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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| I think they're fine for | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| I think they're fine for people who don't care about actual design, who just want a sort of mid-century modern "look" to their homes. Sticking a set of hairpin legs on something is the quickest, easiest way to get that look for people who are into that kind of decor. (They probably also shop for cardboard taxidermy heads and globes. Just saying.) The two desks aren't as objectionable as that little orange-ish chest on the hairpin legs, or---horrors---the low dresser on the hairpin legs. That looks like a vintage piece that was stripped of its base and forced to stand on hairpin legs. Those things have some flex to them, maybe depending on the diameter of metal used, I dunno---but I see that thing bouncing a tiny bit when you open and close the drawers. Or if someone like Aunt Mark stuffed too many ties in it, maybe. That desk that is an open box with a center divider is $650. For that money you could get an actual mid-century modern desk of a more functional and interesting design and maybe have some change left over if you're lucky (and/or patient and diligent in your search). Short answer: no. | |||||
| Thank you | 1 Relevance | 14 years ago | metropolis2 | General discussion | |
| Thank you Thanks for a very helpful reply. I wouldn't do the repair myself but I would get a carpenter / wood worker to repair it, but before that I wanted to know if it was even worth repairing. I don't have a flickr account so I haven't uploaded any photos but I went to photograph the chairs today and discovered that they have all had some repair to the sides. On closer inspection the side of the seat has been a cut into - they have cut away a 1 inch piece of the original wood and rejoined a replacement bit of wood into the side (like a jigsaw puzzle). So what I thought were splits in the wood is actually the replacement wood piece coming away. Having read the other links I don't think this could ever be repaired strong enough to not break off again. I love these chairs but if I can't sit on them worrying the side will break off again then it seems a waste of money. I was deliberating about getting some jacobsen chairs instead but having read the links that they are prone to breaking I'm stumped. I have a thing for plywood chairs and didn't know how fragile they are. Any suggestions on a robust 50s dining chair? Hillestak Robin Day is another fave but I think they would need regluing over time right?! | |||||
| Knoll Makers Mark? | 1 Relevance | 17 years ago | jeremyclivehuggins | General discussion | |
| Greetings from the midwest. Yesterday, at the thrift store, I saw what I thought to be a coffee table from the late 60's. It was cheap, so I bought it without doing any checking on the underside. When I returned home, I flipped it over and saw two things. The first is a small, plastic, square symbol. It's black with a white animal symbol etched into it. It looks a bit like an eagle. The second thing was the old information sticker. Unfortunately, most of it is illegible or gone. What I can make out is that the language is German. The delivery date was 10.01.1965. The only words I can make out (it's in some cool typewriter font) are "essen lager." My German's rusty, but I imagine that means something like pub table or beer table or something of the sort. Given that, I also realized that, because the base is hydraulic, the minimum and maximum heights make it more suitable to be an eating/drinking table rather than a coffee table. In any case, this could be the German equivalent of Lane Bryant for all I know (or, perhaps, a Knoll, since I'm just now realizing that the bird of prey is vaguely in the shape of a K), but it's a beautiful table, and if anyone can help me identify the maker, I would be incredibly grateful. | |||||
| Just got a couple of these | 1 Relevance | 10 years ago | Takskaya | General discussion | |
| Just got a couple of these miniature toy chairs because they look so cute on the table. It's a Eames daw armchair with molded plastic and metal legs. It measures roughly 5 inches tall. I got them for $10 each. Now when I look at them, I'm thinking of getting the real thing. They're not that expensive compared with these toys. I checked them online and the replicas are sold for roughly $60 usd. https://www.wazofurniture.com/products/eames-style-molded-armchair?varia... The legs are wooden though. | |||||
| to cesri | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| to cesri "a chair" well if you do not find the right measurements; first consider what kind of chair you want to design; office chair, kitchen chair, lounge chair, ... then take an existing one where you sit very well on it and take those measurements (off course you can also use le corbusiers modulor, human ergonomics facts, bosch templates and so on). oh designing is so easy! then consider in what kind of material you want to make it, design a form and make some mock ups and prototypes. Designing the chair is so what the easiest thing to do...but to design one that is distinctive of those millions existing, that's another story. I have been around this forum also for quite some years now and although i do not read all threads i still find this forum a very good one where people from around the globe share thoughts and from time to time i learn some new stuff (just the another day when koen pointed out that dyson indeed is a qualified designer 😉 ) patrick and alix should win a vandevelde prijs for this (for bringing design closer to the people), maybe that the 'new' institute WCC-BF (in mons; some new walloon equivalent of design flanders) can organise this! | |||||
