New Zealand is not the mecca of consumerism that America is, and as I debate a move back to the US, I find that I am shopping already!
Eames Chair...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SWL4gTQfTA
I want one.
Edit: I love the image of the woman sitting on the ottoman polishing his shoes while he reads the paper. How ridiculous!
Those chairs are really comfy.
One day...
I have an blue fabric '70s Eames executive chair if that counts for anything.
I've always like the Corbusier lounge chair too.
(http://www.ny-furniture.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/pony.jpg)
Nice... I like those loungers too. I might get a brown cow one... ;D
Hard to go past the Barcelona.
(http://www.barcelonachair.com/css/barcChair.jpg)
I have an original Eames RAR rocker next to my McDowell & Craig tanker desk (single pedestal) in my bedroom. I love mid-century modern (well, some of it at least).
Zealand, Michigan, Reprezent! Reprezent!
I sure would love one of those but I want an aerons chair and marhmallow couch slightly more (perhaps the couch is a tie because I think the novelty would wear off quick--but that's kinda why I want it)
The concourse at Gerald Ford International airport is filled with HM molded plywood chairs. I thought they were like $200-$250 each. wasn't even close almost 500 bucks per-- and there's prolly a couple hundred of them in there.
strangely, I never find herman miller here in MI-- just steelcase knockoffs and sauder mdf junk
Quote from: nllm_oo_mlln on July 11, 2008, 09:35:53 PM
Zealand, Michigan, Reprezent! Reprezent!
I sure would love one of those but I want an aerons chair and marhmallow couch slightly more (perhaps the couch is a tie because I think the novelty would wear off quick--but that's kinda why I want it)
The concourse at Gerald Ford International airport is filled with HM molded plywood chairs. I thought they were like $200-$250 each. wasn't even close almost 500 bucks per-- and there's prolly a couple hundred of them in there.
strangely, I never find herman miller here in MI-- just steelcase knockoffs and sauder mdf junk
I wonder if they gave them a substantial discount on them (or maybe even loaned them to them for free) as an advertising effort.
Architects and design professionals often get discounts (sometimes substantial) on furniture. I haven't taken much advantage of this discount yet. But it's got me thinking...
I have two of them in my den. I love them, then again so does everyone else that sits in them. They are by far the most comfy chairs in the house.
Quote from: BWClark on July 11, 2008, 04:53:44 PM
Hard to go past the Barcelona.
(http://www.barcelonachair.com/css/barcChair.jpg)
Classic design but tragically not all that comfortable to sit in.
I'm a big fan of the Ny chair. Had one for a few years and thought it was super comfortable before one of my roommates jumped on it.
(http://s7d3.scene7.com/is/image/DWR/f_13918?$detail$)
http://www.dwr.com/product/categories/seating/chaise-lounge/ny-rocker.do
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y239/Jervisaurus/eames.jpg)
A buddy of mine just found an original Eames at a rummage sale for ten bucks. It's ridiculous where they turn up. This model is a bit too small for me (at 6'3" it digs into the wrong part of my back) but we had a bunch of similar Herman Millers at school that my advisor used to bring out for alumni days and such. +1 on Le Corbusier. Beats the hell out of Karim Rashid and all the other tripe getting produced now days. I met the guy at a conference and he's by far one of the most narcissistic and overall douchey people I've ever met. I kinda liked his work in years past, but after meeting him I kinda throw up in my mouth a little when I see it now.
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y239/Jervisaurus/Rashid.jpg)
He does the bottle/packaging for Method soap as well. I've stopped buying it out of principal.