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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| william, honest to me... | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | Gustaf | General discussion | |
| ... makers are there to perform various functions (prevent users from burning themselves, make cleaning and maintenance easier, look good, etc.). All designed objects are alike in this sense. The difference lies in how we value these functions when they are pitted against each other, as they almost always are. It is all very subjective. When, for example, does looks trump safety? The Faema E-61 group head gets extremely hot in use. But I still think it is better left exposed than covered up in metal or plastic (parents would probably have different priorities). ... | |||||
| While | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | SDR | General discussion | |
| While we're at it: There is a natural and self-evident link between architecture and furniture; some would say the only difference between the two is a matter of scale. Among the names listed above, the great majority spent at least some of their time with both disciplines. Persons than we associate primarily with furniture, including Rietveld, Stickley, Eames, and Nakashima, designed buildings too, at least for themselves, and virtually all the big names in modern architecture are known for both buildings and furniture (Mackintosh, Wright, Hoffman, Mie ... | |||||
| Neither of | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | SDR | General discussion | |
| ... the open "bundled tubes" characteristic of oak. These are absent in mahogany. This characteristic is easily seen in the end grain (leg tops, etc) of oak. The light-colored portions of pine can easily be dented with a fingernail. Do this test on a hidden surface, of course ! The strong difference between open and closed (dark and light, respectively, when stained) and relatively regular and wide-spaced grain in oak is not usually found in mahogany to this degree. It's true that it helps to have seen a great deal of both woods, in the raw, in order to be ... | |||||
| Desireability? | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | Riki | General discussion | |
| ... beginning of the 40's where the materials used were still metal, heavy, steel, iron, etc. yet the difference was manmade vs. machinemade. From what y'all are telling me, brutalist (in the context of the designer Paul Evans) is much later, possibly as late as the 70's yet still reflecting a manmade quality inserted into the height of the modern factory-made era. Does that make any sense? It's like brutalist is trying to be bauhaus, only decades later. Would it then be "neobauhaus"? | |||||
| Thanks! | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | Fungus Mungus (USA) | General discussion | |
| Thanks! Yes, that exact chair but with maroon velour. :p OK, so it does have a plywood seat that the reupholster took off for some inexplicable reason. I always wondered how to tell the difference between the real deal and knockoffs, but just picking up the chair is a dead giveaway. I have a knockoff Wassily chair that is lighter than the Thonet S64. Nice chairs. fm | |||||
| Also | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | SDR | General discussion | |
| Also called a Circlip. Note difference between internal and external clip. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circlip | |||||
| Hej Gustaf! | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | koen | General discussion | |
| Hej Gustaf! From what I can see you did everything according to the rules, no tax-evasion, no hanky-panky, just using the fact that Vitra sells about $1000 higher than Herman Miller? I am sure that the forwarder does the job that every forwarder does and declares everything. The fees they are charging do not leave much room for complicated tax-evasion etc. The system is not new, in fact to give a example close to your home. When I worked at Volvo AB in Torslanda in the early seventies the building next to the car design and engineering building was a sales o ... | |||||
| cont. | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | koen | General discussion | |
| ... result of large efforts, often government sponsored, to create a figure head for the design identity of a particular country. These efforts are so expensive that it is never within reach for any individual designer. The other rule I would insist on is that the media memory is very short. The lifetime of a magazine might be stretched in a dentist waiting room, but that is really the full extend of it. It is one of the reasons why people that are well known for being well known have to be in the media repeatedly and will go to great length to get their. I wou ... | |||||
| I would definitely feel stupid driving a Hummer | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | dashes | General discussion | |
| ... which stores in which areas are good to go to. For example, a nearby town that's known for it's antique shops has really lousy thrift stores. My guess is because all the dealers clean them out very regularly. Or, the franchises know not to send their "good stuff" to those areas for that reason - I don't know the real answer. As for thrift stores being loaded with "junk" -- the thing is that's how all thrift stores appear, until you spend time learning how to see what you're looking for. It's not obvious. It takes lots of time to really look closely at ... | |||||
| I also agree with James | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | whitespike | General discussion | |
| I also agree with James The only difference between a Modernica ESU and Herman Miller ESU at one point is a sticker. So are you paying homage to the Eames estate or Herman Miller the manufacturer? | |||||
| ESU | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | James-2 | General discussion | |
| ... ESU that Modernica makes on Wednesday is a fake? Is the only difference between a real and fake a small oval sticker that say Herman Miller? On another note...How comes nobody like the newer plastic Eames shell chairs, I've had both, I like them better that the old fiberglass ones. | |||||
| nice desk! | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | bj | General discussion | |
| nice desk! like the drawers. personnally i would go easy on the ironing, especially as it is veneered. the metal crossbars though should make a big difference. | |||||
| cleaning a bubble lamp. | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | calliope | General discussion | |
| cleaning a bubble lamp. If the lamp is a new one reissued by modernica or such, try using a warm, damp mr.clean erase pad. Take care to evenly clean the whole skin as unlit the difference will be very noticeable. It's a tedious process, but done a bit at a time it is well worth it. Air dust and smog is greasy and when wet on the skin is harder to remove. Allow the skin to dry and never saturate. Once the light is clean, dust regularly with a feather duster or one of those clingy new disposable things. Good luck. | |||||
| Pictures are always... | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | koen | General discussion | |
| Pictures are always... hard to judge but your bucket is certainly not made of teak. The indication that some (many?)came to Australia from Indonesia would suggest that the wood is Merbau. Another possibility would be Meranti but I would see the difference even on a picture. Merbau shows very little difference between the year rings with the grain and a clear, but thin line between the year rings in the end wood. The second reason why I suggest Merbau is that it is one of the few woods that you could use as a solid piece without risking any damage during the ... | |||||
| Riki, that is interesting. I... | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | Gustaf | General discussion | |
| Riki, that is interesting. I... Riki, that is interesting. I find your approach very agreeable. Making a home look personal and lived in rather than purchased must be a challenge to any decorator, yet it makes all the difference to me. But then I could also never allow a decorator to furnish my home down to the smallest detail. Or the other popular approach, at least on TV, to leave a wall or corner of the home undecorated, so that the homeowner "can add a personal touch". Not for me. But I guess that is all you can do if you only have a few days to finish. ... | |||||
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