| cedar for smelly eaves? | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | Grendel_The_Cat | General discussion | |
| I just moved into an old victorian, there is an odor comming from the eaves that I'm really hoping isn't 'death' (I've been combating the smell for about a month and a half now, would a small dead thing smell that long?) There is a small hatch into the eaves, I'm thinking about dumping a few bags of cedar chips (like for your hamster) in to absorb the smell. Think it will work? Any better ideas? The little hatch is opposite the Eames, you can kind of see where the walls start to slope down. Thanks! *edited to add the pretty side of the room, it makes me feel better about the aroma. | |||||
| First...Pt 5 | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | dcwilson | General discussion | |
| First...Pt 5 But design! Its something I have to know! I HAVE to learn about. I don't want to die without knowing how some of the basic things I admire most in the world were created. I can die without knowing why ebola virus has intermitent but limited outbreaks (maybe because of it). I can die without knowing why people are stupid enough to think that privately owned central banks make sense. I know what I need to know about those things already. But design! Design is in the river. I am in the river. Design brings many divergent interests of mine together. It makes some sense out of them. I have no choice in the matter. I have to confront it, or get out of the river. If I get out of the river, I may as well be dead. I'm staying in the river. You come in the river, too. Maybe not my tributary, but some tributary. The water is fine and its a huge watershed...regardless of how you get paid. I would say fuck money, but in fact having some is important. Ya gotta eat. Ya gotta have a roof. Ya need a pot to piss in. But ya gotta live to. Life is not either or. Life is not even both. Life is all. There's no one thing that is true, Hemingway said, its all true. My interests are not mutually exclusive and neither is expressive fulfillment and functional work. They just may not (probably will not) come from the same gig all the time. | |||||
| slow but sure | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | norm | General discussion | |
| slow but sure My wife and I are just a couple of working stiffs so...this is going to be a long proccess. We are now in the "rip apart/oh my god what have we done" stage of the restoration. flooring is up in the kitchen, stairhall, and family/dining room. Kitchen is apart. Plumbing worked on almost daily. Now that spring has sprung I have been looking hard at the landscaping that has been neglected and am finding it difficult to stay on one project,A.D.D. says my wife. We have an estimate on the fabrication of the siding, gulp. It will have to be roll formed according to the company that inspected it, set up costs are high (labor and waste during dialing in the roll former). I think that if we wanted to do the whole house it would be maybe 10% more than just the small damaged section. I do have what looks to be a pretty complete set of prints now thanks to the Vitra Design Museums archive dept. Also, the correspondence between Kirkpatrick and the Nelson/Chadwick office is pretty much all there. I'm happy to answer any questions if you have any. I am not an expert on this type of thing but do have an interest in design and architecture. The inlaws came to visit this past weekend...first time they have seen the house..."well,ittttssss different" not impressed. | |||||
| Lamp opinion | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | Gustavo | General discussion | |
| Lamp opinion I agree with SDR, very accurate, but instead of hilarious I'd say I admire how courteous is the way he writes. I don't write as he does, but here is my opinion: It's seems to be made it by someone, inspired by those lamps you said, but needed more detail: Provably he/she made them with parts could find over there (that's not necessary wrong), and between those part bought those from that talented metalworker. Sorry if I'm not so kind as SDR now, but I agree with the talented work-metal, but I'd say not so talented 'lamp-constructor' (There is a specific name, I don't know how you say that in English). I.E: The 'cover-lamp-holder' should be metal instead of plastic That plastic part and the cord looks original, another thing that must be improved when made it. The general proportions are not wrong, but needs little adjustments. The metal that's between the base and the top looks very hand-made. Is better the exit of the cord in the back and not in the front. and could go on. Anyway I like the overall. Now if you want to keep this one because others that "are the same" cost $500-$1000, I don't think it's the case. Now, If you like it it's OK, and that's what's important. ps: By the way, provably what I like of this lamp is that let me know all that building process, and as a vintage piece, could recognize that process in those times. Which could be an interesting learning. But I don't that's what you are looking for. | |||||
