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	Fungus Mungus i just call...	1 Relevance	19 years ago	LRF	General discussion
	Fungus Mungus i just call... Fungus Mungus i just called all world and talk to Ricky and they said they just got a new shipment in believe me design addict victims, those are great prices for those clocks and make great Christmas gifts. I paid 125 two nights ago and it is in shipping right now or i would have cancelled and bought three for friends, I thought i was getting a good deal from white and these guys sell it for 42. (3x) like diamonds . If i did not own them all ( yes mine are all from Vitra and Howard Miller ) i had to pay the premium cause i had to have them last year ) I wish i could say Lucifersum i feel so good that i bought from Vitra made in Germany but I just can't, i just feel foolish that i blew 2 grand buying clocks that would have cost be 300.00 total and looked the same, I would be buying these clocks for christmas presents for my self or friends . I did ask the guy on the phone the origin of the clocks since he was unpacking them when i called and they do not say any thing about China but you have to figure were would they be coming from other than there, i doubt from sunny downtown L.A. (would that make it any better if they were from downtown L.A. as that is where Moderica makes all of there stuff,
	.	1 Relevance	17 years ago	HPau	General discussion
	. Its not that hard, just a learned skill like any other. Some glues tend to slide around more than others, polyurethane isn't bad and is quite 'sticky' and pva slips a bit. I listen to music and have a special pair of lucky gluing shorts. It helps to have all your clamps ready and and unwound, on a complex glue up or a lamination (saw a video a while ago on the lamination of Steinway pianos, my god!) you have to work fast, those sprung hand clamps are really handy but on something like that wegner glue up you've got between 10-15 minutes to get it right, which is quite a long time. Their clamping jigs took care of alignment problems anyway. I come back to a glue up about 4 or 5 times with a damp bit of rag and wipe off any squeeze out, stitch in time saves 9 and all that. You shouldn't have so much squeeze out that you get blobs dripping everyhwere, just small beads of glue just like wiping spilt food from a floor if you smear the rag around you'll smear the glue, a quick firm up-flicking sort of motion takes it off quite nicely, the rag can be quite damp too, it will raise the garin around the joint but a light sand will take of that. Sorry to go on and on, this is just the sort of thing I love.
	i like solving problems	1 Relevance	22 years ago	NULL NULL	General discussion
	i like solving problems __I've always been one to design. I like to look for ways to make the world a better place for people to live and grow. There are so many issues that design responds to ? It's one of the only fields that accomplishes this. Intelligent design is the future of industry, and creates a vitality that breeds comfort and well-being. All of the poor design in the world does nothing but aggravate me, and it is impossible to avoid: poorly reconfigured roadways, uncomfortable mass-produced furniture, uncomforting interiors*the list goes on. __For the past 2 years I've been pursuing a degree in Biology/pre-med. While I find medicine extremely interesting and very rewarding, I realized that I would be happier focusing on my dream to design, instead of using it as a distraction from the left-brained world of Science. So, I transferred schools and am about to start four more years of school. The fascination is much deeper than I could have hoped for, and I haven't even begun classes. I find myself reading all I can, teaching myself to use CAD programs, and interviewing designers I meet. One thing that continues to draws me in is the passion that these people have for what they do. I guess there's nothing like doing what you love.
