Thanks Fungus Mungus & thank you for rescuing that Beosystem 8000, you were at the right place at the right time. That system weighs a ton.
I will never give up the ecological aspect of collecting, finding discarded/abandoned design icons is more fun (for me) than entering a high end vintage shop.
I hope you find the MS150 speakers for that.
@Reamie I figured that's what you meant!! 😀
@lexi Thanks! It is the same fabric, unfortunately no room to keep this one. Rocking chairs have never fit my space when I've had them, too many other chairs taking up space! I have to try and not sit in this one so I don't attached!
@Waldorf That's a great looking chair with the slats, haven't seen that one before!
Thanks Fungus Mungus & thank you for rescuing that Beosystem 8000, you were at the right place at the right time. That system weighs a ton.
I will never give up the ecological aspect of collecting, finding discarded/abandoned design icons is more fun (for me) than entering a high end vintage shop.
I hope you find the MS150 speakers for that.
Perhaps someday he will. He loves the system and I'm glad he resurrected it.
Seeing that pic you posted makes me miss my 670 lounge. :/
fm
FM, that image is from a B&O catalog from 1981. Although architects, artists & bohemians continued to use architect designed objects to furnish their homes, to the rest of the world these (now design classics) were just 20+ years old designs that were considered passé, only the Mogens Koch cabinet was slightly over 50 at the time, but B&O never wanting to follow trends showcased their top of the line & most powerful system at the time (Beosytem 8000) with what are now recognized design icons of the 20th century. As if B&O had seen in a crystal ball was was to come, setting the stage for the revival of mid 20th century modernism in the 1980s.
minimoma,
It's hard to believe there was a time when an Eames lounge would have been considered passé, but then again in the late 70s during the gas crisis, it wasn't uncommon to see a muscle car on the side of the road abandoned by it's disgusted owner tired of paying outrageous prices for gas.
fm
Things back then were just so different in those days. Today, most of these design icons are always "in stock" & ready to ship or readily available to take home once paid & can be brought home it it fits in the car.
The majority of these design classics (if in current production, most were discontinued decades ago) were not readily available when big name manufacturers sold exclusively to the contract market beginning in the 1960s. If someone want to order one, the wait time was 8-12, others up to 26 weeks & only to customers working with an architect or interior designer on a project. It was an exclusive market mainly to the elite. The change did not happen until the mid 1990s when the likes of Herman Miller launched HM for the Home when mid century modernism started to become more mainstream & gained a wider exposure to the unaware majority.
Looking back, besides the 670/671, the DCM & current contract furniture, 80% of HM offering in HM for the Home had not seen daylight since the launch, others had come & go & back again since 1994.
Rescued a hedgehog (that needs some TLC) from the curb with other unsold stuff from a recent yard sale.
Gunnar Westman for Peter Trock, Denmark
Knoll international desk table recently bought, I did pay way more than I usually do but I’m hoping to keep it if I can find the right chairs! Pretty sure it’s oak, in good condition and so very sleek!
Milo Baughman for Drexel "Today's Living" Brides Chest and bed. The bed only has the number stencil, so not sure it's Today's Living but they were being sold together. In researching this line, I read through some of the old threads here about Drexel, Baughman, and Edward Wormley and thought I'd summarize what I learned for future reference. I appears Baughman worked for Drexel in the early 50's designing the Perspective, and Today's Living lines. It also appears he did some pieces for a "New Precedent" line launched in 53. Precedent was originally designed by Wormley in 47. It sounds like Dunbar put pressure on Wormley to stop working for Drexel, so they had Baughman do 35 additional pieces for the line. I could not find anything that discussed exactly which Precedent pieces were done by Baughman. If anyone has any additional info on this, please chime in.
From a Chicago tribune article in June, 1952:
One of the largest new collections ever to be shown at once was brought out by Drexel Furniture company and includes a new Precedent group, “Precedent ’53,” of 35 pieces, designed by Milo Baughman in silver elm and beech. . . Baughman designed another modern group in elm and beech, with a spice finish, called “Today’s Living.” It is designed for young families with limited space.
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