| Hi SDR | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | koen | General discussion | |
| Hi SDR This is obviously a complex court battle. I would like to read the judgement because the press release from Knoll is does not say on which grounds the Hanseatic Court handled the way it did. In the press release Knoll claims "copyrights". Copyright laws exclude products, which are protected under the two other legislations. There have been cases where the product has been considered so well known that it constitutes a "brand" and brandnames and "symbols" for the brand can be copyrighted (Richard Sapper's Tizio lamp won that status in the U.S.), but it is a rather complicated procedure. I am still waiting for the publication of the copyright on the Barcelona chair, to read exactly what is protected. Considering the damages to be paid by the Italian manufacturer I am sure it will be appealed...so we have to wait and see.As to the use of the word Marcel Breuer, there is no reason why it could not be used. But to me it indicates that it is not an authorized copy because it is neither in Breuer or Knoll's tradition or interest to do such a thing. Unless the name has been made into a registered trademark or made up for that purpose, there is no way of protecting ones name. If you Google my name for instance , you will find at least another four, of which one is a layer specialized in intelectual property.... | |||||
| If Jdip kindly supplies the measurements, just have it... | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | william-holden-... | General discussion | |
| If Jdip kindly supplies the measurements, just have it fabricated It's only a bent strip of metal with holes. If Jdip doesn't supply the exact measurements, you could still come up with an accurate-enough estimation so long as you have the photo & the scissor-lamp itself to measure. If the strip you make were a tad wider or narrower, it wouldn't matter-- so long as the inside height of the "C" were absolutely accurate & projection from wall kind-of accurate, it'd work just fine. Show the photo to the metal fabricator, and bring the lamp so he can get an accurate idea of the hole-size the swivel mount needs to fit into (I assume that the vertical rod is removable to fit into the wall mount-- or, does the C-shaped bracket need to have just enough flexibility so the rod can be wiggled in? Maybe Jdip can answer.) Once you get this thing made, you can then use Riki's daughter-in-law's new powder-coat paint product to coat it white. No, you won't find this doohickey in a bin at Home Depot. | |||||
| Help with chair | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| got this chair from the auction last night...and a bunch of other stuff 8^) ...seems to have been recovered in the 90s or so by the upholster tag on the bottom....but I cant figure out what this thing is...any ideas? | |||||
| fastfwd, Yes, I am mostly ... | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | DavidR | General discussion | |
| fastfwd, Yes, I am mostly ... fastfwd, Yes, I am mostly speaking of leather. With something like an original and spectacular Girard fabric on an upholstered Eames shell chair, I have the same reaction. The foam goes and then there goes the fabric with it quite often. I don't think fabric gains any real patina, of course. It is very special to find a piece with original fabric still in nice condition. Pegboard Modern, I just read over your post again and wow! I'm pleased to hear that such a thing is possible. I also took a bit more time to think about your reference to the differences between breathable fabric and vinyl/leather. It makes a lot of sense that many vinyl and leather examples have held up well with regard to the foam. I have had my eye on a nicely worn egg chair, though was not sure about the condition of the foam. I suppose that if I find a leather chair with decent foam, it may still have plenty of life left! Now that you mention it, I actually sat in an early vinyl egg chair not too long ago and was surprised by how well the foam had held up. Lastly, thank you very much for your explanation and logic. Your wisdom is greatly appreciated. | |||||
| Depends on the wool | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| Depends on the wool THere are all different kinds of sheep and some have very scratchy, rough wool that holds onto to all kinds of things. Others have silkier wool that doesn't tangle or grip onto dirt, lint, or hair shed by other creatures. Yes, you can wash flokatis in the washing machine if they fit. Commercial laundromats have those big 75 lb machines that hold a lot. Flokatis come in different weights. I have one that with very dense, long pile that I got at auction for $3 (about 7x10?), probably discarded there by someone who couldn't deal with cleaning it. It does NOT fit into a washing machine. It's like an effing YAK. This past summer I washed it by hand for the second time. This time I was smart and spent $20 on an inflatable wading pool and set up on the deck out back. It was fun and surprisingly easy. Must be done during in breezy, non-humid weather for the thing to dry before mildew sets in, though. Mine doesn't shed. To clean it between bi- or tri-annual washings, I vacuum it with just the hose, no attachements. The shop-vac hose is bigger and more efficient than the Dyson for this job. | |||||
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