	I am looking for time to....	1 Relevance	19 years ago	koen	General discussion
	I am looking for time to.... contribute to this very intersting discussion, but it will have to wait another day or so. I would like to correct one interpretation of history that is mentioned over and over again and that is part of the Bauhaus "mythology". There is no question about the fact that the Nazis made it difficult for the Bauhaus to survive. But one also has to mention that it also collapsed under fierce internal warfare. When Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer came to the U.S. in 1937 they had been working in England since 1935 , Lazlo Moholy Nagy had left the Bauhaus in 1928, Anni (Fleischmann) Albers and Jozef Albers came to the U.S.in 1933.Even Mies Van der Rohe left in 1937, a year before Kristallennacht. I am not pretending that the Nazi regime was not an important contributing factor, but that there were others at least as important and the important players certainly left long before the Nazis finally forced the school to close. The other thing I wanted to share was a recent conference of a former regular contributor to Designaddict. I think it fits nicely in the ungoing discussion. http://www.geocities.com/janmichl/eng.seeingthings.html
	You could try soap flakes	1 Relevance	14 years ago	Spanky	General discussion
	You could try soap flakes dissolved in water. That's what the Danes use on paper cord, according to some sources. This is from a site that LuciferSum recommended a couple of years ago: ----- Maintaining leather and woven cord seats Ingredients: 2 tbsp Soap Flakes, 1 quart boiled water Instructions: Dissolve the Soap Flakes into the water. Usage: Wash the surface gently using a soft cloth or sponge wrung out in the solution when water is warm. Without further washing, allow the furniture to dry at room temperature so the soap solution is absorbed into the leather or papercord. It is important that leather and papercord are not drenched in the solution and that surfaces are moistened evenly to avoid staining as the surface dries. Repeat the process if the leather is badly soiled. ------ The brand they are showing is hard to get but you can do the same thing by just shaving a bar of Ivory bath soap with a cheese grater. I haven't tried this yet myself but I intend to soon. http://www.soap-flakes.com/recipes.html
	In my opinion...	1 Relevance	20 years ago	NULL NULL	General discussion
	In my opinion... ...the Lowland sofa is a better choice. The Cassina sofa is very dramatic-looking but not especially inviting. Furniture has to be functional as well as stylish, especially a big thing like a sofa. It's nice to have a very hip home but if people aren't comfortable in it, what's the point? Leather is good. Aniline dyed leather will absorb dirt and stains more than leather that has a surface dye or finish. But in general, leather is easier to maintain than fabric. Wool is a good fiber if you prefer fabric. It doesn't hold on to dirt. As far as high end furniture being a good investment---generally it is. I don't know anything about the construction of these two sofas but most expensive furniture is constructed to last a very long time. The upholstery will still wear out in 15 years (give or take a few) but the frame is worth reupholstering many times over. Low- to mid-range furniture is usually not worth reupholstering. The frame wears out along with the fabric. So with that in mind, it's usually a good idea to choose a more conservative style that you won't get tired of in the short term---unless you can afford to replace it when you want a new look. If that's the case, then go for it!
	I was talking with a frien...	1 Relevance	19 years ago	LRF	General discussion
	I was talking with a frien... I was talking with a friend in NYC last week who has a wonderful collection of all Howard miller clocks similiar to the ones that are listed above at the treadway auction, and he was telling me the next big wave of Howard miller clocks to go up in Price is the 70's Umanoff wood clocks, He said Umanhoff designed about 25 wood clocks for Miller, starting in the late 60's to the the early 70's The sales were somewhat slow cause the clocks weighted a ton and for a wall clock that was not good, they were the first generation of quartz movements also, The faces were great, and some of the Nelson hands showed up on his clocks, but mostly his signature orange hands, I told him I had bought 2 at the Palm Springs show for around 150.00 each and he said that is such a cheap price as his clocks are the last of original clocks from that era, designed by famous designers that Howard miller had contracted with ( makes good sense as every thing else after the 70s from Howard miller was pure crap, big grand daddy clocks) So next time you see a heavy wood clock weighing 15 lbs maybe you should nab it cause it might become valuable real soon.
	Strange glass fiber object from Denmark...	1 Relevance	9 years ago	Vincetage	Identification
	Hello everybody, New on this forum and I'll start with a question: I found this..."thing" today and I have no clue about its use or designer, maybe a part of something bigger... It made me think of Panton stuff so I took it home... It's made of glass fiber and painted in bright red. There's is a little sticker saying made in Denmark. That's it, and it's obviously not a piece of Lego... Any ideas ? 🙂 (Sorry for the bad pictures... It was raining and I had to drop it quickly in my cellar)
	I found these by searching	1 Relevance	10 years ago	Spanky	General discussion
	I found these by searching for "olsen cane" (without the quotes)- http://www.designaddict.com/forum/General-discussion/Last-Thing-You-Acqu... Scroll down until you get to the photo of the Olsen rocker. Similar weaving pattern, maybe some helpful information about caning in general- http://www.designaddict.com/forum/General-discussion/Cane-Rastad-Relling... General caning- http://www.designaddict.com/forum/General-discussion/Replacing-Rattan-Bi... A search for "binder cane" (with quotes) may help, too. http://www.designaddict.com/forum/General-discussion/Scandinavian-cane-f... Good tip on soaking cane: http://www.designaddict.com/forum/General-discussion/rattan-rope General info- http://www.designaddict.com/forum/Repair/Kofod-Larsen-Selig-lounge-chair... I'm sure there's more but that's a start. I don't think the weave on the Olsen chair has a name but I could be wrong.
