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| I am Shannon and I mainly... | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | Cloudburst2000 | General discussion | |
| I am Shannon and I mainly... I am Shannon and I mainly lurk here. I post occasionally though. I am 38 but still look like I am in my 20s just as I looked like I was 15 when I was actually a 5th year college senior LOL. I work as an analytical chemist for a pharmaceutical company. I have to wear extra-small gloves at work and even they are a tad too big. I tried to learn the guitar but it didn't work out because my hands were too small to finger the chords on my dad's guitar, and I didn't want to spend money on a smaller guitar when I could use the money to buy furniture or clothes/purses/shoes. I can still play the clarinet from my high school band days though. In addition to small hands, I also have small feet, wrists, and ankles. I also like cats and have two named Benson and Maeby. The thing I hate most in the world is Coca-Cola...bleh! Coffee, tea, and beer run not far behind Coke though. Anyhoo, I got started into MCM because I loved my grandma's furniture growing up. When she passed on, I was able to claim a couple pieces and that started my MCM collecting. I also wish I had Mark's fashion sense and a shoe collection the size of his. | |||||
| Gastone Rinaldi Chrome Chair? | 1 Relevance | 10 years ago | Thollig | Identification | |
| Hi everybody. I found this nice chrome chair at a local thrift store and picked it up. After some googling I found an identical chair for sale at etsy. https://www.etsy.com/no-en/listing/200043339/gastone-rinaldi-chrome-chair-1970s My chair is unmarked but has a "Made in Italy" sticker on it. However, Gastone Rinaldi made a collection of chrome chairs but this Etsy listing is the only thing tying Rinaldi to this chair. I cant find any more information on the chair. Anyone here that can confirm that this is Rinaldi? Is there a good archive online of designers and their collections any design addict should be aware of? 🙂 DIMENSIONS: 32"H x 25"Deep x 22.25"W 16" Seat Height From Floor 21.5" Deep Sitting | |||||
| glass wall sconces id | 1 Relevance | 8 years ago | billyboy | Identification | |
| hi all, picked up a lovely pair of wall sconces the other day and was hoping someone might be able to help identify them or take a rough guess at the maker. they are constructed of three mounted plates of glass with a cracked ice thing going on, on top of a backplate with two cruciform arms that hold the glass on using chrome fixings. i'm going with italian based on design style but also because, as you can see from one of the pics, the housing for the lightbulb has the 'vlm' mark which i believe was used by achille castiglioni for vlm components, buccasino, italy. as usual, any and all help very much appreciated, cheers, bb | |||||
| First of all, thank you so... | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | judson | General discussion | |
| First of all, thank you so... First of all, thank you so much for your thoughtful reply. I have always heard that rugs 'unify a space' but somehow forgot this concept when I picked out this rug. To be honest, having no furniture for a while is not really an option and since this is the only thing i'm certain I like I decided to go with it and build everything else around it. It takes about 4 weeks to deliver so I wanted to jump on it. I know where I want everything to go in this space (there really aren't a ton of options here as it is such a small living area). I know that I like this moss green, gray, white, black and brown. I also love copper, but not sure how I would bring that in. 10 foot ceilings and large windows will bring the eyes up naturally correct? There is SO much natural light in here all day, I feel like I can get away with some darker elements. I can picture most of it now, but I probably should avoid the knock off Platner coffee table and Barcelona chairs, right? I have this feeling that reproductions are something I would be embarrassed by in little time. Where do people go who want more comfort and quality than Ikea, less cost than Rolf Benz, Ligne and yes, even Bo Concept, and I suppose a little more chic than Crate and Barrel? I'm sure this is why people bring in designers, but I really do enjoy this and am eager to learn as much as I can. Not to mention as a photographer and brand designer myself this should be part of my skill set! Thanks again for your help! | |||||
| i do want to keep the makers | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | difeliciantonio | General discussion | |
| i do want to keep the makers brand/mark. Is it Baltic birch? the back panel is not just a flat sheet of plywood. Its not even plywood per say, ill post a picture up but the edge is stepped and you can see the core of the plywood and it is vertical 1/2 solid strips of some type of wood and then has thicker wood veneer over front and back. the bottom panel that you see in the photos is not the real bottom. it was an add on by the last "fixer". i pulled it up and the wood underneath is not stained but does have holes from the holes from nails and lag bolts from the legs. the odd thing is that there is not a matching veneer. i am starting to think that this sideboard was a tambour door variant from the lack shelf holes and no evidence of groves hardware for the sliding doors. and there is 2 holes drilled on the underside of the top and they are inline and not offset On the subject of the legs i was thinking of modifying ikea capita legs by cutting them to length and then turning a stepped dowel to fit inside the pipe and be flush on the bottom side with the outer diameter. | |||||
