Furniture Reporter

I look at my chairs differently now …. Hilarious!!

It’s Friday, and I’m poking around for chairs that are a little “out there”.  This Mario Philippona piece is definitely a bit of a shocker — what would you think if you walked into someone’s apartment and were invited to sit down on a couple sets of legs?  To say nothing of an office!  It would take a lot of charisma to make clients and employees take you seriously with a couple legs behind your head.

There’s got to be a market for it somewhere, though.

Thanks to inventorspot.com for this pic, as well as their great post on Philoppona’s other sexy furniture.

I just can’t help myself. I have an all-encompassing love for this kind of pared-down (but not simple!) curvy wooden seat. Something in the shape beckons – come sit!

Why do certain objects resonate with one person and not another? Hans Wegner designed any number of chairs, and his Wishbone is in far wider circulation. But it doesn’t do anything for me. You can educate and evolve your design eye, but does your basic set of preferences ever change? Like I was thinking this morning about why Madonna can’t act. It’s a bit of a conundrum. She has been the master of evolving her public image over time through any number of iterations. But the only good acting job she has ever done (in Desperately Seeking Susan) was arguably, as playing herself. Is she so firmly set in her own set of preferences (however expressed) that she is unable to fully immerse herself in a role?

I think I’m like Madonna that way. My preferences have gotten more sophisticated over time, but I grew up in a house with Danish teak and a red carpet, and I still really like those shapes and that colour. I will never embrace chintz!

Ahem. From all reports, the Hans Wegner Shell Chair is a comfortable seat, although far from elegant to arise from (instructions consist of grasp the front edge to lever yourself upwards). Three legs. $700 a leg. You do the math.

It´s raining caaats and dogs here (Germany, Cologne nearby) and I have to walk home now from office. Can a weekend start better than with a ice-cold shower? *lol*

One can only hope for a bit sunshine these days over here. But it is the perfect training for me as I want to move to UK next year.

Oh, did I mention that I have weekend now?

That means: I am going to build new things for you and I already have plenty things in my mind.

In the meanwhile come around to my shop and have a look. I have placed some of my newest items already there before they go into the SLX-box.

You don´t know where? Aaawwww, common, that is nothing too difficult.

Follow this link:XL-Designs

Have a nice weekend and see you soon :-)

*waves*

Layla

[Category: Innovations. If you are new to my blog please read the "About itimes3" page first]

Well this one clearly belongs in the category “lazy bum items” plus it is a very obvious one, however I list it here because every time I go to a furniture store, be it a more basic one like Ikea or something really fancy, I look in vain for items of this type. So I have to assume they do not exist, at least not as a mainstream article.

The item I am talking about is the motorized chest of drawers, cupboard, etc.

In this age of remote controls and electronic everythings, I am not happy that when I want to open a drawer in my chest of drawers, I still have to bend down and pull the thing out, which is not handy.

If the chest of drawers had a set of buttons at the top (or the side, for a taller model), and the drawers had electric motors, I could just press the button corresponding to the drawer I wanted to open (or close) and I would not have to bend down anymore and pull or push the thing.

Fancier models could be equipped with voice control, and could for example only obey the voice of their owner, and lock the drawers until the owner calls for them to be unlocked and opened.

The furniture would need to be equipped with sensors that detect any objects sticking out, or other anomalies, which would stop the motor and sound an alarm.

Other furniture such as cupboards could be equipped with electric (roller) doors etc.

Not only would this type of electrically motorized furniture make life easier (and lazier), it is handy because you can use both hands to carry things you want to place in the drawer or cupboard, rather than having to either use only one hand, or put down the item(s) while you manually open the drawer or cupboard.

Furthermore, it would be a good thing for older people with mobility problems, or the disabled.

If you like this idea and you work in a type of industry where this is relevant, I would be happy to discuss in more detail, answer questions or assist in other ways. For details and contact information please see the “About itimes3″ page.

George Spark

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