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	RE: Merger	1 Relevance	6 years ago	Kyle Barrett	General discussion
	I remember a memo in the (design) office in early 2001 that anyone who specifies any of the usual suspects (Nelson Bubble lamps, anything Eames or Danish to name a few) in any of the projects, will be fired (not a joke). At the risk of sounding entirely pretentious, I couldn't agree more. It becomes as thoughtless as a trip to IKEA. It's seriously interesting to me you say the Aeron chair, because people are so disgusted by office chairs in interior design and yet to me lots of the Herman Miller designs are actually fairly aesthetically pleasing, because they're honest about why the look the way the do, they are design to work for the 21st century office job. But it's also shocking because it's the only thing I think I could list, I don't know many other conteporary designers I'd even bat an eyelid at that have their pieces in wider production. I'd love to design my own furniture too, but I suspect I'd just end up making a facsimile of 20th century generic Danish design too. What is original now? The only things that feels meaningful nowadays are post-modernist designs that I'd never want in my house and therefore probably are more art installations than furniture. I'd love to be there when something pushes us forward again.
	It feels a bit strange for...	1 Relevance	18 years ago	HPau	General discussion
	It feels a bit strange for... It feels a bit strange for us in the 30-50 year age group I admit but if you look at the amount of attention things like 70's radio alarm clocks and telephones get on ebay it won't come as a suprise. A few years ago a friends younger sisters visited and they were looking at my records and one of them said in hushed tone 'this is the oldest thing I've ever touched' which I thought was very funny and a bit strange. But from my age (32) upwards the LP was a recieved format, my parents, grand parents and even great grandparents would not have looked askew at a disc of black plastic, it was toatally familar. A teenager now would have just caught the tail end of cds and probably has most of their music on file, thats the rate of change, so much so that vintage furniture is more and more regarded as antique, so in that light no I don't think its too much of a stretch for the odd sega or atari to get it a bit of attention. What might be driving it too is the 'bums on seats' attitude that more and more museum administrators are having to live up to,the modern art museum in my city has done this, some of the exhibits and events are pure populism and are barely edifying and simply designed to attract tourists and media attention. Just as or more interesting interesting are the early home computers and synthesisers (I want a moog!)
	I don't get it	1 Relevance	13 years ago	norm	General discussion
	I don't get it You see the clock online advertised as "rare", you have never seen nor heard of this clock in this color combination, it is priced high so you think it must be legit, you buy it and realize it is not. Now you are mad at the seller. In fact, I don't see where the seller really ever said it was rare, or original (maybe I missed it). I am not condoning anything here...but if the color combo never really existed then it really wasn't "faked" was it? We have all seen plenty of Eames shells painted in colors that aren't original for sale, never being mentioned that they are painted, but from experience know that the color was never offered so therefore must have been painted...how is this different? Will you be sending the clock back once you get your refund? If so it will just be resold. I think at this point I would just hang onto it and display it as a reminder to myself. Really, I'm sorry this happened to you. It was a shitty thing for the seller to do and they should be made to hurt, but at this point? Try to get over it, realize there are a lot of assholes in this world and try not to make it get to you. I was burned back in the 80's by a seller of vintage guitars to the tune of 5 grand, still have the judgment against him, will never (obviously) see the money all because I decided not to send the guitars back to him after discovering they were fake (he had already sold them once, took the money I gave him to refund the previous buyer who then sent the guitars back to him which he then sent to me. I stopped the chain by keeping them and taking him to court).
	Sketchy Eames Evans chair on Ebay	1 Relevance	16 years ago	asawa	General discussion
	Modernesia is up to more shady business. Malihini won this (item 220726421824): http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rt=nc&nma=true&item=220726421824&si=Kv3Yf4PEATHLBDZWCZr%252BJKsxnzc%253D&viewitem=#ht_500wt_1156 Modernesia is selling this (item 250768441357) http://cgi.ebay.com/1947-EVANS-EAMES-HERMAN-MILLER-PLYWOOD-BIRCH-LCW-CHAIR-/250768441357?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a62f6c00d#ht_500wt_1156 It's obviously the same chair that has been refinished. There are now different screws in the back. The thing that is most disturbing is the new label. I've noticed in the past that Modernesia has listed chairs with wrong labels for the time period. You have to love the story about how it looks so new because it was mostly used as display. What a crook! http://cgi.ebay.com/1947-EVANS-EAMES-HERMAN-MILLER-PLYWOOD-BIRCH-LCW-CHAIR-/250768441357?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a62f6c00d#ht_500wt_1156
	Yes, that spice carousel lacks sex-appeal.	1 Relevance	16 years ago	william-holden-...	General discussion
	Yes, that spice carousel lacks sex-appeal. But it does fulfill Heath's requirement of fast, easy dispensing, while still storing spices appropriately. So, either build a better looking spice carousel, or consider using this thing but keeping it in the pantry & bringing it out to have at the ready while cooking, or maybe mount it inside a low cupboard. Would you reject a homely job-candidate with the desired skill set for a prettier one that can't fulfill your requirements? (Just for the sake of argument, I've never owned or used a spice-carousel-- for all I know it doesn't even work well. But, you're rejecting it on a flimsy premise: doesn't look sexy enough.) > Below is another "spice dispenser" I found online on some design/ prototype site, seems like a dispenser of some type is what Heath wants, ideally. > Below that, a link to a device called the "Spice Shot", a one-handed dispenser for ground spices. Get one for each powdered-spice you use, maybe. Not every useful tool is worthy of inclusion in the MOMA Architecture & Design collection-- I don't remember them having a toilet plunger, but that doesn't mean a toilet plunger's not the most useful tool for the specific job. http://www.cnet.com/8301-13553_1-9965333-32.html
	Thank you Paul	1 Relevance	18 years ago	whitespike	General discussion
	I'm a geek. I went to Best Buy today with no intentions of buying a TV. My old tube TV is just an eye sore and I've been wanting a flat screen for quite a while. I took the plunge. What was my deciding factor in purchasing a TV? Paul Rand that's what. The celebrated mid century graphic designer. I bought a Westinghouse 32 incher. It still bears the logo created by the genius himself. In addition, they had the most minimal television in stock, with a matte black finish, no weird shapes, no silver and with clean lines. The seller kept saying something about showing me a TV with "more bang for my buck." He had no idea that my mind was made up. Thank you, Paul. Good thing the picture is nice too.
