Eames Plywood Elephant  

Picking up
on one or two of the points that have been made so far: the issue of money as an incentive to designers, and of the ever-forward-looking designer (artist).
D J De Pree (of Herman Miller) and Charles Eames both hoped to lower the price of the plywood chair. "We intended it to retail at $15," D J said. "I worked very hard to find a way to get the chair down to that price, but we never did." Optimists and futurists often express the hope of making "the good life" available to all. Reality often gets in the way. Many distrust Wright's intention to build affordable homes, because only a couple of his Usonians were actually built cheaply. That fact doesn't mean that it wasn't a sincere wish of the architect to provide good design to the public.
As to looking forward instead of back, it may be only those who have actually done the "good thing" who can leave it behind in search of something better. The rest of us become the faithful, ceaselessly celebrating something we can enjoy only vicariously ?
[I'm quite fond of Seidler; one of his earlier houses contains a low cabinet with lighting behind, which spreads above and below (according to the photos), an effect that I live with in my own rooms.]

Some more pictures...
Some more pictures here;

The notches in the feet / legs seem to be missing
One question the natural maple finish is very light will this darken over time? Looking at the photos I do like the red but I haven’t seen it in the flesh it looks like a similar stain to the DCW / LCW is this generally heavy stain or can the grain be seen? Will this finish mellow nicely with time also?

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Hopefully they should work