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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| It's just a game to them | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | Annette.sco | General discussion | |
| It's just a game to them Writing this is probably inevitably going to give those inclined that way the chance to write more abusive or self pitying posts, but I have to support what Olive and Cwoo have said, and said quite clearly. It has seemed, possibly from the start of the new log-in system, that some posters are missing the excitement of the hit and run insult. They claim that the boards have become boring, but their disatisfaction doesn't seem to be related to the design content of posts, but only that they are not 'controversial' enough. The technique seems to be to post something to try and make people angry and when someone responds (perhaps in the same tone) they act hurt and insulted. I say 'they' but it is noticable that the same three names always crop up at the same time. It would be good if those who think the boards are boring would either find other boards which are more to their taste, or else explain exactly why they are disatisfied and suggest how things might be changed for the better. This obviously can't be done in the characteristic (and usually barely understandable) one liner. I would suggest that the only thing that will stop this distraction from the real purpose of the forum is to stop responding to deliberately trouble-making posts. If no one is interested in trading insults, the trolls may get bored and go elsewhere, or even start making a more positive contribution. We can hope! | |||||
| Dude, that chair is beat. | 1 Relevance | 9 years ago | Zephyr | Repair | |
| Dude, that chair is beat. The amount of work you are going to have to put in here is hardly worth it. The plywood is so weathered that I doubt you will ever be able to restore it. It is completely delam-ing on that front edge. It is cracked in a major structural area. The tilt/swivel mechanism is toast. You are definitely a glutton for punishment. If you insist on trying, which I am sure you will, you need to take the entire thing apart. The shell needs to be sanded, it is the only way you can have any chance of restoring the color to it. You have to remove the damaged wood. It is laminate, so dont sand through. Start with 150 and go up to 220, then lots of oil. That crack needs to be filled with epoxy, and clamped. The mechanism needs to be disassembled, rust removed, repainted, oiled. It stays tilted because it is missing or has a damaged spring, you will need a new one. Probably better off just finding a parts chair, but unfortunately you need all the parts, so like I said, probably better off just buying a different chair. Maybe this advice will make you see the reality here, or maybe it will just piss you off, and make you more resolute to prove me wrong ....... in either case, it has served its purpose, because what you should do is walk away, and if you are going to continue on you will need to do an inordinate amount of work to revive this mess. Good luck! | |||||
| SDR #10. Thank god for your | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Richard Tanimura | General discussion | |
| SDR #10. Thank god for your mind, but I disagree of course. At least in part. I wrote a long and tedius thing about the convergence of a number of unique factors after WWII that generated MCM - all true - but threw it away. Why bother with analysis when there is "deep MCM". And to tktoo and to Aunt Marks 'ditto', I agree as well. Beauty will live, but beauty being in the eye of the beholder, it's current expression will change. Witness Spanky's wonderful reference to "Hollywood Regency". Consider the amount of extraordinary roccoco pieces of undeniable beauty and astonishing craftsmanship that moulder in cellars because no one can stand to have them in their living room. Still beautiful. Still in the cellar. Completely irrelevant. I maintain, beauty and craftsmanship are not sufficient for a style to remain in favor. Deep MCM or deep pockets aside, I think that a "movement" like MCM as opposed to a trend like Hollywood Regency is rooted in the times, the materials available, the tools there are. Today we have LEDs, carbon fibre, 3D printers to make anything in any material. I think these factors will drive the new aesthetics. | |||||
| Heath, a lot of my friends... | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | Chicagoan | General discussion | |
| Heath, a lot of my friends... Heath, a lot of my friends work in the design industry in some capacity or other -- graphic designers, architects, interior designers, etc. So I am very lucky in that regard. Daniel, shoes are absolutely a cultural thing and it can turn into a huge debate! I live in a loft that was a former factory. The wood floors are over 100 years old and distressed beautifully -- my shoes and the shoes of my friends will distress them even more, which is just fine! I always take the cue from my host on whether or not shoes are removed before entering, but I do find it odd when people have dinner parties or cocktail parties and then expect their guests to walk around in stocking feet. But this is definitely normal in many parts of the world. We are a more "dressed up" household and so we wear our shoes all the time and expect our guests to do the same. But, it's your house! Different rules than mine. I laughed when I read the poster who says he's at constant war with his cats. My cat loves our most expensive furniture, that's for sure. Luckily he's not a scratcher. I have to say, though I love the little guy, he will be my last cat. My 60lb dog is actually a lot lower maitenance and has a lot more respect for my furniture (he stays off of it!). | |||||