| I think the purpose of the | 1 Relevance | 9 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| I think the purpose of the cotton cloth is to protect the cushion fabric from rubbing against the metal springs every time you sit down or get up from the chair. The springs will probably wear through the frame in time. I would glue the foam to the wood frame at the edges with spray adhesive (in the US it's like contact cement in spray form--I don't know if you have the same thing in Europe. It's one of the few adhesives that work with urethane or latex foam.) Normally I would staple closely, like 1 cm (1/2") between staples, but that's with pneumatic staples which are finer gauge and not a danger as far as splitting the wood. Heavier gauge staples fired with a manual or electric staple gun tend not to go all the way into the wood. You may have to tap them in the rest of the way with a hammer. I'd probably go with cut steel upholstery tacks rather than heavy gauge staples. Tacks at least have very sharp points and are less likely to cause splitting. Probably every 2 cm or 1" is ok for placement. Make sure you put in a few at center back and center front, then at the center of each side, and gradually work your way to the corners from there, that way you will avoid ripples and creases. | |||||
| finn juhl-like tables and seats.. | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | bj | General discussion | |
| In the process of spotting houses for my grandparents I stumbled upon a little villa, sort of cottage what seems to be filled with furniture from all different ages. Peeking through the window I saw two 'finn juhl'-like coffeetables (like a nest, one fits below the other). the structure resembles these ottomans, with their legs 'coming free' at the top, making it almost float: http://www.nohomodern.com/details.php?id=1168 I had no camera, not knowing if I would contact the owner I already made a small sketch (sometimes I have this urge, as to make the thing my own 🙂 With the tables comes a sofa and two one-seaters, executed in teak and (i think) green mohair velvet. The legs are fitted in the same way as the tables. But the top is something else, rather strangely formed... Do you got any idea? Who could have made this? I hope I'm not bothering you to hell, guys. It must get annoying, seeing all those requests to identify yet another piece of obscure furniture.. I only recently have began apreciating mid-century design. As my own taste matures I grew fond it's elegance, material and execution. Thrilled with the enthousiasm aparent in this forum, I can't help to show you the things that keep my mind and eye busy. | |||||
| Military influences | 1 Relevance | 21 years ago | Monochrome | General discussion | |
| Carrying over from the footwear discussion that started a few days ago, it looks like there's some interest in exploring the influence of military equipment on civilian product design. Discussed so far:: --The Eames plywood leg splint (designed for the US Navy during WW2; led to further experiments with plywood after the war). --The Volkswagen "Thing" (a 1970s civilian revival of the WW2 Kubelwagen, which was the German army's even-more-functional adaptation of Dr. Porsche's Volkswagen). --Bell-bottom trousers (wide legs adopted circa 18th century for easy rolling up -- handy when swabbing decks or wading in shallow water; yes, Whitespike, the denims issued to US sailors can, or at least could in my day, be doffed, inflated, and used as a temporary flotation device). --The current Hummers and the original jeep (boxy jeeps, with windshields folded down and wheels removed, could be stacked for shipping just like crates -- or for that matter like the now-ubiquitous steel cargo containers that I think share a 50th anniversary this year with, AHA!, the Eames lounge chair). More thoughts, please! | |||||
| That Braun looks nice. | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | fastfwd | General discussion | |
| That Braun looks nice. I'd have to hold it, though, to know whether I really liked it. This one's got a nice feel, really solid. It's only 2-1/4 inches tall (5.75 cm), but it weighs over 2.5 oz (75g). I've had it for years and years, and I used to smoke a lot, so I've spent a lot of time appreciating its design. The size is good for all but the largest hands, and the shape lets the lighter fit comfortably and unobtrusively in a pocket without snagging. The spring holding the lid is strong enough to prevent accidental opening, but when the lid is deliberately raised, the spring resists over only a small angle and then helps lift the lid the rest of the way, so it opens with a satisfying snap. The flint wheel is easily operated by an adult with either hand, even while wearing gloves, yet it's difficult for children to operate it even if they're shown exactly how. The thing is built like a tank, too: It's hard to tell from these photos, but if I had a real camera or a steadier hand, you'd see that the originally smooth finish is completely beat to hell from the long, hard life it's had. Nevertheless, it still snaps open and shut with tight precision and just works every time. Wish I knew who designed it. | |||||
| ID this dining table | 1 Relevance | 10 years ago | Stephie07 | Identification | |
| I recently purchased this dining table and am trying to identify the maker. It came with set of 4 Borge Mogensen chairs by Soborg. The sticker is missing off of the bottom, but I believe it may be by soborg. Allthough it does remind me of Arne Vodders drop leaf dining table for sibast. One weird thing is the skirt of the table is oak, but the legs that came with it are teak. Not sure if they were switched at some point or if this is how it was designed? Any help would be greatly appreciated. | |||||
| got my barcelona chair - the good news and the bad news | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | angelman | General discussion | |
