Oh no, please stop messing with that chair, Modernica.
Geez, what a cheap trick. I hate when bad decisions happens to good design.
http://www.highsnobiety.com/news/2009/09/02/bape-camo-side-chair/#more-61738
Oh, take a
deep breath and let it go. Just because they apply a classic fabric pattern to a classic shell chair, doesn't mean that [your] Eiffel is somehow worth less as a result. I'm reminded of the gay marriage protesters: "You're ruining MY marriage !"
After looking at this chair for fifty years, wouldn't we expect at least a few to want to "reupholster it" ?
This isn't so bad...
But it's obviously catering to well-to-do quasi-"hipsters" who want a chair to coordinate with their kicks.
Not nearly as awful as the Prince Charles base.... And I have no idea who Modernica is trying to cater to with that one. Maybe the Starck crowd (if there is such a thing)??
And Credit Where It's Due
shouldn't a certain Mr Warhol be getting a mention?
http://www.warholprints.com/portfolio/Camouflage.html
What would Charlse and Ray think?
Okay, I'll admit, I too gasped at the image of the camo chairs... and then started laughing out loud. What a bunch of effete snobs we are.
This chair is a playful, ironic take on the work of designers who loved exactly that sort of thinking about design. I don't particularly love camo, and wouldn't own this chair. But I do think it carries on a self-deprecating playfulness that was the heart of the Eames' work.
Now, let's be seriously serious
I think self-deprecating is appropriate, but hey, maybe there's another terminology we can agree on. Fun? Whimsical? Un-self consious?
Yes, Charles famously said that we should take our pleasures seriously. But the corresponding statement that comes out in the Eames' work is that the product of serious design work doesn't have to feel serious. It can be whimsical. It can be playful. The little heart motif on the child's chair comes to mind. Both the ESU and the Eames house thumb their noses at over-design, and pay obvious homage to creative toys of the era. Think of all the inherent silliness built into the Coloring Toy.
These weren't designs to make us rub our chins and nod with approval. They were made to put a smile on your face... remind you of childhood... maybe even make you giggle.
I'm just saying that taking our pleasures seriously doesn't mean we have to take ourselves so seriously.
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