	Frosted cylindrical table lamp ID	1 Relevance	15 years ago	michelm	General discussion
	Picked up this nice frosted table lamp yesterday I've taken it apart but can't find any manufacturer's name on it The whole thing is rather well made About 44 cm high with the wooden base and a diameter of about 12 The glass itself is half a cm thick around and about 1.5 cm on top i have to say that al the electrical works look newish but the rubber that keeps the glass in place looks well worn so hopefully it just has been rewired Any Ideas on the maker or is it just another table lamp 🙂 http://d1t1u890k7d3ys.cloudfront.net/cdn/farfuture/ZevXIXllw9bpw9-ciMD0F0oWOvsce1TeerZxMmEE-tg/mtime:1487932541/sites/default/files/forum/IMG_0132.jp g" />
	The comments from readers on	1 Relevance	11 years ago	SDR	Off topic
	The comments from readers on that page I linked are alternately amusing and dreadful; one poster repeats (and repeats) the ridiculous assertion that "Mary had a little lamb" is a limerick ! My own efforts here are not really worthy of inclusion next to the sublime efforts of others, so I'll restrict myself to the limerick form while encouraging others to carry on as before. In high school I wrote what I believed at the time (I think) to be haiku: . The beach in September, with water warmer than in June, deserted. Seagulls and shells. . 6, 8, 7. Huh. So, it's off to Coventry I go, limericks and clover in my sticky little paw . . . . It still doesn't make sense to me that light falling on a steeply sloping surface could reflect as many lumens per square inch (or whatever) as a surface directly facing the light -- and the viewer. But the evidence clearly shows otherwise. That's okay; I'm the guy who was shocked to learn, only a couple of years ago, that an ellipse can be generated by slicing a cone in the same way that it can by slicing a cylinder. Talk about counter-intuitive . . . ! Don't trip over a frozen squrl. You could hurt yourself. The squrl won't feel a thing, fortunately.
	Finch, more nuance	1 Relevance	19 years ago	LuciferSum	General discussion
	Finch, more nuance First off, this the best, most thorough, least acrimonious debates on this subject I've seen. Go us. Finch, I'm curious what your issues are with Fritz in terms of the Swan. My office has 2 in the lobby and they look/feel good. I've no knowledge of past productions - I can't say what's changed. Arent Series 7 chairs made in a high-tech half-robotic factory that keeps noise & pollutants away from the people who work there? Quality: Of Herman Miller, Fritz Hansen, Knoll, Artek; you asked "Are there the equivalent of crashtest scores for this sort of thing?" Yes. The Womb chair, Eames Plastic chairs, Aalto stools, Barcelona Chair, Series 7, and Egg & Swan -to name a few - are all contract quality. They have all undergone flammability, abrasion, structural, and durability tests making them suitable for use in public spaces. In addition, many pieces by Knoll, Herman Miller, & Fritz Hansen are environmentally certified in their manufacturing, emissions, and recycled content. This means that, in addition to guaranteeing a lower impact in production, these products very often qualify in the point system for LEED certification. Materials: Material substitutions can be a two edged sword. We all seem to agree that some changes - foam, fabic, etc. may be necessary in terms of quality. In many cases you just can't go on making things 'the way they were'. The Rosewood used in shells of the Eames lounge was endangered. I beleive HM did the right thing by suspending production until sustainable sources could be found. Finch, your argument about the fiberglass shell chairs is valid, and has been explored before. This is a case of "what WE think the Eames would do" We dont have a crystal ball- we do have precedence in the upholstered DCM. Here the Eames used injection molded plastic components with internal shockmounts, instead of the plywood/rubber combo. Given that the Eames were always prone to 'tinkering' with their designs, tweaking to make them better, can we assume that they would have moved to polyprope for the side chairs? I say yes. Some of these things have a clear lineage of working processes and material advancements. Do I think offering the LCW in rosewood was a good idea for HM? Yes - the Eames played with exotic woods before. Do I think Knoll was correct in shrinking the Womb chair? Not a chance! Do I like all of the new aniline colors the LCW now comes in? Well... the aniline is correct, and much better than the skanky 'laquer' finishes - but I dont think it looks great in teal blue. Some things work. Some (see below) dont. As for getting ripped off - thats merely personal perception. It is up to the maker to decide what to charge for material, labor, marketing, royalties, etc. Whether or not you agree with that price is up to you. I could easily get coffee for $2 at Dunkin Donuts, but to me, its worth the extra $2 for the atmosphere, personality, and quality of my local coffee shop.