| Unusual Fan/Lamp combination. | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | slackervintage | Identification | |
| Does anyone recognize this unusual fan/lamp combination? The fan comes apart in three pieces. The blade piece comes out with a light bulb-like screw in attachment. The blue ball piece magnetically attaches to the base. Unfortunately, the wire has been cut, so there is no power plug. It has a UL sticker on the bottom, but no maker's markings. The only thing that came close in my research was a French design by Calor. Any help is appreciated. | |||||
| is it cheesy to have that low | 1 Relevance | 10 years ago | LCA | General discussion | |
| is it cheesy to have that low cushion against the back? ....I kind of like that quirky low compact look... but I am sure the original had some kind of high back and it may just be too blasphemous 🙂 or there is this option but considerably more complicated I think and would have to figure out how to attach the upholstered L frame to the chair after figuring out how to build such a thing:) | |||||
| What the heck! Seems | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| What the heck! Seems breaking into hotels and restaurants and stealing valuable chairs is a thing in Denmark now! GAH. http://www.tv2oj.dk/artikel/265878:Silkeborg--Stole-for-576-000-kr--stja... On the night of Thursday, the burglars had managed to steal no less than 72 chairs from the Freshwater Centre's restaurant in Silkeborg. The chairs Fritz Hansen designer trust the brand 7'eren leather, and according to Mid and West Jutland Police have each chair a value of about 8,000 kroner. ...The night of Wednesday found a similar burglaries place. Here was a banquet hall for a small hotel in Aarhus, who had intruders in search of chairs. At the break in Aarhus was stolen 29 dining chairs mark Nanna Ditzel. - We can not say anything about whether there is a connection between the two burglaries, for we do not know yet, says Bent Riber Nielsen. He says that it is not the first time that Freshwater Centre's restaurant has been exposed to rely thieves. Back in 2011 saw a similar theft namely the place where more than 50 chairs were snatched. | |||||
| cont. | 1 Relevance | 17 years ago | dcwilson | General discussion | |
| cont. A traditional hand dryer, while perhaps not as fast, or energy efficient, is much more comfortable to use, because the blower nozzle puts out a long column of air, so there are quite a range of hand elevations possible for different heights of persons to iterate along to find comfortable position on. Further the hand washing motion is just easier to execute than holding hands consistently in a single plain as when typing on a keyboard. Remember, when ergonomic keyboards began to be developed, the first thing was done was to get the hands out of the same horizontal plane. Solutions ranged from slightly rounded keyboards with left finger keys separated slightly wider apart from right finger keys than on flat boards, all the way to keyboards broken in half and turned up on end to get the fingertips and palms of each hand facing the other palm and fingertips. I know drying on the Dyson does not require hours and hours of repetitive use, and so trigger repetitive stress injury, but it just is awkward. | |||||
| Two Reasons why Ebert didnt like it (contains spoilers) | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | LuciferSum | General discussion | |
| Two Reasons why Ebert didnt like it (contains spoilers) One is Wachowski Bro's tendency towards self indulgence. Yes, they are quite possibly the most radical filmmakers of the present time - but still, self restraint here and there is a good thing. Speed Race dragged on in some bits, dazzling though it was. A lot of the action sequences could have been edited slightly. Also - about a half hour of dialogue could have been edited down. Two: I'm guessing Ebert never saw the original cartoon. The Wachowski Bros were very faithful to it - perhaps to a fault. Much of the saccharine dialogue, the over expositional flashbacks, and the obnoxious little brother are taken pat from the cartoon. The most intrusive example of this is at the end - when Speed is on the last leg of the grand Prix, the trippy colors speed up and he enters the 'zone' and his win is inevitable. Insert staccato flashbacks of every character he's talked to in the movie: mom, dad, brother, evil nemesis, monkey etc. This is straight from the cartoon, but the Wachowskis could have made a different choice - offering us a single flashback of Speed as a child in his hand drawn race car. The audience is intelligent enough to make the other connections. | |||||
| For a short flight it wouldn'... | 1 Relevance | 17 years ago | HPau | General discussion | |
| For a short flight it wouldn'... For a short flight it wouldn't bother me, much like a city train trip, a little back support for the window seats would be good. About 2.5 hours would be my limit...what about take off and landing? Being forced sideways into your neighbours newspaper wouldn't be very good...oh I see they're staggered, even so some sideways support would be good. I think too that they could compensate for the barreness of the design with some more attractive finishes. What about carry on bags? Surely there are safety regulations about tripping over bags in the event of a crash. I'm always uneasy about any airlines cutting corners though, suspicious that safety will be the next thing to go, do seatbelts work as well side to side as front to back? Not really convinced by the image but I think its a worthwhile challenge for a design and engineering team prepared to concentrate on the ergonomics. Anyway there should just be more trains, I saw this video last week, its a bit boring for a while but once you get near the end its very exciting, even if it does make you feel a bit sick in the stomach. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ir_n3J5ABA | |||||
