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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| yes | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Eameshead | General discussion | |
| yes especially since its such an "outlier" kind of thing for Warhol. So ANYWAY, the thing about the beautiful piece of dark oak veneer is that you love it ALREADY, even when its just a piece of wood sitting there. So in a way you might be temporarily blinded by the oak , and unable to see the spirit of the zen beauty of the big black "blank" oval. Not that your love for the veneer is not valid. That kind of love for wood no doubt inspired many a great design. You know all this, right? Fresh from design school/art school. I hope I have not insulted you with any of my comments. I have found that my tone gets mis interpreted in print. Or else Im just a jerk half the time. | |||||
| thanks | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | LRF | General discussion | |
| thanks thanks i am waiting right now for a large truck load of Crab orchard stone coming from Tennessee, There is none left around here and they located some on the Arkansas Tennessee boarder. It was a good thing that they did my home in stages, as we will be doing the exterior fireplace and front walls and retaining walls , One other thing i bought the new Frank Lloyd Wright book mid century modern and he was crazy about the stone started using in at Falling water and then as far a way as Carmel CA , I have learned from some DA folks that he use to like to jet the stone out and use bands around 16 inches apart I was a little to late to convey this to my brick layer but we will do it on the parts of the project Love to see your home and thanks for your post, | |||||
| Hang on... | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | TinyArmada | General discussion | |
| Hang on... That lamp is certainly not attempting to be like Arco - it is very different and is trying to be different. As for the construction, it had better be darn well made or that thing will not last - China can make great products but looking at that piece I do not know - it does not have the hallmarks of real solid construction. the base where it connects to the pole looks...fragile at best. Our Arco lamp can be swung around and hit and it is fine - the metal is strong yet flexible too. This style on that website just does not look like it is made to last - I would think a good weight slammed against the pole while something withheld the base down would probably result in breakage. The other concern about that lamp is that the pole appears to be one solid piece - how does it rotate well? Also, the pole flows out rather than in an Arco lamp which goes up straight up, and then loops over you making it a piece you can put right up to a chair or credenza and the pole does not start to curve until around the 5 foot mark. This thing looks like it would get in the way. Your not putting this thing behind a sofa unless it it is running either only to the left or right of the sofa - it could not be turned. Bad design in my books, but nice shade. I must also add I almost jumped at a recently produced Scandinavian product until I looked under the hood - their standards by some of their manufacturers have PLUMMETED in the production department. Their women are still very fine though. | |||||
| to clarify i was and am ... | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | LRF | General discussion | |
| to clarify i was and am ... to clarify i was and am still talking about the womb. my friends say go for the ottoman, as well as the ottoman on the eames Lounge chair, I hate to say cause i know someone has one, but the most uncomfortable chair i have ever sat in is the Bird chair, i had a chance to get a vintage one at a estate sale this summer for 150 with out a ottoman it needed to be repainted/powdercoated and had no ottoman and needed a cover, so I passed, I was upset with my self at first but i could not get out of the damn thing to save my life, I had to call my wife for a lift out, something i would hate to do on a daily routine, as i am only in my mid 50's not mid 70's I have no idea what Bertoia was thinking when he designed that thing it is just too deep in the seat , I have 4 diamonds around here and i love them very comfortable, and cool, | |||||
| So . . . | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | SDR | General discussion | |
| So . . . the only thing I didn't learn here was "How to not ruin Eames Original Rocker Runners" ! Did I miss something, early on ? I think the poster did just the right thing -- had a pair of runners made of a solid piece of the correct material. Of course a new piece of wood is going to look. . .new. I have long counseled those caring for old wooden houses to replace deteriorated wood with new -- unapologetically -- in the time-honored manner. Clinging to "original fabric" is for curators and historians. The rest of us get along just fine with "new shingles" and other replaced parts -- naturally. That rocker is just lovely -- my favorite of all the fiberglass colors -- and even better with its second set of runners. Bravo. | |||||
| barry | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| barry Paul Evans' work is about the only thing in design about which I have such strong feelings. It's just a gut thing. I think his stuff is very ugly. I don't know why, I just do. I'm a former classical musician and have spent most of my adult life pondering peoples' taste in music and have come to the conclusion that it's not something that can be explained in reasonable, factual terms. It just is. Same with me and Paul Evans. I know there are people who appreciate it, but I just don't. I also generally can't stand the music of Aaron Copland (though part of that is his thin orchestrations featuring high-pitched instruments like trumpets and flutes). I also don't like coffee, which is something many people love. It tastes bad to me. Surely other people have irrationally strong dislikes? I can't be the only one! | |||||
| I suspect it is urea... | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | leif ericson - Zephyr Renner | General discussion | |
| I suspect it is urea... I suspect it is urea formaldehyde glue. It is used in some construction grade plywood as well (exterior sheathing, I believe), so if you probably recognize it from there. I have seen UF glue used for laminating solid teak table tops and such (France and Søn as well as Aasbjerg used it to laminate solid teak). I have never seen it used for joints. But your description sounds very much correct, and I don't see any reason why not to use it. One thing you might test is how well Ttiebond III sticks to it. (Nothing much sticks to Titebond, hence the need to remove it). If Titebond does stick to it you might not have to clean off as much glue, which could be a good thing for keeping the joints tight. | |||||
| a message from our friends at Herman Miller | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | LRF | General discussion | |