	Couldn't agree more, Whitespike.	1 Relevance	17 years ago	fastfwd	General discussion
	Couldn't agree more, Whitespike. The first thing I ever purchased direct from Knoll was a set of these Gehry barstools. I find the simple, light design much more attractive than his bulky plastic patio furniture or his old cardboard stuff... And WAY less boring than his bent-wood chairs and tables. As usual, it's hard to see any details in my cellphone photo, but the seat and back are faceted aluminum castings vaguely reminiscent of the faceted metal panels in some of his architectural work. The upholstery is leather, sharply creased somehow to match the angles of the facets. Subtle Gehry-esque details: The left and right sides aren't symmetric (the crossbar on the right is lower than the one on the left), and each side's legs are non-coplanar (the front legs angle slightly out to the sides while the rear legs angle slightly in), so as you walk around it with the natural idea that everything's symmetrical, there's an illusion that all the angles keep changing, and the legs appear almost twisted from some perspectives.
	Hi dcwilson...	1 Relevance	19 years ago	koen	General discussion
	Hi dcwilson... I did not read all the material, but a substantial part of it and it is simply garbage, not worth anybody's attention. First of all most figures are taken out of context. I know Sudbury (source of nickel specified by the so called study) quite well and the impression that is given that the higher smoke stack and other environmental improuvements are recent is just not true. On top of that one can not relate the polution to one single use, when nickel is not only used in batteries, but 65% of it is used in stainless, 8% in electroplating (including hummer bumpers, 10% in other steel alloys and 12% in non ferrous alloys. Somewhere in those 12% is hidden the part that is used for batteries. But the worst part is the logic. How can the energy consumption of the manufacturing for a Prius be ammortized over 100.000 km. and the Hummer over 300.000 km. Simply states the writer, at the average nbr. of kilometers of the average Prius driver the car will be far too old to reach the 100.000. This is of course an invalid argument because the whole thing is written to encourage or discourage people from buying one car or the other. What these people's driving habits are is not known. A fair comparaison would have enough rigour to state that if you do so and so much km. per years than the best environmental choice would be that or that car. The text is full of this kind of noncense.
	Yes, i agree. it absolutely...	1 Relevance	19 years ago	ite (BE)	General discussion
	Yes, i agree. it absolutely... Yes, i agree. it absolutely does NOT feel right. However, "the product" featured in the above photo consists of a (rocking bars) addition to an existing AJ chair, marketed as such: "... an exquisite extension to Arne Jacobsens famous 3107: rocking vats. It takes less than 5 minutes to attach them to your 3107 and voila, you have an unbelievably stylish rocking chair. One of the premiere design hotels in Berlin, the Kudamm 101, has chosen to refurnish all their 3107's into rocking chairs. And its easy to see why: the vats add a layer of functional beauty to an already gorgeous chair, which fit perfectly with the soft fluid forms." It gets even worse: the darn thing has won a design price ! The original idea was (if i remember correctly) to create an additional function for the AJ classic, analogue to that other (series of fibreglass shell chairs) classic: the Eames RAR. To me, no price winning contribution, and if this were film instead of design, rather a contestant for the Razzies, than for the Oscars..