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Lit Up
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07/09/2010 4:55 pm  

It's time now for me to get a new office chair. High backed ones are a must; as is tilting capability. The Pollock chairs look great but I don't know if they make high backed versions; I've always hated Eames office chairs, they're far too corporate, with every damn high st bank or TV news anchor using them. Urgh. Suggestions welcomed! 🙂


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RetroSixty
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07/09/2010 6:00 pm  

Fred Scott Supporto?
Fred Scott Supporto?


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NULL NULL
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07/09/2010 7:37 pm  

Eames
Soft Pad Executive chair.
Time Life chair is a beaut but not really high back.


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07/09/2010 8:02 pm  

The lovely Knoll Life chair.
-- comes in a variety of colors & finishes. Love, love, LOVE mine-- it features all kinds of adjustability, the back responds & reclines with the movements of the sitter.


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metking
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07/09/2010 8:03 pm  

logos kastholm fabricius
i have the "Logos" chair by Fabricius / Kastholm for Walter Knoll. this is not my chair in the picture, i "borowed" the picture because i was too lazy to make a photo by myself.


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Lit Up
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08/09/2010 1:42 am  

thanks folks. i especially...
thanks folks. i especially like the logos.


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machupicchu
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08/09/2010 2:56 am  

Eames?
The Eames EA219 soft pad?


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the deep
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08/09/2010 3:15 am  

lit up said he didn't like...
lit up said he didn't like the eames aluminum group, which is a sadness, so the alternative of the soft pad version is odd.
it's the 'same' chair...but more importantly, after ordering one for my father a few years ago, I realized how poor it was for actual comfort (compared to my normal aluminum group exec high back). The addition of the pads makes the seat so short that it was awkward to sit on it---and I'm short (5'7')! A taller person's experience will be worse.


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08/09/2010 11:25 am  

Some people can't read....
Some people can't read. Either that or they have Eamesitis. I hate to think what Eamesitis does to people. I did say in the first post that Eames was off the agenda.
In this day and age there is nothing more corporate or nouveau riche than Eames designed furniture. I don't have time for any of it.
If I hear the word Eames in any context one more time I think I will scream 😉


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08/09/2010 11:30 am  

Ergonomics?
I was talking to a friend of mine who said you have to be careful when buying vintage office chairs as back in the day the amelioration of RSI or back problems or other potential desk-related injuries had not been institutionalised into furniture design and manufacture. That logos looks great but doesn't appear so great to sit in.


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metking
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08/09/2010 1:34 pm  

have you tried?
i never had problems with my logos. but this means nothing, you have to try for yourself. and this is the problem, you need to have access to one but its rare and vintage. i thought your question is about the looks.


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Lit Up
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08/09/2010 2:34 pm  

thanks for your suggestion....
thanks for your suggestion. that's one of the best looking office chairs I've seen. But a chair is not just for looking at!


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08/09/2010 6:50 pm  

E A M E S
Lit Up, once again you contradict yourself.


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Lit Up
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08/09/2010 8:05 pm  

how so? I've been consistent...
how so? I've been consistent with the eames opinion.


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09/09/2010 8:18 am  

Isn't that like
being "tired of" Mercedes -- or diamonds, or apple pie ? A good product is still good, whether we get bored or over-fed on it. . .no ?
Maybe I missed the argument, somewhere. . .


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