| Herman Miller has been in the vanguard of a growing movement to promote awareness and education of authentic designs. Be sure to view the award-winning video that celebrates our design legacy (3.1MB Quicktime video). To learn more about the roots of modern design, visit our online exhibit, Discovering Design. To verify that you are getting a Herman Miller original be sure to: Check the product. You know the real thing when you see it. The time-honored design of an authentic piece is something you'd recognize anywhere. Still, you want to be absolutely certain. Check the source. Where do you go to find the real thing? Well, if it's a genuine Herman Miller product you want, manufactured according to designer specifications, then simply go to one of our authorized stores. Check your conscience. There's no question about it, you want original design, produced by the original manufacturer. Knock-offs don't pay royalties to the original designer, they aren't produced according to designer specifications. And they don't meet our standards of quality and durability. Now go, with a clear conscience, and get the real thing. | |||||
| ....... | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | objectworship | General discussion | |
| ....... 2013 "Select", I suppose it can be called a B-stock variant. These variants happen in all time periods. The base is actually more orange than red (red-orange). A lot of hot air gets blown about the "Select" thing. I think the only question is what about the rest of the spectrum? I"m surprised that the tables (and/or knock-offs) haven't been produced in more colors yet. As demonstrated above, the base is the easiest and cheapest part of the table to produce, and it's super easy to powder coat too. Let's at least have purple, please. As far as "originality" goes, more diverse color options are a good thing. Anyone who thinks Charles Eames would get all huffy about that is having an irrational emotional reaction to some other part of the premise. | |||||
| I was joking Ernest, I don't | 1 Relevance | 8 years ago | _ | Identification | |
| I was joking Ernest, I don't know what it is but it could possibly be a decorative object. The word annulus was the first thing that came to mind, a flashback from grade school geometry class which is one or more circles sharing a center point. Concentric circles have been around for eons found as petroglyphs in ancient caves or cliffs, the layout of the Stonehenge and many other places worldwide and believed as having symbolic meaning possibly cosmological or spiritual to ancient cultures. Plato in Ancient Greece also described the legendary Atlantis as having 3 concentric circles in plan. Maybe the Vikings or the Scandinavian region has a thing too with annulus. | |||||
| thanks all for your great ... | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | LRF | General discussion | |
| thanks all for your great ... thanks all for your great advise I wish i could get a pic but for some reason i can not get photobucket to work with my new computer vista i guess i have tried every thing as i want to post the long awaited house that is in the 5th month of a total exterior renovation with crab orchard stone, long ordeal but looking un real just like Frank Lloyd Wright would have designed the stonework himself, it is right from his book so i get to credit him. on the table... after totally stripping it this after noon i still had a lot of black in it i could not get it to raw blond wood, i rubbed black alanine dye in it tonight with a rag and it looks ok . kinda dull but you can see all the great grain like woodys picture. does any one thing i should put lacker on it to make it shine or keep the 50s dull look. | |||||
| 7 vs dcw | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | LRF | General discussion | |
| 7 vs dcw I did not want to say any thing cause of reproduction lash back , but i bought a set for my office break room and i love them!!! I paid 99 each (I always overpay ) but they really are great they don't have the Fritz Hansen black feet ( who cares) and the seat is not as curved up. from what i read that is why they are more confortable and they look like nice chrome with no chipping , but it is really a wonderful chair for the price, and the employees really like them , they are going on a year that i bought them , and they still look good just don't let any one with a funky belt sit in them cause they will scratch , the back .. we have been talking about the lcw on the other thread the DCW is suppose to be one of the most confortable chairs for dinning and sitting around I bet the would win every time if there was a contest with the series 7 chair . The only thing to remember they are a little bigger and clunk eyer then the slick 7 chair. | |||||
| Thanks, Leif. Yes, that's | 1 Relevance | 10 years ago | SDR | General discussion | |
| Thanks, Leif. Yes, that's the main thrill, the way the thing floats in front of the window. You can see that I suppressed the attachments to the sill, by tapering them downward toward the glass, so they are mostly invisible. And, from across the room and when seated, you can see a strip of glass just under the black "chassis" of the piece. The column sandwiched by the pair of beams is eight inches deep, so that determined the spacing of the beams, and their distance from the window wall. I used a pair of 3/8" carriage bolts to pinch the beams to the column; they sit on a collar of bamboo plywood which in turn sits on the tall baseboard. The whole thing sort of designed itself. When that happens I'm happy; that's pretty much my goal. | |||||
| . | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | HPau | General discussion | |
| . Nice rendering or photo, too perfect for a photo? I think the design might be a little bland without the use of wood, and difficult if not very expensive to execute in plastic, Fibreglass would probably be the cheapest but *yuck* The chap I am buying the lathe from isn't returning my calls to confirm a pick up time, I think he has changed his mind. You know when you want something so much you think about stealing it? Its like that. Somehow a Jasper Morrison chair turned up in the loading dock at the back of my local supermarket and the forklift driver does his bookwork on it and leaves it outside undercover at night. I've looked for a security camera and couldn't see one but the last thing I'd enjoy is being caught at 2 am with a piece of injection molded plastic under my arm trying to explain to the men in blue why I would steal such a thing. | |||||
| Carpet schrooms and now this? | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | Eameshead | General discussion | |
| Carpet schrooms and now this? Well it certainly is round. I think that is the best thing this painting has going for it. This painting reminds me of the typical late 1990s Palm Springs thrift shop find. Everything militantly beige. It probably came from an all-beige interior and was created to match all of the other beige dreck. It succeeded I'm sure. It's just a flat out weak painting. The texture gives it some interest I guess, but thats about it. And who invented the "one name" thing for bad painters anyway? That is THE one sure way to tell when an artist is really bad-- when they only have one name.) Like "BLAZIN". Or "ANDRE"... Groovydude, you seem to have an awareness of a wide range of stuff, and have probably seen a lot of decent art by now. Surely you cant be serious! Maybe a painting class would help sharpen your eye up a bit. How can you say starline's chandelier looked like vomit, but then trot THIS plate of gooey goodness out? Im just kidding around. I just have to explain WHY I don't like it, thats all. | |||||
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