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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| Gee thanks SDR | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | Olive | General discussion | |
| Gee thanks SDR I grew up with the idea that making it yourself or getting it from the guy who did make it is the best way to go. I respect craftspeople and I like owning something that I know was carefully made by someone who feels connected to the piece. The dining table I have was #1 in the production series from Green Design in Portland ME. I waited over a year for it as the design didn't exist when I asked them to make it. When it was finally done the production crew drove down to my house to assemble it. They were so proud of it they even signed the bot ... | |||||
| Sort of | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | Olive | General discussion | |
| Sort of A classic design is classic because of it's broad appeal. If lots of people didn't find a piece appealing it wouldn't have lasted beyond the 'fad' of it's introduction. The little black dress' has existed for a long time. It's changed to suit the style of the moment, but women are still wearing them because the appeal is timeless. The same is true for such durable designs as an axe, a broom, a tricycle or a pencil. It doesn't have to be furnishings to be a classic. I don't think that desiring a classic is just for status, although I agree that this d ... | |||||
| OK, some comments... | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | Olive | General discussion | |
| OK, some comments... I really enjoyed Koen's essay on originality. It applies broadly and is fully accessible to the reader who is not a designer. Originality is a function, I think, of personality as well as culture that Koen discussed. Each person has their own idiosyncratic behaviors and in some people this translates into wonderful things. So that essay I enjoyed reading. The LeCorbu 'Standart Compartments' was interesting to me as LeCorbu seems to have been the first 'professional organizer'. He wanted his 'living machines' to be outfitted as precisely ... | |||||
| pictures | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | donsof | General discussion | |
| pictures oppps here are the pictures as my html tags didn't take http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ss283nova/album?.dir=6ec1 | |||||
| I absolutely love Girard's... | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | whitespike | General discussion | |
| I absolutely love Girard's... I absolutely love Girard's furniture group. Why didn't I think of that! I saw one of his wide armed chairs over a year ago in a Dwell mag. I fell in love with it. Also that same guy owned two really desireable Girard wall hangings. One was 'Jar of Pebbles' (i think thats the name) and the other was a outlined hand hold a bouquet of flowers with its forefinger and thumb. I love that one so much I may reproduce it on my concrete block wall on my back porch. If you don't have Alexander Girard for Herman Miller the book you should g ... | |||||
| Rolf Benz | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | Olive | General discussion | |
| Rolf Benz I've a friend in Germany who has a couple Roolf Benz pieces. I think that they're kind of harsh and unwlecoming. I didn't feel comfortable sitting in them. Antother friend here in the US has a B&B Italia/Cittero Charles Sofa. I have the Neils Bensten Neo Sofa (DWR) which is very similar in design. I think mine's actually the more comfortable of the two. The seat height is a bit higher and the seat depth is more generous. However, I've sat in the Harry Sofa also a Cittero design and it was pure heaven. I wish I'd had the bucks to buy it. | |||||
| One thing I have used . . . | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | Curvy Sofa | General discussion | |
| One thing I have used . . . is perforated stainless steel. Not as a divider, but as inserts on cabinet doors and such. Could also be used a a divider panel and would weigh less than solid steel (if that is an issue). If you didn't want the see through of perf you could add a fabric or plastic panel of some sort to one side to block vision. Or even sandwich something between two panels. Stainless steel is heavy but durable. Aluminum would also work well, but can be easily scratched and dented. I have included a link for one perforated metal source, but ... | |||||
| Until now, | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | Olive | General discussion | |
| ... here, if reputable companies such as Vitra etc. produce well-crafted copies that are faithful to the design and intent, then I don't see where there is any harm to the designer. I can draw on an example from the scientific world if you would all indulge me for a moment. Kary Mullis won the Nobel Prize in Biology in 1993 for the invention of PCR (polymerase chain reaction). The whole field of genetic research was totally revolutionized by this and research into disease was completely and forever changed. The Human Genome Project was a direct result of this i ... | |||||
| Thanks again | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | GanS | General discussion | |
| Thanks again Actually Whitespike's reply is what I was after - it seems a rational explanation of why a non-licensed chair is going to differ physically from a licensed one, so that is useful information. b: you haven't read my reply properly. Firstly I stated that I am interested in the Vitra, I just wanted some objective information in weighing it up against alternatives. Your only contribution was to say "don't buy anything other than Herman Miller" which didn't really help. Secondly I didn't say I was *only* interested in the middle ground; merely that ... | |||||
| This house has been... | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | norm | General discussion | |
| ... ability to market himself. I have a pretty good collection of furniture in my present home that I plan to use. Mostly Nelson designs (or should I say Nelson and associates?) I've always been partial to Nelson design, frequently before I had any idea it was his. Well, didn't that sound self congratulatory. This house originally had a custom designed curved sofa with built in cabinet and table that followed the curved lights that are inset into the ceiling of the Family/dining room. I am considering using the original plans to have an arcitectural woodworking ... | |||||
| beware Ha! | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | donsof | General discussion | |
| ... it on your own. The oxalic bleach was used to remove the very deep water rings, If you didn't notice there were incredibly deep scratches that were sanded down to. I would have to say that the maple had color or patina down very deep. It doesn't look like a clear finish at all, and has a stained or toned look, just like mint vintage. You can't tell what the final finish is going to look like, until you seal it again, with sanding sealer. I felt that it needed no extra coloring to get that nice Mccobb look. You are right about lacquer, it probably doesn't ... | |||||
| I've gone for white instead | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | Stephen | General discussion | |
| I've gone for white instead I went out and bought a white leather sofa...can;t go too wrong with that. Sorry for referring to Olive by name; I didn;t realise you design addicts were such a touchy lot. Stephen | |||||
| ...oh betty..here we go again... | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | bluezipper | General discussion | |
| ...oh betty..here we go again... I don't know if you have a penchant for play on words or if you haven't done your your spellcheck lately. Your reply does open up for a very different kind angle on the discussion though, which I don't mind developing at all, for the sake of conversation.... Yukio MISHIMA did write "Confessions of a mask", but was he a MIASMA ? Perhaps he thought Japan and the world so badly designed that he didn't mind committing seppuku (ritual disembowelment) The story goes that his cadet(lover) Morita also tried to commit seppuku, but the ... | |||||
| the new originals | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | aurora | General discussion | |
| the new originals When I called Knoll I was told that the new Wassily frames that they make now are slightly smaller than the older frames. They said that was the reason that they didn't sell the replacement leather kits anymore. | |||||
| Olive | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | SDR | General discussion | |
| Olive The big tub assembled from tongue-and-groove pieces? They are doing some nice work! (Is the Miss Florence diner still there?) I'm going to take a wild guess that the existing cabinets are by a California craftsman (or some influence therefrom) or a George Nakashima 'graduate'? did you do them? I have to say that I admire the creative use of the veneer patterns that are often present on garden- variety rotary-cut plywoods -- yours is birch? And I have a soft spot for sliding doors. . .but I object to the mitered face frames (can't have everything!) ... | |||||
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