	Those chairs in boston are...	1 Relevance	17 years ago	the furniture m...	General discussion
	Those chairs in boston are... Those chairs in boston are horrible I seen them when I was up there and thought what in the world. My father is the director of the coun ty parks in my area and he has made all kinds of functional seating from trees that would have been left to rot or burned. It is the simplest design ever but are very functional. he has made them since I was a little kid. Making me the first one my own little fire side chair. all he does is cut a section of tree/log to the desired size and then runs the chain saw down the making a backrest and then coemsin from the side part way down to take the section out making a chair shapped log. very simple very easy and a great look for a park. they can be clear coated to help protect them but he just leaves them as-is and they burn them and make new when they get old. Also a great thing to do with tree stumps rather them remove the tree cut it into a chair. he made a one from a huge tree that came down next to the lake with armrests and everything kind of a small love seat large chair looking out on the lake. everytime i go to the park someone is enjoying it. I will have to get a picture but it is very simple design anyone could make and uses no new materials just trees that are already falling down in the woods.
	Eames Lounge Chair	1 Relevance	15 years ago	kswinge	General discussion
	Hi, know there are a few "fake or real" Eames Lounge Chair-threads here, but hope someone might help me identify whether this chair is the real thing or not.. To me it looks real, but I know there are some shady sellers out there that makes an effort in making something look real. I'm a bit curious about the Herman Miller sticker underneath, as I have seen other versions on other lounge chairs.. http://www.finn.no/finn/torget/tilsalgs/bilder?finnkode=33078484
	Human nature?	1 Relevance	21 years ago	Olive	General discussion
	Human nature? I wonder, Koen, to what extent our nature is a factor here. My question being is it really a designer sensing and perceiving the 'Zeitgeist'? Or is it a natural thing for a human being to perceive, internalize and express patterns that they have encountered in their lives. I guess in that case, no one can ever claim they are original, unless they were raised by wolves and never encounter other humans or human-made things. I think it all has to do with our interaction with our environment. In most cases we all have 2 arms, legs, eyes, hands and we all interact with objects in a similar, if not identical way. And the more we are exposed to 'the right way' to utilize an object the more we tend to use the object like everyone else does. I'm left-handed and all my life I have used objects in my left hand like 'righty' would. I am a more aware consumer now-a-days and I search for well-designed, thoughtful products that accomodate me using them properly in my left hand. (example: a ladle with a pouring spout on both sides) I remember a former thread where you talked about watching endless videos of how people hold a mixing bowl and you tried to design a better one only to have people continue to use the new design in the 'old' way. So I guess what I am saying is that I think we are always going to have design concurrentcy and a copy is NOT always a copy.
	Help identify a light fixture	1 Relevance	21 years ago	Boyce	General discussion
	Without being able to post a picture here, I know this will be difficult. However, I am wondering if anyone can help identify a light fixture I recently purchased. It is a hanging rectangular chandelier(approx. 24"w x 21"d x 14"h) suspended by a 24" steel tube. The light fixure is made up of 48 5"x7" copper sheets. Each sheet is backed with white enamel. These copper pieces are connected in a overlapping pattern creating a layered rectangle. The copper plates are connected to each other with brass pins which vary in lenght from 1" to 3". The rectangle is hollow with an aluminum support structure across the top and it accepts two large circular light bulbs with standard base. The bottom of the fixture is fitted with an opaque white plastic filter approx. 16"x14". The orignal owner thought that it was from Artemide and was purchased wholesale from an Artemide sales rep in the late sixites or early seventies. This may or may not be accurate. The only label is from Underwriter Laboratories which includes the Issue Number C-255, 364. Any clues? Can I find out more about it using the UL number? I tried searching the UL website with no luck. This thing is gorgeous and I would love to know more about it. Thanks.
