Awesome image of the day # 2 From left to right Georg Nelson, Edward Wormley, Eero Saarinen, Harry Bertoia, Charles Eames and Jens Risom. From Playboy magazine 1961. Original is here.
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Awesome image of the day # 1
Awesome image of the day # 1 Ilmari Tapiovaara presents some of his chairs all in the same image. I know there is another similar earlier one. As soon as I find it I'll post it.
My list of Top 5 Wish-I’d-been-there-design-moments
My list of Top 5 Wish-I'd-been-there-design-moments Some moments you just had to be there. If you could go back in time to see some of the great moments in history of design, when and where would you go? These are my 5 choices. 1. The furniture fair Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan 1981. On … Continue reading My list of Top 5 Wish-I’d-been-there-design-moments
Nostalgia
Nostalgia I just wanted to post a few old polaroids I took in my old apartment back in 2004. I had bought a camera a few years earlier for a film we were shooting and there were some pictures left. Major nostalgia now looking at them. A picture of me. 23 at the time. The … Continue reading Nostalgia
An Asko retrospective
An Asko retrospective I visited the Lahti Historic Museum last weekend at the same time I was picking up an Eames Elliptical table. The city is known as the birthplace of Asko Avonius, who later founded the company which bears his first name. It was a retrospective from 1950 to 1970's and so reflected the … Continue reading An Asko retrospective
My living room on Pleppo.fi
My living room on Pleppo.fi The comic duo Ted & Kaj had a photo session at my place a few months back. And the web site has now launched. Visit them at Pleppo.fi.
Wanted: Design furniture
WANTED!I'm currently looking for these things. So if anyone has some for sale, please hit the email button on my profile and let me know. And that's regardless of the condition, color or size of the furniture.1. Gae Aulenti's Table with wheels by Fontana Arte2. Harry Bertoia's Diamond chair with seat cushion by Knoll3. Yrjö … Continue reading Wanted: Design furniture
ASKO – the history of a legendary furniture company
ASKO The furniture company Asko hits 90 years this year. Over time they have developed into a moderate design store with practically the same furniture like everyone else. But there was a time when Asko stood for innovativity, style and in particular good design. In the 60's and 70's it was the largest manufacturer of … Continue reading ASKO – the history of a legendary furniture company
The posters of Knoll
The posters of Knoll I've always liked the Knoll posters advertising the products of the well-known furniture manufacture. The posters showed Bertoia's, Saarinen's and der Rohe's furniture in a new sometimes comic light. Herbert Matter was a Swiss-born American photographer and graphic designer known for his pioneering use of photomontage in commercial art. The designer's … Continue reading The posters of Knoll
The Look-what-I-found-and-I-paid-virtually-nothing-for-it post
The Look-what-I-found-and-I- paid-virtually-nothing-for-it post First out: A table lamp from the 40's or 50's. Don't know who designed it or even where it is from. I removed the paint (it had been first painted in blue and then poorly in white) and the original black paint somehow remained. Had to repaint the cast iron foot … Continue reading The Look-what-I-found-and-I-paid-virtually-nothing-for-it post
Forthzine - Jonas Forth 