thanks to my loving friends and coworkers my chair addiction is steadily being fed.
first, work allowed me to take an eames chair home. they didn’t need it.
then, scarf gave me a book of modern chairs.
(while meanwhile everyone else maha patiently listened after i called say “OMG OMG I SCORED A BERTOIA FOR $20!!)
(and my dear boyfriend fiance husband tolerated my putting said bertoias in our living room – and actually thought its a good idea!)
anyway.
third, work gave me another 70s chair, and now i hooked at least 4 more people into discussing the history of chairs with me.
aside: the building i work in was built in the 50s-60s-70s. the aesthetic is late mid-century-modern. there is a lot of side eames shell chairs floating around, teak furniture, old school chairs with great lines and awesome casters. whats hilarious, is that while i’m just happy to see this design gorgeousness, the rest look at it as “old furniture”. i have never realized more clearly how big of a gap there is between what is happening in the “design world” (not the high end; but the more common ikea-target-west elm-craigslist shopping people who like to discuss design on many various blogs) and what is happening in the “real world” (the people who buy furniture without having a “visual” of what they are looking for. or alternatively, people who don’t agree with me ;p ). regardless of this gap, the fact that i own an eames chair (broken-ish and old, but totally repairable) makes me eternally grateful to our building manager.
so, one of the chairs i had in my cubicle (i had 3 which almost became 4, but they forced me to give up one. which is probably for the best.) had to be moved out to another guy’s cubicle until they throw it out (oh the pain, please let me not imagine how the machine will crush it!). out of curiousity we flipped it upside down to check year made. made in burlingont, brought to mississauga from the toronto office. and a cleaning tag. “shampooed and vacuumed in 1973”. 34 years at least. and its more solid than some of the 5-10 year old office chairs we have. that is why i love old chairs so much.
anyway, so this is to explain how interested i have become in design, and chairs in particular lately. so this is so awesome that i have no words.
So what’s the ass-to-chair ratio in the Smith residence?
working in hi-tech with cool 70s design, talking about using the 2 sides of the brain!
looks like you had plenty of photo opportunities in Italy. the snaps sure are awesome
and blog entries much appreciated as always!
diny:
lets see..
1 chair in bedroom
2 side chair (Bertoia, maybe knock offs) in living room
2 bar stools
2 computer chairs
1 couch
and, well, 3 asses :P me tim and cat.
BUT – my plan is to renovate that eames chair (and post about it here, i hope), and use it as my computer chair. i sit 8-5 in front of a desk anyway, plus a drive, shouldn’t be spending too much time in front of my own computer. (unless i’m editing photos… hmmm..)
i also want to add a 3rd chair into the living room, also a “side” chair (so not a large one, basically) so that we have a nice talking area, cause right now we have to move the bertoias out to talk to guests.
luke:
the building isn’t exactly cool 70s design, at least not to anyone except for me :P its more like “hey they built it lets just not do anything unless we have to” kind of thing. i.e. – there are 5 single stall female washrooms for a building of ~200 (300? 500?) people. its a little absurd.
i appreciate the fact that you apparently still kept me on the rss reader! i’d have given up probably :P
“i’d have given up probably :P”
Not a chance! Lukekeke and I are the cheerleaders of this damned blog.