approach the forum in a way that is respectful of the opinions expressed here, and with a tolerance of those opinions that differ from your own. And tone down the dollar signs. The very thing that makes the forum great is the depth and variety. | |||||
| Grey carpets and blue walls | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Peter Dalsgaard | General discussion | |
| Grey carpets and blue walls doesn't strike me as the natural enviroment for chesterfields. I had Chesterfield sofas once, and I have to agree with Leif. If you choose to have chesterfields you have to go "all-in" When I got mine into the livingroom, I quickly realised that I had to change my coffeetable, diningtable, chairs easy chairs, bookshelfs and sideboard since none of them where in mahogany. Yes mahogany. Not rosewood (too flamboyant). Not teak (too middleclass for chesterfield) MAHOGANY. If you go totally crazy and live your life on the edge, maybe you would dare to put in an oak drawer. After that I realized that I needed to have some carpets (in a dark red pattern) and, of course, mahogany panels at the walls. The only thing I had that matched, was a kerosenelamp with a green glas pendant. I chose to sell the chesterfields. This is not meant to discourage you. It's just my personal experience with chesterfield. If you have the budget for it, go nuts. Chesterfields do look good if you have the room for it. P.S. Almost forgot. A fireplace. Very important. You got to have a fireplace, with som wooden logs at the side (doesn't have to be mahogany) | |||||
| Max Pearson for Knoll Executive Task Chair- Worth a Reupholster? | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| Really dig this seat. It's a bit ragged, though, with a kind of egg-crate foam thing happening on the cushions, general foam deformation, and the arm-rest threads coming apart (bought it this way). Objectively, then, worth a restore or no? (chair id based on associated web link image) | |||||
| racecar, that is a painful | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| racecar, that is a painful one. I've been thinking this morning too much about all the things I got for cheap at junk auctions 10+ years ago before all the dealers caught on---stuff I bought to sell that I now kind of regret. One thing I did keep was the long Rosenslew terrine. The handle was missing but it's still beaufiful. I've also never once used it, but who cares! I also got one of these Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden ice buckets made of heavy ceramic and then sold it. I know I didn't pay more than $10 for it. I knew what it was, I just felt at the time that I couldn't keep everything that I bought. | |||||
| Please Help With ID This Chair & Wicker Whatever | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | we.r.1 | Identification | |
| I got two of these today from a person in southern California who claimed they are Swedish made but there are no marks or tags anywhere on the chairs. They look decent and need to be reupholstered. Any suggestion ? ! He had this round wicker THING and said it is from 1960?s I can not figure out what it is good for (chair , desk or what?) , but it looks good ? does anybody know? Thanks for your help. | |||||
| . | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | HPau | General discussion | |
| . I agree entirely, the carpet that always shows up in photos I take here was given to me by an aunt in South Africa who died of cancer a few weeks ago, is it weird that when I clean it I think of her and how funny she was...its just being human and I wouldn't lose that for anything, its a continual reminder of my family which I'm apt to be insensitive to otherwise. What is so rich to me are not just the forms but also the colours, Virtually nothing is as varied and saturated as the colours in a flower petal or other orgnaic thing (its actually sub surface scattering of light which is incredibly hard to achieve) but the browns in SDRs branch as so nicely varied that it demands appreciation. Fastfwd, design is artificial, poor choice of words on my part, Richard Dawkins discusses this in the link, its quite interesting, Wouldn't it be good to acknowledge and discuss the natural forms that have inspired so much great art and architecture? Its such an important wellspring from say William Morris to the Guggenheim that it seems a shame to just go on and on about the same old names all the time when there is potentially such a broader view. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebIbuZ6kgsE | |||||
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