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	Grey and white actually...	1 Relevance	18 years ago	Olive	General discussion
	... in IKEA stores in 5 countries. US, UK, Canada, Sweden and Holland. They are somewhat different in what they carry. Not significantly but there are cultural differences. To give a small example, IKEA in the UK and Canada offers a 'tea cozy' to keep the teapot warm. Never seen those in a US store.
	Herman Miller	1 Relevance	18 years ago	LuciferSum	General discussion
	Herman Miller Herman Miller produced the original version of the chair - so the designs - including the base, are going to be more original on the HM version. However, the Eames worked directly with Vitra in developing the chair for the European market. One has to assume that the choices made were a reflection of the different cultural atmosphere. Other small differences include a shallowing of the backrest of the plastic chairs. I have not had enough experience with the quality - i've heard Vitra uses a higher grade of leather.
	Chewbacca	1 Relevance	17 years ago	LuciferSum	General discussion
	... much more persuasive if you had an inside understanding, but I think you should disclaim that so people can better understand your bias. Otherwise I want to know why is it "safe to say" that the DWR Design stuff is garbage? IMO (and coming from a family of carpenters) the DWR daybed is much better constructed than the Modernica version. The Modernica version has a somewhat better spring system, but other than that it's just routed plywood. If you buy one Modernica marks out where the screws go, but you're left to drill it and screw it yourself. The DWR ...
	Zenith sideshells	1 Relevance	17 years ago	Pegboard Modern	General discussion
	Zenith sideshells Zenith plastics did in fact produce the earliest sideshells. I believe they were produced at the same time Zenith was making the "transitional" armshells (those without the rope edge, but the same fiberglass and large shock mounts). They do not have the raised HM logo and the colors and translucency are the same as the armshells and there are differences in the shock mounts from later sideshells. The shock mounts are not large like the armshell, in fact I wonder if it was not the development of the smaller shock mount for the side shell tha ...
	Deception (cont)	1 Relevance	17 years ago	LuciferSum	General discussion
	... mark-up and still be cheaper than the authentic versions. And most knock-off companies, yourself included, will use deceptive tactics in order to sell things. Deceptive tactics like trying to rationalize that no company makes 'originals' when this is clearly not true; or that the only differences between your "Nelson" Sofa and the one made by Herman Miller is money - clearly the country/methods/employees are vastly different, unless you'd like to claim that working/living conditions in China match those in Michigan? But probably the most insulting and nau ...
	We can assume it's a vintage...	1 Relevance	17 years ago	bj	General discussion
	We can assume it's a vintage... We can assume it's a vintage piece, judging by the former upholstery. I think the differences are of such a minimal kind that it can't be an 'interpretation' by another brand. So it would have to be a copy in it's time, but then again, the quality seems far to high to be a copy (as this wouldn't have been profitable). My guess would be the same as yours: it's a transitional piece or an altered original version. It looks very nice, I have to say. Maybe it would look even better with the textile covering... You purchased the cha ...
	It does seem strange.	1 Relevance	17 years ago	tchp	General discussion
	It does seem strange. I do not know how design patents were handled decades ago, but did many furniture companies just up and copy popular designs, without permission or license? It does seem like the differences that my chair has might cause it to be even more costly to manufacture than one made by Swedese, which seems odd if one were trying to simply produce an illegitimate copy. Even the person at Swedese said that mine appeared to be very finely made. It would be nice to think that mine was at least manufactured under license. I kind of wonder if Swedes ...
	You missed	1 Relevance	18 years ago	SDR	General discussion
	You missed the part about a flexible interface between the T-nut and the beechwood puck that contains it and that is glued to the chair. Although the feel and the range of motion might be different from those of a chair with solid neoprene pucks, the compromise would promise a bullet-proof repair. I wonder what warranty is offered with this system -- and what are the noticeable differences in performance ?
	I ordered a rosewood one from Tendo.	1 Relevance	18 years ago	Modern Love	General discussion
	I ordered a rosewood one from Tendo. You will not be disappointed, they are the original makers after all. Very nice and finely crafted. Relative to the licensed Vitra one, I've only seen the them on display, and never had both side-by-side with a Tendo to see if there are any differences.
	Minor	1 Relevance	18 years ago	LuciferSum	General discussion
	Minor Differences between the chairs are minor but distinct. The Vitra version has a different base - one more reminiscent of the Aluminum Contract base. I believe there are some differences in the way the cushions clip on to the shells, and I know that in the Vitra chairs the shells are more flattened and slightly more squared off than the Herman Miller versions. As to price, Vitra pushes the Eames as much more of a high-end luxury item in Europe. The 670 in the US retails for $3600-$4500 USD. It retails in Europe for about 7000 euro or about $10,000 US ...
	Hello everybody	1 Relevance	18 years ago	Patrick - desig...	General discussion
	... Would you have the kindness to preserve a courteous and friendly tone which is one of main qualities of this forum? Concerning the subject that is controversial here, I would say that I quite agree with Chewbacca Rug concerning the choice of a good quality sofa that will last a whole life, BUT to have known the situation in which Whitespike is going to be in a few months (to become a young father), I can testify that his approach seems very reasonable to me. When she was a baby, our daughter completely ruined a " dijnn" sofa by Olivier Mourgue (the one in ' ...
	Interesting subject	1 Relevance	18 years ago	Pegboard Modern	General discussion
	... in Michigan, who originally just wanted to supply the aluminum components, decided to bring the Omni to market. Once Herman Miller saw how well received it was, they reminded Nelson that as he was under contract to them, they were entitled to the design. As a compromise, he tweaked the design and the CSS was born. The history of the Omni and CSS are chronicled in the Abercrombie book "George Nelson The Design of Modern Design". The two systems have a lot in common and some parts are actually interchangeable, but there are differences as well. The original p ...
	It is well documented	1 Relevance	18 years ago	koen	General discussion
	... Finland,and studied at the Central School of Industrial Art "Ateneum," where she graduated in 1920, she joined a textile firm as an artist while continuing her study of pottery. She immigrated to the United States in 1927 and joint Cranbrook after a number of other instructor or teaching jobs in 1938. What impressed the Eames' most was her work ethics. Apparently one could find her at any hour of the day in the ceramic studios. In her twenty-eight years at Cranbrook she taught dozens of students, Ray Eames was one of them. There are a number of reason why t ...
	There	1 Relevance	18 years ago	Robert Leach	General discussion
	There are several other wall systems that employ a similar method of hanging modular units (i'e from battens) such as PS Systems, but that doesn't make them 'fake' Cado. PS were a cheaper brand, there were other makers of similar systems too. A lot of them marked 'Made In Denmark' Cado are double pegged angled fixings. PS, for instance, are horizontal metal dowel fixings..and the units are of a lesser quality. You're going to have to look at a few to learn the differences, but mostly, I think, if something is being sold as Cado it will be
	.	1 Relevance	18 years ago	SDR	General discussion
	. The unit as built has poles which lean at 4 1/2" degrees from the vertical, a bit less than in the model. Also, the model (made without scale, but almost exactly 1" = 1') has poles almost nine feet tall. As a result of these differences, the posts in the model touch the wall, while the built unit is fastened to the wall by a clip atop the last shelf. The model is entirely of file-folder stock except the poles, which are some scrap poplar. The trickiest part of making the model was locating the shelves (which are just folded into shape) while gluing them ...