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	Wonderful. Who knew we'd	1 Relevance	11 years ago	SDR	Off topic
	Wonderful. Who knew we'd have a scenic thing going. Love Spanky's sunrise, as I'm big on red and blue combinations. That vertical shot could have professional exposure. (Speaking of exposures, etc, I modify my shots, and those of others which come my way, in iPhoto. My camera is an ancient 2MP Canon Powershot. Not the sharpest images, I guess, but the thing is like a rock. I just passed 7800 images. Screen is postage-stamp sized. Maybe I should upgrade. No cell phone -- yet.)
	eames zenith question	1 Relevance	21 years ago	NULL NULL	General discussion
	I have an parchment yellow,zenith X-base shell chair. It does not have a rope edge. When did Zenith do away with the rope used to remove the chairs from the mold? The other unusual thing about this chairis that it has a flat spot at the intersection of the "x" under the seat. On that spot is a stamped capital "D". Anyone have an idea of what that's all about? One more thing; Who has replacement feet for the solid x-base?
	That whole Biba	1 Relevance	20 years ago	Robert Leach	General discussion
	That whole Biba That whole Biba thing captured the moment exactly, and had a great influence on interiors..that 70s Deco revival look( I have this 50 year cycle theory..but more of that later) Fashion > Textiles > Interiors is a quite a small step really, and shouldn't be dismissed so readily. Can't, off the top of my head, think how the whole punk thing impacted on interiors..(other than the Sex and Seditionaries shop interiors, that became World's End) but it did on graphics, so must have had a knock on???.....Maybe you've got opinions on that, Vivienne?
	I agree with Robert	1 Relevance	20 years ago	koen	General discussion
	I agree with Robert that it is neither the most efficient, nor the most suitable way. Just the lack of "cross-motivation" between students would already be a major difference, but the question was: can it be done?. As to the tactile quality of design...in how many musea are you allowed to "feel" the collection and in how many schools is there a substantial collection of products to do the same thing? I do not dispute the quality of the tactile experience of designed objects (especially for blind people) but that is not the question. I would rather have a work of art explained to me with the help of a reproduction in a book, than to standf in front of the real thing without the benefit of a good teacher. I think e-education can provide that and create such a strong motivation that "seeing the real thing" becomes the next goal. I for one, would never have travelled all the way to Falling Water if it was not for the half dozen of books I have read about FLW and Falling Water. Anyway, as long as nobody has tried seriuously to put such a curriculum together we will not know....
	interesting!	1 Relevance	20 years ago	NULL NULL	General discussion
	interesting! Thanks for posting about the knockoffs. Just the other day I was talking to a guy who deals in mid-century modern furniture and he said that the Plycraft and Selig lounge chairs were actually more comfortable than the Eames because of the tilt base. I really like how my Selig chair tilts back. I have it set as far as it'll go. Maybe I won't trade it in someday for the real thing... One thing, though---mine is a Selig and has the wrap arms. Maybe they started doing them later? They didn't have welt at all, just one piece of leather wrapped around to the underside and stapled.
	Rule of thumb	1 Relevance	17 years ago	Modern Love	General discussion
	Rule of thumb In simplest terms, if you care about resale value, get the real thing. Down the road, the value will hold or can even increase. If you don't care about resale value, and need a quick fix to fill a gap for a photoshoot or staging a house for sale, then maybe a repro or IKEA can work. Repros have their place, but on potential resale value alone they will never be equal to the real thing, no matter what level of quality it is.
	20 years! Then again I've...	1 Relevance	18 years ago	HPau	General discussion
	20 years! Then again I've... 20 years! Then again I've been working on upholstering a piece of bent plywood for about 4 years. I take long breaks from it, when it gets tiresome, which it does quickly. My favourite thing at the moment is obviously my lathe. . But my default favourite thing is a Hans Olsen super long feather filled sofa which I've sat in about 6 times at my sisters house because I don't have space for it. I think she thinks I'll let her have it one day. Snowballs!
	thanks for the info	1 Relevance	19 years ago	HughWS	General discussion
	thanks for the info So later revisions use the straps? It's always confused me because I was sure the original had spring wires, so I'd thought that anything with straps had to be a reproduction, but I guess not. Thanks for clearing that up. Now that I've seen the real thing in the flesh for the first time, I realise that all the reproductions I've seen have significant differences. Especially the base. I thought I would be happy with a reproduction but now I'm not so sure. Unless I can find one that's much closer to the real thing than what I've seen so far, I think I'll have to fork over the cash...
