What material is used today when making Panton Chairs?
I have heard that many different plastic types are used through the decades.
And is this MoMA Store really non-profit? At least it seems more reliable than many other web shops, so maybe polypropylene it really is?
Christmas is coming, but I have not yet ordered anything from foreign web stores.
MoMA building itself do not seem to be so interesting compared to Guggenheim Museums.
Kiasma in Helsinki is not attractive outside, but well-lit inside.
But this MoMA Store has even Flip Table by Antonio Citterio and cutlery by Jasper Morrison.
Yes.
Yes, the basic Panton chair currently manufactured by Vitra is polypropylene, has a matte finish, and sells in the US for $250 or so. Vitra also make a relatively-new "Panton Classic" that's polyurethane like the original, with a shiny lacquer finish; it sells here in the States for around $1400.
The Classic wasn't available when I bought the chairs for my dining table, but I've been happy with polypropylene in that application because a) it's durable, b) the chairs are pushed under the table and so aren't very visible most of the time, anyway, and c) if I could afford to spend $1400 each on dining chairs, I'd buy Cones instead.
If I were buying just one chair to admire, though, I'd want the Classic; that shiny finish looks REALLY nice.
By the way... Why buy from MoMA? The chairs are manufactured by Vitra in Europe; aren't they less expensive there?
[edit: I really do know how to spell "polypropylene". Sigh.]
I wish...
...to support quality art museums.
Although this Butterfly stool does not look like very sturdy when standing on it and changing light bulb.
http://sfmoma.stores.yahoo.net/butterflystool1.html
Whitney Museum of American Art Store seems...
...to have all kinds of 2D art, but no furniture?
http://www.whitney.org/MuseumStore
non profit
Non profit means that no profit is shown at the end of the fiscal year. I does not mean that executives are not paid well (think United Way with salaries in the million dollar range) and that money is not available for special projects. Buy your merchandise from the lowest priced reputable dealer.
Minneapolis Walker Art Center Shop seems...
...to be focused on smaller items, not furniture.
http://shop.walkerart.org/?ck=PAYWKGHUVD&pk=5ACB1F23AD&LU_Details=0&Cata...
Metropolitan Museum of Art offers some...
...not-very-modern(I mean minimalism) pottery and vases.
Is it "Less is More" or "Less is Bore"?
http://store.metmuseum.org/For-the-Home/icat/forthehome
Lit Up
You don't like the Panton chair because it's "ugly white plastic crap", but in another thread you declare your love for the ugly white plastic piece of crap pictured below?
To each his own, etc... But seriously, dude, you need to ratchet your taste level up a notch or two.
http://www.designaddict.com/design_addict/forums/index.cfm/fuseaction/th...
Oh, and P.S.
"Give me leather and wood"?
If this recliner, which you called "cool" in another thread, is typical of what you want to be given, you can have it. I'll even pay you to take it away.
http://www.designaddict.com/design_addict/forums/index.cfm/fuseaction/th...
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