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	No. Although some sources	1 Relevance	12 years ago	objectworship	General discussion
	No. Although some sources say yes. I'm deciding that the truth is no. ------------------ I think pretty much every company that ever went to market ripped off their competition. This is what furniture companies do, over and over again. The running list would include pretty much everyone in the main stream of things. That's fashion. Then again, plenty of things are just non-attributable, e.g. the color red or checkerboard patterns. Once part of the lexicon, a thing is subject to re-use and abstraction. It's always a no-name company in North Carolina because that's where many major US upholstery/furniture manufacturers have been / are located. Even the big names in the industry have very little household name recognition, which must partially be due to the constant repetition of sameness in their products, in addition to the fact that most people (you know, regular people (?)) are just not really thinking too much about that kind of thing... It's just a table. It's just a chair. ?
	Oh, I dunno...	1 Relevance	15 years ago	Spanky	General discussion
	Oh, I dunno... ...I think pattern can look great on an upholstered piece if it's the right pattern on the right piece. Which nothing here is. In one of the design books I have, there is a sofa upholstered in that Larsen fabric above and it looks great, in my opinion, though I tend to neutrals and much more subtle pattern, if any, in my own furniture. I always worry that I'll get sick of big patterns pretty quickly. The first photo is of a 50s sectional that I redid in Unika Vaev's "Wink", one of my favorite fabrics ever (followed by a closeup of the fabric). It's 7-8 years later and I still love this. I think it's an individual preference thing, though. I can see how some would prefer only solid colors on upholstered things. (One thing that I bet most of us agree on is the current trend to do cushions in one fabric and the rest in something totally different is just flat out wrong.)
	The floor is oak (not...	1 Relevance	18 years ago	Killian	General discussion
	The floor is oak (not... The floor is oak (not solid,kind of a half and half but still quite thick) with a lime wash over them,my wife sourced them in the UK somewhere....I wasnt paying to much attention truth be known,I just grunted every now and then.My wife was recently photographed here for an article about her and the only calls she got were about the floor boards....funny what people pick up on. For the record and Ive mentioned it here before but my wife is (as far as I am concerned) a very talented designer.She designs and the makes (project manages really) highly sculptural large light fittings for commercial and domestic spaces. heres her website which is here in the DA directory http://www.niamhbarrydesign.com/ Thanks to everyone for their very nice comments glad you like what weve done.The thing I really like about the whole thing is that the house is so normal looking at the front.
	great shakes!	1 Relevance	15 years ago	shescomeundone	General discussion
	great shakes! Almost didn't go to a yard sale because the first thing listed in ad was "salt and pepper collection" a'hem. First thing I spotted was this fantastic wall clock just sitting on the ground - just - sitting - on the ground and ya know, when ya see this - THEY don't know! Fifteen bux cdn and another 60. to the clockmaker who repaired the original german mechanism so the original hands wouldn't have to be replaced. Yay, happy chick! It is a Canadian made Snider clock from early 50's. As for the S & P shakers, they'd have to be pretty damned interesting to catch my eye and there was nothing there approaching jesgord's awesome pair but I did spy a little pair of Guzzini acrylic teardrop shakers which were thrown in by the seller to sweeten the already saccharin deal.
	Thanks, Auntie! It beats	1 Relevance	11 years ago	Spanky	General discussion
	Thanks, Auntie! It beats sitting in an office, that's for sure. I should have looked at Jesgord's links before I posted! I'd forgotten that all that stuff was already here. I don't think I'd seen the video before, though--damn, I gotta learn those finger moves for that weaving! I'm faster than I used to be but I'm not as fast as that guy. I would love to go back to Denmark someday and visit Fritz Hansen or PP Mobler and see these guys work in person but videos are the next best thing for now! Oh, one other thing---work at the right height. If your work surface is too low or too high, you'll be more fatigued and the whole process will be less enjoyable and may take longer. And the straps holding the chair to the work surface are not essential. I don't use those on any of the chairs I weave. I like being able to move the chair around easily to check my work, and I don't have any trouble pulling the cord tight, either.
	And then	1 Relevance	13 years ago	objectworship	General discussion
	And then there's this thing...
	I was just going to say the s...	1 Relevance	13 years ago	leif ericson - Zephyr Renner	General discussion
	I was just going to say the s... I was just going to say the same thing.
