Don't know if the pink dink...
Don't know if the pink dink is a classic 🙂
1. Paul Mccobb Planner dining chairs. These are just too plain for my tastes. There really isn't anything interesting about them to me.
2. Aarnio ball chair. This chair is just too much. It's far too big visually and it makes too much of a statement ... and not elegantly. But then again, I tend to dislike the pop stuff.
3. Corbu LC1. This one is uncomfortable to a fault.
4. Pierre Paulin Ribbon chair. Paulin is one of the few pop designers I like. There's usually something very pleasing about his forms. This chair is UGLY though. Just plain ugly.
I think the Wassily chair is size dependent
Everyone in my family that sits in my wassily chairs finds them "surprisingly comfortable". I am 6ft(180cm) tall, so's my hubby, the shortest one in the family is my mum who's 5'10" (177cm). I've a good friend who is only 5ft and she really hates sitting in these chairs. They hit all the worng places on her, whereas they seem to hit the right spots on a taller person. The lower strap of the seatback is actually nice when my lower back is giving me fits. Very supportive.
And to comment on the too many tubes, lines, whatever that some one posted... When you see the chair in a space, it's really more of what is not there that is noticed. They have a surprisingly light appearance when you can see the floor, rugs, etc through them. All in all I like them, but will probably sell them when I move to New Mexico. They were my first big modernist purchase and I've moved on to a softer look now.
And speaking of visually busy...that's what I hate about the Platner pieces, all that wire, so hostile and distracting. Looks like a cage and I am too claustrophobic to enjoy the idea of furniture that entraps.
Regarding the Wassily
I have a good quality knockoff - with black crinkle finish instead of shiny chrome, but when I sit in it, I notice that the way the leather straps are made on the back, it does not give support to my lower back.
I'm 5'10", so I am the size that the chair was designed for, I think.
I only paid $200.00 for it, so I'm not too concerned that it's not too comfortable.
Certainly not everyone loves the Saarinen tulip collection
but there's no denying it's importance.
There's really two kinds of 'classics one dislikes' - designs that you think are poorly done or too derivative vs. classics that are nicely done but not to your own taste.
A lot of people are not too keen on Aalto's furniture because he always used bend birch-colored plywood and to some, it's not refined enough. I like it, but I understand why some do not.
But, if I were teaching a course on 20th Century modern iconic furniture, I would have no trouble keeping my own personal tastes out of the curiculum.
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