| Well I received my barcelona chair from modern collections. It was a bit weird they didnt take money from my account until the chair arrived (not a bad thing). The chair arrived the day before MC sent an email with the tracking number. Well packaged the chair looks terrific. Seems to be very well made. The leather is really nice (I paid extra for the top grain aniline dyed leather). However there are some issues with the chair frame. There is a dent in the steel and one leg is slightly bent so its a bit lopsided. Also another leg seems to have been scratched by the polishing process. However... I took some pictures of the damage and emailed modern collections. They immediately volunteered to send a replacement at my convenience and to pick up the damaged frame. I have to say the customer service has been very good. Its a bit worrying dealing with a company only by email as they do not provide a phone number. They usually reply to emails about 2 days after you send one. Not perfect but I think they have good intentions. I was impressed they were so helpful about the damaged frame. Maybe i just have low expectations! Will try and post pictures when the replacement arrives | |||||
| I have one of those. | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| I have one of those. I'm in the U.S. and I bought the table base here at an estate auction. I don't remember the top that it had---I think it was probably plastic laminate with squared edges. Mine is not a Saarinen. Mine has screw holes to attach the top, for one thing. And if you compare the shape of the pedestal to current Saarinen tables, you can spot several differences: The diameter of the bottom is bigger. It may look like this is due to the camera angle but compare it to the stem diameter and you will see the differences. The flare from stem to base on the Saarinen starts lower than on the uncoated aluminum base. If you look at the negative space defined by the base, you can see that the radius of the curve on yours is the same top and bottom while the Saarinen has a smaller radius curve on the bottom. The chairs have the same type of differences. I don't have any idea who made mine. There were no marks. I think the shape is very similar, if not identical, to Burke tables made in the US but I've never done this kind of photo comparison with Burke and mine, so I'm not sure. I don't really care, I know mine isn't a Saarinen. I like it anyway, though! | |||||
| My CSS is rock solid. It may ... | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | norm | General discussion | |
| My CSS is rock solid. It may ... My CSS is rock solid. It may have something to do with the weight of the components that are being used. The first reason I can think of for having the poles on the outside has to do with where the downward pressure on the components is coming from. If you have a desk attached your elbows are resting on the edge and having the poles as close to that pressure would eliminate "pulling out" of the wall mounted brackets. The same thing I would think for larger/heavier objects on shelves. Other reasons: Less damage to walls? Looks better:) Nelson did include wall mounted brackets as an alternative to the poles that I believe were intended for commercial use. The only Omni I have is a single pole lamp that is spring tensioned. I'm sure it was designed to be used with other poles in a system but it is being used much like any other spring tension pole lamp. It's not going to fall over but it will spin on its axis. Our house includes what I consider to be prototypes for the CSS style poles (hard to confirm due to proximity of dates) built from off the shelf components using Capital brackets and channel, rectangular aluminum tubing and custom made redwood shelves. | |||||
| Don't know what this thread | 1 Relevance | 17 years ago | Riki | General discussion | |
| Don't know what this thread has to do with design, however, I can give some insight. I worked for many years in a large teaching hospital in the OB-GYN unit. One doctor on our staff was a Reproductive Endocrinologist, (layman's terms--the infertility doctor). For those would-be fathers whose sperm count was less than stellar/robust, the first thing this doctor recommended was switching from briefs to boxers. Briefs keep the family jewels close to the body and therefore warmer. Boxers allow lots of breathing room and keep things much cooler. Cooler is more conducive to robust swimmers, if you can follow that logic, without me getting too technical. Secondly, women with large breasts were far more likely to have breast cancer than women with small breasts. Women with large breasts are also far more likely to wear their bras for longer periods of time, even overnight, than women with small breasts. So, I would be skeptical about making generalizations about the bra being the culprit, I would be much more suspect of the size of the breasts as being the leading indicator of a higher risk of breast cancer than the use/non-use of the bra. | |||||
| cont. | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | dcwilson | General discussion | |
| cont. This is just about as elegantly integrated as it gets in functionalist design, old master? This humble garlic keeper of yours is not a triumph of modernist formalism (i.e., orchestrated geometric forms that functions can happen within. It is instead a triumph of functionalist form. And the moral/ethical virtue and aesthetic beauty of such functionalist design is that this product can just keep evolving, keep getting more and more refined and purposeful and beautiful in its function. Its development does not even have to end with you. The garlic keeper does not have to be reinvented every three years, next with fins and chrome. Instead it can be built upon, advanced in any constructive way a designer can think of. Voila, old master. The dancer and the dance just became one, as it appears to have a number of times in your career. And don't worry if you did not plan it all, though wily and wise old master craftsman that you are, you may well have. As you know so much better than me, design fully authentic to its time, design in touch with the emergent gestalt, always springs first from the "work" of design, not the critics "thinking" about design. It is only the lowly like me who are driven to understand that which your hands find their way to on their own. In closing, old master, as the great mystic Julian of Norwich was fond of saying: "All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well." | |||||
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