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Mark
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29/03/2012 6:40 pm  

Not his hair shipwright,
but his face was made of Eames knock-off fiberglass.
Fondly,
Mark


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shipwright (UK)
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30/03/2012 1:18 am  

ouch!
oh just one more thing.....do you really own the poster?


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Mark
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30/03/2012 1:26 am  

No, the poster belongs to Heath.
but I have the 8-track of David Cassidy's "greatest hits" out in my car.
With pride,
Mark


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30/03/2012 7:38 am  

More caffeine
Okay, I know this is heresy, but I love the coffee bag upholstery.


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Eameshead
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31/03/2012 10:06 pm  

My ongoing WTF obsession
I was first just amused by the furniture in the late sixties and seventies that was partly real wood and partly photographed wood.
The "Fake and real" combination was the beginning of the end, to be sure, as it ushered in the era of particle board speaker cabinets and the like.
But then it started to grow on me. As I fought through my initial disgust at the idea, I started to secretly enjoy the sheer perversity of putting fake photographed wood right next to real wood on the same piece. Rather bold to be so up-front about the deceit.
There is something really hilarious about it, and sometimes the designers even seemed to go out of their way to create pleasing "two-tone" effects with the fake/real combo.
Historical precedents could be the now-famous formica and wood combo Danelectro/Silvertone ultra cheap guitars of the 1950s.
And much later, the New York artist Richard Artschwager did some very funny and (I think) very profound commentary along those same lines with his formica tables and door sculptures. He even did a fake elevator lined with photo wood. With sound.
These days it seems even easier to enjoy the "best" collisions of fake and real wood, as the whole post modern aesthetic seems to have made it all OK again.
But to this day it remains favorite furniture "WTF" of all time.
Keeps me entertained as I go on yet another fruitless thrift store search!


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01/04/2012 8:14 am  

Levi's
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Tom Ado
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01/04/2012 10:30 pm  

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18/04/2012 8:54 am  


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Spanky
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29/04/2012 7:05 pm  

oy
Only $1500 on Etsy! Dibs! I saw it first.


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29/04/2012 8:42 pm  

*spanky*
It's all yours.
Hahahahahaha.


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30/04/2012 7:52 am  

Not if Lenny Kravitz or I...
Not if Lenny Kravitz or I get to it first.


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30/04/2012 2:38 pm  

The new Float sofa by Karim...
The new Float sofa by Karim Rashid


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30/04/2012 3:37 pm  

Sofa by Karim Rashid
I quite like this sofa, its well thought out. The reclining arm, the headrests. The back is a bit imposing and I would choose another colour option but other than burn the cushion I find it quite pleasing.


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30/04/2012 7:01 pm  

I probably wouldn't stop at...
I probably wouldn't stop at just burning the cushion... 🙂


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01/05/2012 8:11 am  

I would not burn it. I'd sell...
I would not burn it. I'd sell it to Arthur Sixpence.


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