	I agree that it is difficult to make the right choices...	1 Relevance	17 years ago	dcwilson	General discussion
	I agree that it is difficult to make the right choices... But we cannot and should not hold out hope for right choices ever to become absolutely certainly clear. It was not absolutely certain that FDR should ignore the signal intelligence that the Japanese fleet was going to attack Pearl Harbor, regardless of what motive one attaches to the decision to ignore the signals and to avoid informing Admiral Kimmel in command of Pearl Harbor entirely. Some say FDR was trying to contrive a war with Japan to justify a war with its ally, Nazi Germany. Some say it was just an error in judgement about where they thought the Japanese would in fact attack. But regardless of his intent, his logical play was not absolutely certain and clear. It was not absolutely certain that Eisenhower should have invaded Normandy on June 6, 1944. It was not absolutely certain that JFK should have blockaded Cuba in 1962. Uncertainty and errors in judgement are made whether one is trying to do the good thing, or the evil things, or trying to be a rational pragmatist pursuing either, or just self interest. But when unquestionable and unconscionable evil occurs, the attempt by all citizens, including designers, must start on the making of humane choices in order to correct the situation, knowing full well that mistakes will be made.
	What should I replace Metropolitan Home subscription with?	1 Relevance	17 years ago	kttn13	General discussion
	What should I replace Metropolitan Home subscription with? I'm open to any suggestions... I live in a bungalow that's furnished with arts & crafts, asian and modern. The perfect magazine would cover architecture, gardens and decor and would include stories that encompassed more than one room, often enhanced with the house plan. (I know sounds Architectural Digest which I already get but are there similar magazines? Maybe some that are even more architecture based? There's something about seeing the plan of the house that really ties it all together for me) Any ideas? My Met Home subscription was moved to Woman's Day! Not a publication I'd ever pick for myself. You'd think Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S would switch subscribers to Elle Decor at least then they'd have a chance at retaining them. (I even asked if I could be moved only to be told no and then given the number to request a refund - It's Woman's Day or the highway for me). I will say Conde Nast does a much better job of retaining customers when they close magazines. When Domino went under, I was moved to Cookie which was not my thing. They happily switched me over to Architectural Digest when I asked. Gotta say, it was a good move on their part. I wasn't planning on keeping Domino but I'll continue to subscribe to AD.
	Hi Erik, I found the...	1 Relevance	17 years ago	bj	General discussion
	Hi Erik, I found the... Hi Erik, I found the thing in an abandonned office building. I went there to take pictures for my work. When I saw the doors were pushed open, I took a look inside. There was nothing left of the interior, except this unit, hidden under a big pile of plaster (coming of the ceiling) and dust. I've seen it described as designed by Albini, but you are possibly right when questioning this. I've seen some pieces attributed to Parisi, wich look very similar (ofcourse, MiM would have made or designed units of their own to..): a very low-profile container, corners (vertical) are finished with chrome strips, no legs but simple little wheels (chrome finish), the handles of the sliding doors are in tune with the chrome corners: they are a profile running the vertical side of the door. Looks a lot like the unit pictured in the link. Problem is, there is no owner left. If I want to salvage this I need to do this with as little fuz as possible. Moving a firm office unit through the door of an abandoned building in a busy street..it doesnt apeal to me 🙂 http://cgi.ebay.at/Luisa-Ico-Parisi-Container-MIM-Schreibtisch-Rosewood_...
	It has been done already for...	1 Relevance	20 years ago	NULL NULL	General discussion
	It has been done already for... It has been done already for at least 10 years. I know that the first stadium in Holland that put it in, was opened in 1998. I will check if I can find some nice pictures. In this stadium in Arnhem (a small provincial town in the center of the country) they chose the option of wheeling out the complete pitch, which is on a concrete slab of appr. 105 x 70 meters and weighs appr. 11 milion kilo's. The whole thing slides with numerous teflon "feet" over 16 rails. The concrete slab, which is about half a meter deep, contains beside the grass a drainage-system, a heating-system and a full array of sensors which messure the temp. moist and all other conditions of the grass. The whole pitch slides underneath on of the stands in the stadium to it's outside resting place. Under this stand they created a system which allows them to support the whole stand from the outside, so that there is enough room underneath to roll the pitch out. This stadium also has a closeble roof. So by sliding out the pitch you are left with a enormous concrete center-area. All in all ideal for concerts and events. When I find some good pictures, I will post them.
	Another JH-515 knockoff,	1 Relevance	10 years ago	cdsilva	General discussion
	Another JH-515 knockoff, albeit a different one than above. . . this one for sale on 1stDibs for $4500: https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/seating/armchairs/rare-hans-wegner-mod... This knockoff was fairly easy to spot without seeing details as there are side stretchers right behind the seat rails, which should not be there. I also can't recall ever seeing quarter-sawn oak in a Wegner chair, but could be wrong on that. And who knows whether that dark stain came with the original knockoff, or was an owner addition. I've notified the dealer of the bad news, and we'll see whether they choose to do the right thing.