the Tulip chairs (I do like t...
the Tulip chairs (I do like the tables) seem too young and full of their own glamour for my tastes.
The armed chair especially I do not like, the flow of material in the seat is too sharp and raw compared to the base, it is smoothed considerably in the fully upholstered versions.
They are a bugger to move around too.
Hmmm...Noguchi table & Finn...
Hmmm...Noguchi table & Finn Juhl's Pelican chair come to mind first, Bruno Matthson's chairs (perhaps with the exception of his 'Jetson' chairs in black leather)...also never been a big fan of Aalto furniture (I like his lamps, though), but I admit some of his original/old pieces look great, especially in the right environment so he probably doesn't belong to my list...then again, I like Wassilys, Tulip arm chairs and Danish stuff in general - all mentioned here - so what do I know...;)
This is why we sometime have problems with opinions and conversations
your statement:
...and Paul Evans. Paul Evans' stuff to me looks like vomit cast in metal. I just don't get it. It's not that I dislike the genre in general, I just can't stand Paul Evans pieces.
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Spanky, this is where people can go overboard. I am not crazy about Paul Evans designs, but what the hell's wrong with them? Can something not be your taste and still good design? Is good design completely subjective? Have you ever seen vomit cast in metal?
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I just don't understand why anyone would have such violent opinions about a design classic that has won design awards and is heavily collected by people with a brain.
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!
Some Evans appeals to me, I could imagine owning a piece...
and yet I greatly enjoyed Spanky's "vomit-cast-in-metal" description. Scarily accurate.
Barry, this thread is called "Classics You Dislike"-- why censor Spanky for her "violent" opinion?
You're free to defend Evans by praising his merit, but citing awards and popularity not only contradicts the intent of the thread, it's an unsound way of judging art in general.
The 670. But apparently dear...
The 670. But apparently dear Charles and I were the only ones who ever had the thought that they would benefit from some revisiting. Also almost all organically designed chairs that were put on a stick with butresses for a leg set. Examples would be the 670, Egg, swan, and many others. If you're going to do an organic design, do it. If you're going to do a rationalist design, do that. These mixings don't flow and look like lazy default solutions. Here is what a swan should look like.
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