	Does not	1 Relevance	19 years ago	Big Television Man	General discussion
	Does not the look of a thing or space invoke a feel one has for the thing or the space. Personally I design a room to have a certain look to invoke how I will feel within it. Clean, cool and restful for the bedroom, warm and inviting for the dining room, etc. Or am I missing something in your query, because often I feel on the same page with Ms. Olive. I think we have a lot in common, from what I can tell from your posts.
	Cesca chairs authenticity	1 Relevance	13 years ago	motro	General discussion
	I found 6 of these chairs and was happy I might own the originals. First strange thing that the tubes turned yellow or goldish. As I don't know metals I have no idea if such thing can happen to chrome over time. The owner said he bought them in a large german furniture store chain that since then became the KIKA chain - in the 90's. It was just strange to believe that a large company would sell fakes. But could they be authentic if I don't see any signs or marks on them? Thanks for any opinions.
	.	1 Relevance	18 years ago	HPau	General discussion
	. Thanks, thats actually the 3d model, I just finished drilling the holes for the legs with very much needed help from my engineer father, there were some crazy compound angles going on with the drill press but we fixed it to the point where its now repeatable with an error of 2mm in the the legs. One thing I didn't anticipate was that the heat from the drill would melt the shellac, so the hub had to get refinished, but its ready for glue up now, yay! Somehow the real thing has taken on more the look of a milking stool, I don't know how but will have another look at the cad file and get the tape measure out and see what happend, photos later.
	difficult	1 Relevance	18 years ago	rockland	General discussion
	difficult And hard to bring something home you have doubts about. But i did just that. Searching for super bed-side tables, i just bought some for cheap...solid wood, vintage mahogany but just kinda odd and not that special. Or just not quite right for me. Not much money invested so when i find the right thing, these will go to Sally Army. But i will no longer fret about what i needed... I'll be a bit more patient for the right thing. And i now know with this test what size works. (its only been about 24 hrs but what a difference a large bed-side surface makes) For the money, if you need it, get it.
	I love that Lily Tomlin...	1 Relevance	15 years ago	HPau	General discussion
	I love that Lily Tomlin... I love that Lily Tomlin thing. Tried to use one of the 'smart' phones yesterday, there weren't any numbers on it and the keys were so small.I'd change to a fixed line and get rid of this thing if that wasnt more expensive, screening calls with a tape in an answering machine, yes yes I'm here! Ah yes and taping songs from the radio and though I'm no wunderkind with punctuation I regret the slow demise of the apostrophe. And corks.
	Great idea	1 Relevance	22 years ago	Olive	General discussion
	Great idea DavidDC, I used exactly the type of table you are talking about when I developed my company's tradeshow booth. It fit well with the look of our instrumentation and was a good size for the space. The thing I liked best about the one I got was that the tabletop folded up perpendicularly to the feet and it made it very good for packing into the crate. If your space is small you might like that feature to get the table out of the way when not needed. I got it from DWR, but I think you can find such a thing elsewhere. And the buffed top didn't show scratches much which was a bonus!
	"one man's trash is another man's treasure"	1 Relevance	18 years ago	Olive	General discussion
	"one man's trash is another man's treasure" I don't like the Platner piece cuz they look hostile to me, but I love the Noguchi table, despite it's massive over-exposure, because I love the curvaceous form. However, that Wink chair is just plain fugly, despite all its curves. I'm no fan of the Barcelona cuz I need a forklift to get out of the thing. But I find the Wassily quite comfortable. My 'classics' are someone else's 'what a joke'. I guess that's why design is such a personal thing. There are very very few pieces that everyone of us here would look at and instantly say, "That's a Classic!" OK...I'm suppossed to be working on my blog stuff...back to work...