	I	1 Relevance	14 years ago	Robert Leach	General discussion
	I I know just the thing
	Ah yes	1 Relevance	15 years ago	NULL NULL	General discussion
	Ah yes It's the first thing you see!
	.	1 Relevance	20 years ago	SDR	General discussion
	. No such thing as "too red" !
	RE: Danish Coffee Table Maker’s Mark ID	1 Relevance	5 years ago	leif ericson - Zephyr Renner	Identification
	It sure does! I want to see the whole thing!
	Okay,so I'm starting my Eames lounge repair today-Argh!!	1 Relevance	17 years ago	Tulipman	General discussion
	This is a Design Addict public service announcement for you would-be repairers of the Eames Lounge shock mount ...DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!!! I'm telling you-this is one tough project!! Leave this stuff for Alfie at Hume Modern or whomever that does it on a day to day basis. Easy enough to remove the cusions,and the arm rest screws.After that,it's an absoulute battle.The armrest is just about glued in place and you need to wrench it loose.I already nicked the previously pristine lobes of the rosewood backrest trying to pry it free with a screwdriver,not to mention the metal edge of the backing plate that its screwed into,and also to which the shockmounts are mounted. Anyhow,the shockmount is stuck to this plate,and I cannot budge the phillips head screws!!!I'm wringing wet from sweat,cursing,and about to give up in exasperation.I think the only thing I'm going to be able to do is reglue this thing,which is a bear to position and clamp with the weight of the backrest and all.If I don't further damage or get glue all over the rosewood, it'll be a miracle! Otherwise,'Ill ship the whole dang thing to Alfie,IF I can ever remove the rest of it-the other mounts seem to be holding strong.Anyhow,gentlemen,I implore you-leave this project to a professional.(Unless,of course you're a masochist!!!) Anybody who's performed this hellish task successfully,I'd appreciate any tips you can pass on!! 🙂
	I've been wondering about...	1 Relevance	19 years ago	HP	General discussion
	I've been wondering about... I've been wondering about bamboo sheet goods lately and have been curious about how its bonded, yup good old formaldeyhde! After a bit of reading I'm not as hysterical about formaldeyhde as I was but I do wonder about the actual volume of adhesive needed to make a sheet of the stuff compared to plywood, I was thinking perhaps more but then perhaps becuase there are fewer and thicker plies perhaps it is less. It might be easier to repair than plywood, certainly little danger of sanding through the top layer of veneer. One thing that would be nice to see used (if its possible) is the stripey variegated tiger bamboo used for the face sides. So nice to see a truly re-newable and hardy material on the market, I'd like to get some and play with it! One thing re-reading the article though, I've never thought of Tom Dixon as being an especially green designer, I wonder where that idea comes from?
	Well,	1 Relevance	19 years ago	Cloudburst2000	General discussion
	Well, I guess that I should have been a bit more specific. I'm talking more in lines of the housing for the fish tank...not the actual tank itself. I guess I could always have something designed, but does anyone know of any pics of a good design for such a thing. Do cool-looking housing units for fish tanks exist...either past or present? My brother-in-law (not the architect brother-in-law but the drummer) sets up fish tanks and maintains them for a living. But he mostly deals with the tanks themselves...not the housing for them. He's on the look-out for something that would match my decor, but I thought that maybe people who were also into the same decor might have some ideas. I'll also get a good discount in things like fish, aquarium supplies, and I know he'll help me maintain the thing so that's not really an issue.
	I believe the family's	1 Relevance	10 years ago	Spanky	General discussion
	I believe the family's statement was mostly in reference to a business that was blatantly marketing the Pearsall name and his designs (however unoriginal) without permission. I just looked and they are still doing this so I guess the family's efforts to stop them are either ongoing or were not successful. Or maybe they reached an agreement? No idea. The original catalog is still online, thanks to google archiving (link in this thread). A year or two ago there was a discussion here about Pearsall and I started looking at his "inspired by" pieces and doing side-by-side photo comparisons to the real thing. There were way more than I thought. Kagan is the one everyone thinks of but there were many others. The funny thing is that people come here fairly often asking if their sofa or chair is a Pearsall creation when it's actually by some company that made significantly better quality stuff (not necessarily better designs, just better construction and materials).