Terminalcoffee discussion

The discussion about bookshelves in the "show me your book collection" thread has me thinking about design in general. Share what you think is good or bad, ugly or beautiful, functional or pointless. Furniture, architecture, random objects and whatever else you can think of.

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I saw that one earlier today. It looks cool, but definitely needs cushions or something.

I dislike everything above.

I like this:

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anything by Hans Wegner I'm probably going to like


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Anything by Ettore Sottsass I'm going to hate:




This bed nauseates me.
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This is wackadoodle...I don't like it, but it's kind of fun to look at.

That bed looks like something Patrick Bateman would sleep murder hookers in.

Yes. It's gross.

I'm not sure how I feel about these. On one hand, they feel very Alice in Wonderland. On the other they're rather twee.

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I like this chair in this shade of green, but I wouldn't buy anything from the retailer because they're so overpriced. (Jayson Home)

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I love that onion (shallot?) chair in post #5.

It does look like a shallot.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10...

Philip Johnson's Glass House.

I find it cold and rather lifeless. As a design, I suppose it's quite nice, but as a home, no thanks. I prefer dark, cluttered and cozy to cold and spare. Granted, the view is lovely, but still not enough. And I like my privacy.

I don't think anything should have a web address that I can read as "New House O' Fart".

From Portlandia: He's Making Furniture Now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7lZsL...

I mean, this is nice, but not really worth $13,400. (That's the starting price.) The Uhuru canopy bed.

Wow. Wow! These chairs are $30,000 each. (From the David Gill Gallery.)

Well this one is $38,000....



Your cat would never get out of it.