| reply to H base | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | LRF | General discussion | |
| reply to H base Now that is really different . So many times, companies that make reproductions will make the product smaller or larger not to violate the trade dress laws here in America . But Vitra who has a long standing relationship with the Eames Estate would not have to worry about that since they hold all kinds of agreements with them . I had 8 knoll Brunos from the 60's that I was using for a conference room and I needed 2 more I went out to ebay and bought two more chairs knowing that they were not Knoll , but since i was recovering them all in matching leather I said NO BIG DEAL I was wrong ... after recovering them in matching leather that was far from cheap and installing them for the clinet in there wonderful new conference center. Need I say I made a big mistake .. they were almost 2 inchs smaller in the back seat . Every thing looked the same but when they were installed next to the original Knolls they looked awful . Of course, we found 2 more Knolls and used the other 2 in a executive office( I am sure he was thrilled!!!!!) i was not out any money , but when you think about the H base from Vitra being smaller you start to wonder Why??? ....They can't say a ergonomic,enviroment,green problem, cause it is just a base not fiberglass. | |||||
| Finmar table ID help needed and another | 1 Relevance | 17 years ago | rafterman | Identification | |
| can anyone help me id this bent plywood two tier table it has a finmar label would be interested to know when was made and who by, seems like nice quality no real damage just some scuffing on the top, the other table came from the same source, seems to be overpainted plywood with maybe a laminate black top and has the printed mark inside but cant make out what it says unusual thing never seen anything quite like it !!many thanks in advance for any help or pointers | |||||
| I hate to be a | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | SDR | General discussion | |
| I hate to be a wet blanket, but with all due respect the architect is rolling over in his grave, as they say -- as would any designer whose work was so miserably interpreted. What is the point of making special parts and pieces for the Guggenheim or Robie models, and still end up with a model so distant in form from the original design ? I can understand the compromises made in the Fallingwater example, which seems to be constructed from standard Lego pieces, though the result is still a clownish affair compared to the real thing. It is beyond me to understand how the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation could pass on these pathetic monstrosities. (The Robie model is a handsome object -- it just isn't very much like the original. What's with those flat-topped roofs ??) Money, always in short supply at the Foundation -- which is charged with the responsibility of protecting and furthering the reputation and the work of the architect -- can be the only reason that they turned a blind eye to the deficiencies of these "toys." Here are the original designs; judge for yourselves whether they are respectfully represented by the Lego products. The Guggenheim "model" in particular is incomprehensible to me . . . | |||||
| I guess it's hard to take the | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | Eameshead | Off topic | |
| I guess it's hard to take the high road while Trump keeps getting paid (with ratings and coverage) for the low blows. His rallies are scary and disturbing. Kind of reminds me of Hitler's rallies. Yeah, I know I probably sound much worse (or god forbid - more boring - than that guy on PBS! But apparently I still agree with that PBS guy. Trump may manage to totally screw up (uh, I mean "win") his party's nomination, but I still have faith in the process. I know it's a novel idea, but I don't think making i-phones in the USA is a realistic solution for American woes. The sad thing is that he KNOWS this can not possibly work, but he continues to sell it because nobody seems to be able to get him to answer any push-back questions when he floats this shit. "His people" just don't seem to care about the little things…. like who would buy a $10,000 i-phone if it were made in the states. I know all those old white people (and their kids) would relish the chance to pick tomatoes and lettuce when we sent everyone back across the border. HE KNOWS where we get all of our cheap labor and vegetables, and he knows who is driving our economy. He is supposedly a businessman. But he's not talking to anyone with a brain. Yet. So wonderful that he is plain spoken and genuine. But when do we get to consider content? What about the words that come out of his mouth? But he has such nice hair. | |||||
| Need help ID'ing this mirror (multi-angle) | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Victor Fung | Identification | |
| Hello,First time posting on this forum. I've tried to find out the roots of this mirror piece but haven't had any luck.Measurements:Width = 52.5 inchesHeight = 37 inchesDepth = Up to 5 inchesThe closest thing I found was this design which seems to be a knock off? or could this mirror be a knock off of this??? http://www.zuomod.com/shop/fractal-mirror/The mirror that is in the photos I have does not seem ot have the beveled edges like the Zuo one.Any help would be greatly appreciated! | |||||
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