Not owning a T.V. pretentious???
Crank, You must be waiting for my comment. Actually, I do own a T.V. but I only get 6 channels ( a few more if you count the spanish chanels but since I don't speak spanish, I don't count them.)If I had my way, I wouldn't own a T.V. and it's not because I'm pretentious. I figure that I already pay the garbage men to remove trash from my home and I'm not going to pay the cable company to bring it back in.
Anyway, I'm new here and I don't collect the vitra doll furniture but I do collect things from nature, seed pods, odd sticks, shells, seabeans and even an occational birds nest (don't anybody yell at me, I only take them after they vacate.)
Ummm...
I personally don't see the problem with them. People pay alot of money for items that serve no function other than fo people to look at. Pottery, plates, etc that are only for show...not to actually use. All art is for show. It gives the room a certain feel, but art is strictly to look at and admire. IMHO, the miniatures are art too. They are for people to look at and enjoy. People pay lots of money for small pieces of art to set around...sculptures, figurines, etc. What's the difference in paying money for that form of art and another form of art like the miniatures? If someone likes them and thinks they are cool-looking and would enjoy them then I say go for it. I have a collection of miniature Ninja Turtles hanging out on my mantle. No difference in collecting those and collecting miniature chairs.
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How is not owning a TV pretentious? I have a TV yes, but I only use it for watching movies and playing select video games. I got rid of my cable and havent' watched any TV shows in who knows how long...other than the select few I have on DVD (The X-Files, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, and I Love Lucy). IMHO, cable sucks so I'm not going to pay for it. Does that make me pretentious? I just figure that I have better things to do with my time then sitting for hours watching crappy TV shows.
Yes I am kicking this thread back up to the top
I know some of you probably wanted it to go away, but ah well, I don't want to start a new one about the same thing.
Because today for the first time, I actually found myself wishing I had the whole set of Vitra minis.
That's right!
No, I won't buy them, because I don't have money to spend on something like that. But I can definitely see why somebody would.
Any of us who are learning to identify the original classic designs would probably greatly benefit from having a scale model, supposedly true to contstruction material and detail, in our hot little hands to examine.
So, question for any of you who will admit to having (or having examined) the Vitras: are they really as high-quality as they claim, in terms of faithful reproduction?
I've run out of space at the moment so I cannot bring home even one more chair that's life-sized. Which is why I would love to own all those little tiny beauties! They would ALL fit on one shelf!
Dear dashes...
...I have not seen them all and I do not own any of them. But I share an office at the university with a colleague who has put half a dozen of them on his shelving. I must say that the quality is superb. Just enough detail to render the piece perfectly but not so much that it starts to look silly or doll house like. In some cases you actually wonder how they do it. The classic thonet is a good case in point. As to the why and the reasons behind the pricing, I think it is a rather useless discussion. Miniatures, from human beings to anything else on the planet has a innate attraction that might have to do with our tendency to control or dominate, or simply with the need for toys, I do not know?let?s ask people that have earth globes in their interiors?but I am sure that most people will not be moved one way or another by rational arguments. This is all about emotions and god knows how much we are prepared to pay for emotions?
Those who use them tell
me that the Rietveld chair is rather narrow between the armrests and hard on the surface but more comfortable than one would expect. The Harry Bertoia seems to be one of the more comfortable ones. Most Eames chairs are good although raised legs make it easier to get out of the chair. The "Hill House Chair" by Charles Rennie Mackintosh was never intended to be used as a chair so it is difficult to judge but for a short cup of tea it's fine. I got other comments but these small people have such low volume voices that it is very hard to understand them...but they all seem to agree that they are pricy, but that's my interpretation of their sign language.
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